Urban Sketching and Watercolor Painting

I’ve been taking advantage of some of the nice weather we have had to do a bit of urban sketching.  This is a quick sketch I did using water soluble graphite pencil of a water fountain in Watertown NY.

Fountain on the Square sketchbook page by Marla L. Niederer

I then visited the fountain again to create a watercolor painting.

Fountain on the Square by Marla L. Niederer

I attended a wedding in St Albans Vermont this summer and did this quick sketch of the water fountain in the park. 

St Albans Ladies Sketchbook page by Marla L. Niederer

I took quite a few pictures and used both the sketch and the photos to create this watercolor painting.

St Albans Ladies by Marla L. Niederer

I will be teaching an online class this coming September on how to create your own cloth ball jointed Goddess on AforArtistic.

The Goddess by Marla L. Niederer

  Hope to see you in class!

Until next time…….

warm hugs,

Marla

Quick Sketching Practice: Or How to add More Art Time into your Daily Life

In April 2018 I started taking a sketchbook with me everywhere I went.  I wanted to increase my art time and improve my sketching.  One of the things that intimidated me the most was sketching people in action. I tend to take my time with all of my art so I wasn’t sure how quickly sketching people in movement was going to go.  I started out by trying to sketch the water fountain in the Turning Stone Casino.  After doing that I decided to start sketching the people walking by.

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

I found this to be fun and wanted to find more places to practice sketching people.  I thought sketching people seated somewhere might give me a bit longer time to sketch them.   So I decided to start sketching while sipping a London Fog tea at Starbucks from time to time.

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

About this time the apple tree outside my living room window started to bloom so I decided to add that in my sketching practice too.

 

sketches by Marla L.  Niederer

I went for a trip to California last summer and decided to do some sketching while having lunch at Fisherman’s Wharf.

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

I then spent some time at my sister in law’s downstate and took some time to sketch at Starbucks in Suffren NY.  While I was there someone took pictures of me sketching.  I guess that is only fair.

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

After my travels I continued my Starbucks sketching in Watertown NY.  I decided that I needed to learn how to sketch a full figure quickly so I started focusing on that.  I’m really enjoying adding more art into my life wherever I go! 

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

 

sketches by Marla L. Niederer

I’m also getting ready to teach my online class, Claudette, on A for Artistic starting February 12^th 2019.  You can find out more information about the class and sign up for it by going to the A for Artistic website here.
https://tinyurl.com/yckty5uw

 

Claudette by Marla L. Niederer

I also have several art doll making instant downloadable PDF tutorials for sale in my shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/OrsinisAngels

 

Bridgette by Marla L Niederer, instant downloadable PDF tutorial

If you are interested in taking a live doll making class from me I am scheduled to teach my Moulin Rouge Dolls workshop at Artistic Figures in Cloth & Clay in Columbus Ohio April 25^th – 28, 2019

www.CyndysDolls.com

 

Moulin Rouge Dancers by Marla L. Niederer

I am also scheduled to teach a class on how to make dragonfly wings for dolls and bears at the Philadelphia Artist Doll & Teddy Bear Convention May 2^nd -4^th

http://www.quinlanmuseum.com/convention/

 

La Fae Verte by Marla L. Niederer 

Until next time…….

warm hugs,

Marla