Nice to see you joining us, An. Great swan. Can't wait to see more!

An

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Having a hard time with hands

This summer, in Paris, a group of people I don't know where they come from, offers free massage in the street (mostly on the bridge of St Louis). Ten minutes of free massage! I'm sure they will be back next summer. Avis aux amateurs!
Here is a sketch of the scenes. Behind are the buildings on the Seine riverside, too complicate to draw.

Thanks for joining in with your always beautiful drawings, NVA!
I have not managed to pop in for a couple of days - and it was such a nice surprise to find more wonderful 'memories'.
I love Siks's hands!

Memory sketches from my visit to the Zoo last Sunday . This is the Rhino's house, which was full of pigeons. All of a sudden a group of pigeons would fly up right into the visitors' faces.

I am enjoying the heck out of your sketches. You really get the feeling of the pigeons flying at you in this one! Please do continue posting

Thank you very much. I feel a bit shy to post these, but I've decided to go on, because some other people join in with beautiful drawings.

I am legally blind and can't afford a model, so I draw from memory all the time. I love to draw people from all different cultures. Fortunatetly, Australia offers a vast differentiation of peoples to choose from.

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Welcome, Rosa! I admire your drawings - so expressive!

Two more drawings from last Sunday visit to the zoo.

Aw it's so nice, I wish I could draw stuff from memory... all the stuff from memory never looks anything what its' supposed to be

On the St Louis bridge (last summer time). In fact they were five or six!

This is lovely, NVA!
Here's more stuff from my zoo visit.

wow nice thread and some really nice works already..
i m also in..
2 charcoal concepts..shading always gets out of control..
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All these drawings are great... Sveta, i love those zoo animals.
Jaisan, did you see those things in real life?? or is it your imagination??
just wondering cause this is a visual diary LOL

I haven't stopped my memory sketches but had no scanner for a while. Please, keep posting your memories here!

More memory sketches:
A strange house - probably a sculptor's house with angels on the roof.
A lonely street with strangely trimmed trees.
And a girl in a mall selling necklaces.

I've been to a flameco concert - these are my attempts to share my impressions. Tonight I am going to a Renaissence Music Italian Orchestra - I'll try my hand with them, too.

Sveta - your drawings are so lively and fun! Your diary has inspired me to keep my sketchbook with me at all times, and I draw in it (almost) daily! Mine are mostly landscapes, there are more trees than people here. My drawings are not good enough to share, but I do want to let you know how much I'm enjoying your work! Looking forward to sketches from the orchestra concert!

These sketches are so inspiring, Sveta. Your view of the world is amazing, beautiful, sad sometimes, but always inspirational to me and others.

Dear Sveta,
I am so glad you are still posting your diary. I love your work, your sketches really convey the sense of the place and the activity there. Thanks for sharing them with us. It really inspires me to get back to my sketching habit. I carry a Moleskine in my bag everywhere I go, but lately, I have not done any sketches
Trish

Thank you all for your encouragement! I'd love to see your drawings- I am sure they would be great to see.
I am a bit worried that without your drawings this diary looks a bit egocentric, dull and sloppy- I keep posting even my rough and worst drawings. Please, join in!

I don't think they are.

I don't do sketches only final, complete works - but I enjoyed looking at yours; very honest and somehow real - like the people are really there in the midst of their activity.

..I just dropped in to say that.

-Thanks.

You are really such an accomplished artist, you capture life in everything you do. You let us see things through your eyes. Love your style...thanks for taking time to share them with us.

Snow, snow, snow. Happy Christmas to the forum!

i love that picture real cold chilly feel to it

merry christmas Sveta17

31st December 2009, late afternoon in the church.

Dogs celebrate 2010 in the park.

Old woman talking to a stray dog.

Sveta, as i've told you before, i absolutely LOVE your drawings.
They speak a thousand words...
I wish i had an ounce of your ability!!
it's incredible to see.
don't worry about being egosentric - i visit this thread EVERYDAY to see what new stuff you have posted, so please don't stop!!

Lovies Tania

Sveta,
Your drawings/sketches are wonderful. You have the knack of giving the feeling of the place/people you are depicting. Thank you so much for sharing this with us. I am truly enjoying your artwork.
Trish

I've been terribly busy recently, still I haven't given up. Here's the first warm day after a severe winter, which will come back on Monday again.

you could tell a story just with your drawings alone,

Characters in a cafe.

You're so good at drawing people... Thanks for posting your work and inspiring me not to give up trying to get those crazy proportions right!
(and I'm not even talking about the likeness... which is also... well... a BIG problem for me)

Ah, thank you for taking part - your drawings are lovely and I'd be really happy to join in again! I just saw your cactus - it's beautiful!

Thank you too, dear friend

I am going on, hoping that someone would join in.

Hi Sveta,
As usual your drawings are incredible and you manage to just capture that moment!!!
I am going to try and join in soon (my life is calming down a little now)....
but PLEASE don't stop posting - i love your drawings!!!

Thank you, dear Tania! I'm looking forward to your drawings!
Here's something sad from the news.

Nice thread. Love your style.

Aren't these earth quakes so sad - so many hurt by the effects of it all.
you captured the emotion so well - love it!!

Some more memories- a tramp in the snow;Venetian masks from an exhibition, (which was worth for a lifedrawing ), and some others...

Sveta - these are fantastic.

Those masks are done so well and are so different and interesting.

I particularly like the 'tramp in the snow' - your drawings always have so much feeling & emotion in them and this one is no different!!

Absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!

Keep Well Sveta & Keep posting

Thank you, dear friend!
I'd be glad if you could join in,too!

Sveta my friend, I've been slacking a bit with my drawing lately because of everything going in my life...
- but i'm coming back full force and i will try and post here as soon as i can!!

PS. i got myself a 'visual diary' drawing book type thing that i carried around with me and drew quite a few pictures and then from one day to the next it just disappeared!! i'm very sad about that - but i'll start again.

Hi Sveta (and EVERYONE ELSE)

Let's not let this thread die - it's think it's fabulous to draw what you see everyday - like a Visual Diary...

I'm going to try my best to post here all the time... i'm not as good as most, but i'll try....

Hi Sveta (and EVERYONE ELSE)

Let's not let this thread die - it's think it's fabulous to draw what you see everyday - like a Visual Diary...

I'm going to try my best to post here all the time... i'm not as good as most, but i'll try....

1. There was a power failure at work so I decided to draw this old phone sitting on my windowsill (i don't know what it's for, just been there for as long as i've been in this office) and also the rings i was wearing on that day.
2. A little ornament i got my mom that she's put in her kitchen of a chef "Chef Betty" is her name as written underneath it.

I think its a good idea I just can't draw from my memory and I dont have much exciting things to draw about in the day. I just come to work and then go home story of my life lol