Category: Sketchbook Practise
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All Will Be Revealed
I’m posting an older sketch from my Strathmore Grey sketchbook today, because the art and creativity that I did today aren’t for showing yet. It’s that secretive time of year, you know 😉 Til the morn, Suzanne 287/300
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Sketchbook Experiment
An odd little postcard from today’s creativity showing part of a page in my sketchbook where I am working out an idea, and experimenting with how I want to paint it. Til the morn, Suzanne 286/300
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Fit a Trachle
A long day today. We had a lovely 7 mile walk taking in a bit of the River Ness, a bit of the Moray Firth, and a bit of the Caledonian Canal. Then some lunch, and catching a train late afternoon to return home. Unfortunately that train got stuck behind a broken train, so we…
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Books and Wolves
I spent most of the the day browsing books, mostly in Leakey’s Bookshop (Inverness), and purchases were made. That was the whole point of the trip, so well done me. The tail end of Storm Bert was making itself known with rain and biting wind, so wandering about wasn’t the best fun, but we did…
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Sunday Travel Sketches
Sat in a hotel room in very poor lighting on a very uncomfortable chair munching salad leaves and playing with my “travel art kit”. I took a 9x14cm sketchbook that I haven’t done very much in, and a cheap fineliner pen. I decided at the last minute to grab the travel palette that I bought…
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Older Woman Sketch
I could have pushed this one a bit further, but she was done in around forty minutes and then the delivery guys arrived with the new washing machine, so that changed the focus of the day. The new washing machine is lovely and quiet, and very twirly, and the old one was taken away for…
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Grungey
I finished the art journal spread with the abstract collage that I started yesterday. I made good use of the vermillion soft pastel that I bought recently to top up an order so as to get free postage. I’m a big fan of vermillion. This spread was inspired by a Jerney Marisha Let’s Face It…
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Abstract Collage
Today was one of those days where I got up to lots of different things, but none of them are at particularly photogenic stages of development. I’m not averse to putting up bad art, but boring in-between stages where things are drying isn’t inspiring to blog about. So, here’s a bit of an in-progress art…
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Exhibition
Today has been a LOT, and I may not sleep much lol. I am very pleased to say that my portrait of Gisèle Pelicot will be part of the Scottish Society of Artists 126th Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. My painting will be in the 30×30 small works section. !!! I…
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Bluesky and Sketchbook
My favourite thing about my sketchbooks is the way that you can go from ‘that’s nae bad’ to ‘I’ve forgotten how to see and draw’ on the same spread. Aside from just the fun of it, it helps me to decide which reference I’m feeling for a project. Lol. In other news, I have been…
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Gisèle
‘It’s not for us to have shame – it’s for them.’ Gisèle Pelicot acrylic on wood panel 12×12″ Til the morn, Suzanne 270/300
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Complex Angle
I’ve been working on this week’s Let’s Face It class today, and the reference is a deliciously challenging and complex angle. If you’ve been following along you’ll know that I’m a wee bit fond of complex poses, so I’m going with the artist’s choice of reference, but choosing my own colours. Before getting into the…
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