Tag: sketching
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Study and Express
I did some more work with the black graphite pencils, and then I made a charcoal sketch with much faster, looser movements, and I like the difference. I bought a small can of “low odour” fixative, because with all the rain we have had there is a backlog of charcoal and pastel works needing fixed.…
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Two Years
Trying something similar to yesterday, and adding in a Conté pencil. I noticed today that yesterday marked precisely two years since I started a 100 Day Project, and then just kept going. Two years of daily art practise is pretty cool. Til the morn, Suzanne 731/800
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Inverness and Toes
Some snaps from our Inverness trip. Today’s art: Charcoal, acrylic ink and medium. Til the morn, Suzanne 730/800
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Sponge Brush Day
Sponge brush figure drawings today. The world is a LOT. Til the morn, Suzanne 723/800
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Terms and Conditions
I have been reading the Terms and Conditions of a couple of things I am thinking about submitting work to, and I have thoughts. Now, I have been seeing a few things online about juried shows and competitions, and how, of course, entrants are paying for the thing without much chance of being selected, and…
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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…
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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…
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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
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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
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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…
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Art Interrupted
Today’s plan went out the window. I was happily bobbing along, working to plan, when I got a message that the vintage bookcase we bought at the weekend was going to be delivered. It was bought, paid for, and labelled Sold, but we weren’t expecting them to deliver for a while because they usually wait…
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Art Therapy
Some days you just need a large piece of paper, some Derwent XL blocks, gesso and a lot of big, gestural movements. “Civilasational erasure” indeed. Pfffft. Til the morn, Suzanne 662/700
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