After Illustrator Lunch last week Christina, Jeb, and I crossed over to the "other side" and sketched Cincinnati from Riverside Drive in Covington (that's Kentucky for all you out-of-towners). It was a beautiful day and we got right down to work. Christina sketched the Roebling Suspension Bridge while Jeb and I sketched the Cincinnati skyline (check back soon because I will link to theirs when they post them).
This was not one of my favorite sketches and at one point I considered not posting it, but I think it's important to accept not every one will be a masterpiece (unless, of course, you are Christina). After I added the watercolor I felt it turned around a bit and I started to even like its "naive" illustrator look. I have begun to understand that that is the look that comes out of me. It is what happens when I put a pencil in my hand without the aid of Illustrator or Photoshop and it may not be perfect, but it is apparently "my style". And I love when I see other people's imperfect styles, so why not love mine?
3 comments:
Your latest sketches have been spectacular! I cannot believe you did not want to show this one :)
I love this and would love to use it in a monthly missionary newsletter I send out.
If credit is given would you be interested?
Cindy, thank you for asking. Can you tell me a bit more about your mission work and what it is about?
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