Noticing and Drawing Repetition

Welcome to Draw Tip Tuesday!

In today's drawing demonstration, you'll see me drawing in a café. I planned to draw people, but as I sat down, people were leaving and by the time I had my coffee and sketchbook open, the place was completely empty. So I pivoted and came up with a solution for this "problem". Because there is always something to draw.
When I looked around, I noticed how there was a certain rhythm, a pattern, of all the chairs. The repetition in the room of all the shape and color of the chairs caught my eye, so that would be the focus of my drawing today.
I used the "blob method"; big shapes of color first, then line.
Soon enough, two people came in, so I was able to add some figures to bring live to this otherwise very still scene.
I had a great time, doing this drawing meditation during a coffee break at a wobbly table. The camera was mounted on the wobbly table, so you'll see that the video image is not quite steady. Hopefully it adds to the urban sketchers feeling of being on location, and you enjoy it.

Materials used in this video:
-Hahnemühle Nostalgie Sketchbook, size A6
-Kwik Stix tempera / gouache poster paint sticks
-Caran d'Ache Luminance coloured pencil (dark phthalocyanine green, 719)
-One Americano coffee at Livingstone Coffee in Amersfoort

Your assignment this week:
Explore and draw something that has a certain repetition. If that's too tricky, or you can't find anything suitable - then don't overthink it, but instead use your time well and just draw whatever catches your eye. Have fun!

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