a beijing sketch

I tried a few more sketches, most not worth sharing, but teaching me something each time. Tonight's sketch was a bit more satisfying, so here it is.....

Drawn from this photo of a neighborhood street while we were in Beijing

My efforts (obviously with some elements simplified)

Drawn with my new extra fine tip Platinum fountain pen (suggested by Marc Taro Holmes), colored with Inktense & watercolor.

Am thinking of trying to sketch something "out in the world" soon to see if it's harder or easier.......

a few more sketches

I'm enjoying looking through pictures I took in Paris to now turn into sketches.  

Here's a more complex attempt - the Paris Opera House, which I actually didn't see; Dan took this photo.

My humble attempt..........starting to include darks and some shadows (ala Marc Taro Holmes sketching video series)

This one was a quicker sketch with the idea of hinting at the row of fall trees some with no leaves and some with fall color.  That's a row of parked cars on the right.....obviously need to work on that!  :) Color again added with Inktense.  Will graduate to watercolor sometime soon.