Tag: sketchbook

  • Persevere

    Persevere

    Persevering with this reference, and the drawing on the left is where I felt I got the hand, but I wasn’t happy with the face. The drawing on the right I like the overall proportions much more, but I like the previous hand more. It’s an easy fix, especially if I decide to paint this…

  • Too Neutral

    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…

  • Twenty Minute Paint Dash

    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,…

  • Saturday Extremities

    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

  • All Fingers And Pose

    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…

  • Quinacridone Muse

    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

  • Cobalt By Accident

    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

  • Cool Moves

    Cool Moves

    This is my first go with this reference, and it was really fun to do. Til the morn, Suzanne 548/600

  • Sketching Hares Day

    Sketching Hares Day

    Sketching hares today. Til the morn, Suzanne 547/600

  • Figuring It Out

    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…

  • Workbook Pages

    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…

  • Storm, Finally

    Storm, Finally

    The heatwave finally broke into a massive thunderstorm that went on for ages. There’s cool air tonight, and I am hoping for a good sleep. Til the morn, Suzanne 544/600