Jazz, May

Jazz group, Ink and pencils, A4 sketchbook drawing

Greyish Quartet, Symphony Hall.

Jazz, April

Bit off a bit more than I could chew this week, going for the whole thing. Nearly an hour and a half of frantic drawing..

Jazz quintet, ink and pencil drawing in A4 sketchbook

Jazz drawing, April

Bassist and Pianist, ink and pencil drawing, A4 sketchbook

Here's a video of some of the performance from Youtube, which unwittingly features the back of my head. Besides seeing what I was working from, careful observers might spot which bits I was looking at when, and when I finished the drawing and started adding tone.
It goes without saying I'm the guy in the suit, not the lady who's also drawing. (Turns out she'd been to a conference during the day in the building and happened to sit next to me.)

Videos

My website now has video; take a look for the first in the series, in which I draw a caricature in my sketchbook. (watch the video here)

Jazz, March (2)

Jazz group, A4 Sketchbook, ink and pencil

Uninspiring view, but ran with it..

Jazz, March

Jazz quartet, A4 sketchbook, ink and Conte pencil

Jazz, February

Pianist studies, A4 sketchbook, Ink and pencils

Drummer, A4 sketchbook, Ink and pencils

 

 

Jazz Quartet, February (2)

Jazz, February

Jazz, January

Classical Quartet, November

Look everyone! The return of 'the curse of the music stand'. I'm branching out from jazz, just a bit.

In keeping with my intention that these are empirical drawings; the result of working at a performance, this doesn't have tone because I didn't have time.

 All the drawings posted on here are exactly as I brought them home from the gigs.

Chair study, brushes app on ipod touch.

Jazz, November

 

 

Quick brushes sketch while the band set up..

Jazz October (3)

 

Setting up...

October Jazz No.2

October Jazz

Jazz- sept.

Jazz is back on..

Most of my previous drawings have fundamentally been figure studies, so I wanted to get more of a sense of the environment.

 Lyle Bignon from Symphony Hall press office spotted me at work and took this nice shot.

 

Moi

Photographer Drew Kirkland caught me sketching at the Jazz festival. Behold my concentration, and pocket handkerchief.

You can see more of his shots from other gigs and his folio at;
 www.drew-kirkland-photo.co.uk