Hallgrimskirkja - Reykjavik, Iceland

 

The challenge on  Reddit r/drawstreetview right now is from Iceland.  You can see the streetview here.

I'm not sure what happened to this drawing - it looks more like a cubist face than a church.  I have a recent fascination with the art of Shirley Trevena.  I'd like to think that's where the influence came from, but it isn't anything like her art either.  Strange.

I'm tempted to say that it just isn't very good, but I had fun and that's what it is all about, right?

Charles Bridge, Prague

 

I was asked to pick a Street View challenge for r/drawstreetview on Reddit.  I chose the Charles Bridge in Prague.  

I like the watercolour pencils in this cheap sketchbook but I need to remember not to draw on the back of the pages.

r/drawstreetview on reddit

 

Amsterdam, inspired by Google Street View

Before September dawned, I didn't know much about reddit.  Maybe I had my head in the social media sand, but Instagram, Facebook and blogs were enough for me.

I started to notice reddit coming up in my Google searches, and then I read Reddit 101, a blog post by Vancouver urban sketcher "The Sneaky Artist".  As I read, I became increasingly convinced that reddit might be social media for people who are interested in ideas.  I have been accused of "thinking too much", so I thought I would give it a try.

I started on reddit by subscribing to the r/urbansketchers community.  I was only browsing for 5 minutes when I saw a post by someone starting a new community based on an an idea that I have been thinking a lot about, virtual urban sketching.

Reddit user u/CptTimWhiskersTheFox posted the following about his new community:

If you're like me you'd like to get out and do more sketching around the world but are limited due to funds, time, or any other reason, perhaps you'd be interested in participating in the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/drawstreetview/ that I've just created.

The idea behind it is to post an image/place every (approximately) two weeks and members can draw it in their own style and share with the rest of the community. It could be a good means of meeting other sketchers or sharing techniques and inspiration.

I've posted a subject for the first session and will be working on my own interpretation! I would love to see other's take on it!

Members can also share their own subjects and adventures in the drawing-street-view world; posts using it as a medium pop up enough on other subreddits that it would nice to have our own community.

My user name on reddit is "love-to-learn-things", and I'm learning about reddit, Google Street View and sketching by participating so far.