Tag: artist blog
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Too Neutral
I’m finding it interesting that this reference is challenging me. The hand I am struggling with is in a fairly neutral pose, and I think that’s what’s challenging me. I’ve been doing lots of hands in ballet poses, and I guess I have more affinity with them, then this neutral pose. Or something. I’m enjoying…
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Twenty Minute Paint Dash
There was a lot going on today, and I only managed a twenty minute window for painting. I hate this pose, which means I will be going back to it again until I find what it is I am looking for. The first thing I will be looking for is another hand under that chin,…
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Sunday Batching
The only way to decide if something is going to work is to try it out, which is what’s happening on these canvas boards. I was trying to get the gel plate into play today but either the heat or the humidity scuppered that plan. These are very messy, lots more to do, but the…
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Saturday Extremities
Lots of things were done with paint today, but all of them are in that stage where they don’t really look like much, but I did have a go at this pose which is a bit fun. Til the morn, Suzanne 553/600
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All Fingers And Pose
Cobalt blue and caput mortuum make a satisfying mix for this luscious pose in my continued season of hands studies. Dinoopis is on hiatus at the moment, but she is my favourite muse, and creates the most interesting figure references. This is in my A3 sketchbook, with acrylic sludge as the ground, which I am…
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Quinacridone Muse
She’s all fingers and toes, and if the paint was quinacridone rose I could make a poem, but I didn’t think of that, so here she is in quinacridone magenta, which is about as much to die for as this juicy pose. Til the morn, Suzanne 551/600
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Thirty Seconds and Counting
For today’s practise I cut some large sheets off a roll of cartridge paper to fit my A2 boards. This practise is one that I really enjoy, but don’t do often enough. Today it was all I did. The basic practise is to choose a figure reference, then set a timer for 30 seconds and…
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Cobalt By Accident
I pulled out the wrong blue and it was on the gel plate palette before I noticed. I ended up liking the mistake, and enjoyed the shadows I got from it. I love a happy accident. Til the morn, Suzanne 549/600
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Cool Moves
This is my first go with this reference, and it was really fun to do. Til the morn, Suzanne 548/600
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Sketching Hares Day
Sketching hares today. Til the morn, Suzanne 547/600
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Figuring It Out
I spent some time looking over all the work I have done on this hands studies and figure with hands project as I felt like I was a bit stuck. I made some notes about things that I liked from all the different approaches, and things that I didn’t like, and tried to figure out…
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Workbook Pages
I saw a conversation in response to a sketchbook tour video recently, and it’s a fairly common type of conversation that I’ve seen numerous times. Of course I now can’t find the post, but as I said, it’s a fairly common thing you see online. The sketchbook in the video was a beautifully executed watercolour…
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