by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Jun 25, 2017 | Drawing
In the city of Meknes and drew this street scene. Finding the hardest part is getting the colour of the walls. They are a special salmon kind of colour.
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Jun 14, 2017 | Drawing
Fés is a city like no other I’ve ever seen. It’s old, really old. The ‘Medina’ is the walled part of the city that dates back to the 9th century. It’s amazing to see buildings still standing as they were from that time hundreds of years...
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Jun 12, 2017 | Drawing
Started my trip in Morocco and will be sketching as much as I can. Got the bare essentials below. My first sketch is the hotel I stayed in. Seems appropriate to start with this.
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Mar 21, 2016 | Drawing
This week I found inspiration while waiting on my cup of coffee to arrive. I decided to sketch the table stacked with coffee cups and the wall next to looked interesting with all contrasting textures. I really wanted to get the details down in the most efficient way...
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Jan 21, 2016 | Drawing
This week I got out of the house to do this sketch. It’s a little more complicated than the last couple, but I thought I would give a perspective scene a go. If you haven’t tried drawing something like a building, you might find that it’s not as hard...
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Jan 14, 2016 | Drawing
When we think of sketching we think about places and scenes, but drawing a small object like this coffee glass requires a lot of observation and careful use of lines to depict it’s shape and form. I like drawing simple things like these because it makes you...
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Dec 21, 2015 | Drawing
I hope you’re having stress free lead up to the end of the year. Here is my drawing for the week. As always when getting back into a creative project, I encourage you to 1. Start with something simple 2. Start at home. There’s always something around the...
by Osvaldo Quintanilla | Nov 3, 2015 | Drawing
I have always enjoyed doodling or as I like to think of it – ‘free drawing’. Long before I started writing I would draw in sketchbooks or school exercise books – wherever there was a blank area on paper. There wasn’t any real purpose to these...
