The Wait - Sketches - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

kramus · 07-07-2011, 08:44 AM

I started a thread that asked what people did with their waiting time (http://www.tfproject.org/tfp/tilted-...ting-time.html). I mentioned a blog that has some sketches in it but I thought a thread in Tilted Artwork would be a reasonable follow-up.

As said elsewhere, I have been waiting around for one thing or another pretty well my whole life. Which is part of the human condition - we wait for the door to open, we sit at the doctor's office, endure a child's practice session . . .

I often have a sketchbook with me these days. Sometimes the waiting time turns into sketching time. I thought it might be interesting to start a thread that occasionally gets some of these sketches posted in it. I am very open to having other people post their sketches as well, and generally give feedback

Here's sketches of moms waiting for their kids

aberkok · 07-07-2011, 08:23 PM

That's a theme you don't hear about everyday! Nice work.

PonyPotato · 07-08-2011, 05:12 AM

Looks good! I am glad you use your waiting time to sketch, and it is quite an interesting theme.

kramus · 07-10-2011, 06:19 PM

Thanks guys. It seems to make sense to try to get this kind of exercise in from time to time. I should have started years ago - but I was too busy being too busy, and wait time was so valuable I used it for my much needed reading. Nowadays, I can be a bit more constructive

I think it's also important to not look at this stuff as "important", if you know what I mean. The drawings are just simple sketches, little quickie things that are an observational exercise and a bit of quiet, surreptitious fun at the same time.

Some airport stuff, lobby stuff, car dealer wait . . .

Giant Hamburger · 07-11-2011, 02:50 PM

Nice thread, Kramus.

I love seeing all the stages of your process from sketch to finished work.

When I am waiting around I often doodle on an ipad.

kramus · 07-14-2011, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Giant Hamburger

Nice thread, Kramus.

I love seeing all the stages of your process from sketch to finished work.

When I am waiting around I often doodle on an ipad.

How does that ipad thingy work for doodling? Is there a stylus or do you use a finger tip or something? I didn't know. I've never tried any sort of tablet but the possibilities of digital touch-up of a drawing are pretty interesting

This next set of sketches may show a certain thematic consistency. Indeed, there is the same tree reprised 3 different times due to waiting in the same spot time after time.

07-07-2011, 08:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
aberkok “Wrong is right.” Location: toronto	That's a theme you don't hear about everyday! Nice work. __________________ !check out my new blog! http://arkanamusic.wordpress.com Warden Gentiles: "It? Perfectly innocent. But I can see how, if our roles were reversed, I might have you beaten with a pillowcase full of batteries."

07-08-2011, 05:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	Looks good! I am glad you use your waiting time to sketch, and it is quite an interesting theme. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

07-11-2011, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
Giant Hamburger Gastrolithuanian Location: low-velocity Earth orbit	Nice thread, Kramus. I love seeing all the stages of your process from sketch to finished work. When I am waiting around I often doodle on an ipad.