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ELS CHRISTENSEN
ILLUSTRATION
Sketchbook Pages
I love drawing observational sketches in my sketchbooks. I am currently working on lockdown travel illustrations, based on places I have been to in the past and my digital and 35 mm photography.
Sunset, Friston, East Sussex
Watercolour study based on a photo I took while staying in Friston, East Sussex a few years ago. 2021.
Dieppe, Normandy, France
A sketch of a street in Dieppe, France, based on a photo I took when I was 14 on holiday. Drawn with Unipin fineliners in a Talens 12x12cm sketchbook. 2021.
Houses in Tuscany, Italy
Watercolour and fineliner sketch, based on a photo I took on a bus journey in Tuscany when I was 17 and taking part in a Youth Theatre Festival in Viareggio. 2021.
Mallorca Windmill, Spain.
Brushpen sketch based on a 35mm photo I took of a windmill in Mallorca on a journey through the Spanish countryside. 12x12cm. 2021.
Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead, Wales.
Watercolour painting based on a photo that I took in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales in February 2020.
Hastings Observational Sketch
Observational brush pen sketch of Pelham Crescent, Hastings. 24x12cm. 2020.
Spanish packaging sketchbook, Mallorca, Spain.
Observational watercolour illustration of some of my favourite packaging designs that I found in Mallorca. 2019.
Wales, observational sketch
Colour pencil sketch of a house in Anglesey, Wales. 2020.
National Gallery Sketch, London
Observational sketching in Trafalgar Square on the way back from Wales. Drawn with a Sakura Pigma pen. 2020.
Oberbaum bridge sketch, Berlin
I stopped during a walking tour of Berlin to make a quick sketch of the Oberbaum bridge. 2020.
Tram sketch
Sketching a ticket validation machine on a tram in Berlin, February, 2020.
Welsh Countryside sketch
Pencil sketch of Breakwater Country Park, Holyhead, Wales. 2020.
Brighton Station sketches
Observational drawings of Brighton station.
Pencil sketches with additional line work drawn in Adobe Photoshop. 2018.
Pencil sketches with additional line work drawn in Adobe Photoshop. 2018.
Blue House
Illustration of a beautiful house in Aberystwyth. Drawn as part of a drawing challenge by @crmflinders on Instagram. 2021.
Mallorca Sketchbook page
Watercolour illustration of a street in Spain, based on a photo I took a few years ago in Mallorca. 2021.
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