City Squared 1.

I am hoping to paint some cityscapes shortly but I want to do quite a few sketches of favourite scenes before I start painting. I am finding that sketching the scene before I paint is a very good exercise for me even though it drives me mad as I am so impatient. All I wanted to do here was investigate the values, perspective and composition, and also to see whether the charcoal I have can 'handle' small works. Well it can't really and I couldn't get in the finer details so I stopped trying. I am going to buy a professional brand in a few weeks' time, the kind one sharpens with sandpaper.  That should be fun.  I had hoped to put in more of the details of the cathedral but that just proved impossible.

"St Paul's Cathedral"

 8" x 8.5" (Approx.) Charcoal on Cartridge Paper