Thrummie Bizzum

Category: Sketchbook Practise

  • Twas The Night Before The Night Before

    Twas The Night Before The Night Before

    I started the day with another little oil painting, and the first thing I came up against is something I have come up against frequently, choice paralysis. I heard that phrase somewhere recently and it describes so well what happens sometimes when I really want to paint but can’t decide what. I think the trick…

  • Mixing Up The Art Supplies

    Mixing Up The Art Supplies

    I started the day with a small oil painting, a study in a canvas sketchbook. My subject was a still-life of two oranges, a blueberry and a banana. This is me trying to kickstart a (maybe) daily oil painting practise. I hadn’t pulled out the oils for a while, and I really enjoyed playing with…

  • Revisit and Remix

    Revisit and Remix

    I spent some time flipping through this sketchbook and making notes on things that caught my eye, and then for this page I combined a few things in ways I hadn’t previously, which gave me some new ideas. Machines can’t do that. Til the morn, Suzanne 672/700

  • The Art of Procrastination

    The Art of Procrastination

    My To Do List is seasonally long, and so today I spent all my time painting, and that is the art of procrastination. As part of my mission to finish one of my A3 sketchbooks before the year is out, I painted these three pages. The To Do list will still be there in the…

  • Pile of Digits

    Pile of Digits

    Another warm-up sketch, hopefully the secret things will be finished tomorrow, or the next day. Til the morn, Suzanne 669/700

  • Today’s Warm-up

    Today’s Warm-up

    Another day where I can’t share most of what I’m working on because, well, it’s December 😉 so here’s today’s warm-up sketch. Til the morn, Suzanne 668/700

  • Figure Drawing Filler

    Figure Drawing Filler

    I can’t post most of what I worked on today because of the time of year, and things must remain secret, so the least impressive piece is the image for the blog. I was using up some paint for this sketch in my A3 sketchbook, which I would really like to have filled by the…

  • New Pose Workings

    New Pose Workings

    Tried out a new pose in my A3 sketchbook, and then I tried doing some small graphite sketches of the same pose, and I was not amused. I just really did not want to draw that small. I put one of the 20x60cm canvases on the easel and started roughly sketching a second standing pose…

  • Paint Through It

    Paint Through It

    This sketchbook page is all about practising looking, seeing and translating the shapes and values on the page. It’s about working with a limited palette to help me decide whether I want to use it on a canvas. It’s about being loose with an untidy brush. It’s about trying out a pose to see if…

  • Homeward

    Homeward

    Travel day today, and I have my four-legged lodger for the night, so a quick turn re-acquainting myself with my studio. Compressed charcoal and clear gesso and marvelling at how strange the easel feels after a week away. Til the morn, Suzanne 642/700

  • Yaaaaaaas

    Yaaaaaaas

    not my usual subject, a moment worth the paint 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⚽️🤸‍♀️ Til the morn, Suzanne 641/700

  • Pan Pastels Sketch Spread

    Pan Pastels Sketch Spread

    Both these pages were prepped before I travelled, and let me just say I was not in the mood for yellow, especially with limited supplies. It’s a fun reference, though, so it’s in the sketchbook as a first go. I am used to standing for painting, and I was really struggling with sitting to work…