Tag: sketchbook
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Two Colour Play Portrait
Today I opened my insanely ancient sketchbook that I would really like to finish with no idea what I was going to do, so I stared at the blank page for a few minutes. Sometimes I think gardening and painting involve a very similar process of standing and staring at things until something in the…
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A Ragged Screech
I figured out my weird mood yesterday when I woke up this morning with the delights of an aura migraine. Yum. Of course it’s very sunny today, which amplifies the various elements of my frothy duvet brain. This too shall pass. Despite my affliction, I got a lot more into arting today than I did…
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Monday
I just wasn’t feeling it today at all. It’s not surprising, and I am not going to be hard on myself, because the world is overwhelming just now for those of us who are paying attention. I did do art, even though I just couldn’t settle down to anything, but it felt like a desperate…
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World Gone Mad Do Art
I had a really good day in my studio room today, a really fun day, despite everything going on out there. One of the things I did was revisit this drawing from earlier in the year. I love this reference, and I love my drawing, and I have never felt the urge to revisit this…
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Playing With Marks I Made
Neocolor IIs in my sketchbook, making faces incorporating one of the clusters I made during yesterday’s mark making, and adding to it. Til the morn, Suzanne 167/200
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Still Life and Water Mini Drama
I was not in the mood for painting faces when I started painting today, but I had no idea what to paint. I don’t really do this, but I know a lot of artists will just paint their supplies when they are stuck, so I thought I would have a go. Fun fact – you…
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Too Hot
It’s too hot in my house, especially upstairs, which makes painting a bit of a chore. I did some sketching, but not as much as I would have liked. Hopefully the weather will break down soon. Here’s one of the sketches, and I like how he turned out. Til the morn, Suzanne 164/200
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Revolting
Today I channelled some emotions into painting. Being called revolting by some ludicrous person indulging herself in manufactured outrage over a bit of theatre featuring queer folk needs an outlet. I painted several studies in my sketchbook, and then questioned whether I have reached a comfort zone, and pulled out a canvas for another sketch.…
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Five Minute Sketch
We had visitors today, including Murphy the glorious Lurcher. Doggie bosies are the best. I only had five minutes to paint, so naturally I picked a complex pose from my new book. The ups and downs of blind selection, I suppose. I’m going to give this one another go with more time, because it’s an…
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Bum Day
My little pot of caput mortuum sketching blend died a death today. (is that a niche joke?) Naturally I have forgotten exactly what I put in the pot, so I searched my blog. Naturally when I wrote about making the mix, all I wrote was ‘mixed with medium’. Ha. Waggled some of my sketchbook pages…
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Scream III
Have I told you how much my new workbench has changed things? I am sure that I have, but I will say it again, my new workbench has changed everything. There’s probably a stand-alone story I could write about that particular room, and the crazymaker person who… yes… I’ll spend some time writing that story,…
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Sketchbook Skull
Today’s excitement was the arrival of two parcels that are most of the result of birthday spendies. Birthday cash or vouchers to spend on art supplies is never going to get dull. One of the things that arrived is a copy of a book I’ve had on my wishlist for a while – Facial Expressions:…
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