Chonky Marker

I was searching this blog to try and find a reference to when I finished my last A4 sketchbook so I could date the spine, because I neither dated the last page, nor dated the spine at the time. I eventually located the post, but on the way I got a kind of tour of my own art, and one of the things that struck me was that I haven’t been doing any figures of late.

I’ve had this chonky Liquitex paint marker sat on my workbench since it arrived in a magical Jackson’s parcel a few weeks ago. It’s been staring at me begging to be used, and today was it’s big day.

I tore some brown paper off the roll and attached it to a board, and got stuck in. Full transparency, there were two sketches of this figure pose in my A4 book that did not go well, and a lot of that was because I was in a big, gestural mood. There was also the aforementioned heat factor, and the paint I was sketching with was drying fast, and driving me bonkers.

The sheer fabric that’s part of the doll making fabric making adventure arrived today, so I now have all the supplies collected for this idea. The fabric is absolutely lush, which is fun because I’m going to be burning holes in it, if all goes well.

Til the morn,

Suzanne

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