Tag: sketching
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Charcoal and Gesso Fun
Repeating the pose from yesterday, I used a piece of A2 paper that had some layers of figure drawing practise, each one covered with gesso. This makes for a sumptuous textured surface, and another layer of gesso went over the most recent sketch to make a blank page for this drawing. I used the same…
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XL Charcoal XL Paper XL Toes
I was feeling like some big mark-making, so I pulled out one of the XL paper sheets (A1 size) and one of my XL charcoal chunks. They are water-soluble, but I didn’t play with that aspect for this piece, because once it was on the page I liked the way it looked. The only thing…
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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
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Yaaaaaaas
not my usual subject, a moment worth the paint 🏴⚽️🤸♀️ Til the morn, Suzanne 641/700
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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…
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Fingers and Toes Again
I have run out of pyrrole red, but there’s more en-route 😉 I did have enough for this painting in my A3 sketchbook. I did a few other bits and pieces today, but this is my favourite. I’ve painted a version of this pose previously in a more muted palette. Til the morn, Suzanne 618/700
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Get It On Paper
The clocks changed overnight, and we reverted to GMT for the winter, and I am discombobulated, naturally. I had an idea, and this sketchbook page is the start of working out the idea. It’s definitely not a finished and resolved page, it’s just scratching an idea onto a page for later – what sketchbooks are…
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Inverness Trip to See Ken Currie: The Crossing An / Turas
We were up long before the crack of dawn for a day trip to Inverness, which is a long day, but, it turns out, entirely do-able. The reason for the day trip was to see an exhibition at Inverness Museum and Art Gallery, Ken Currie: The Crossing / An Turas. We set off for the…
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Very Handy
I was hoping to get a longer painting session in today as I am dogsitting, but the angle I’m at sitting at a dining table painting is irritating whatever is niggling in my shoulder, so I decided to call it a day after the basic blocking in was done. Perhaps all the ball launching for…
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Budget Paint Swatch Sketch
I didn’t have much time today, as most of the day was taken up visiting the best dog park ever, followed by accumulating an art haul in two different shops. I bought some canvases, brushes, a gold ink that’s supposed to be the most gold ink you can get, a few brushes and a variety…
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Wonky Dog
Sketchbook play doing studies of the wonky dog lurcher I’m staying with. The spread is quick studies from action photos taken at the dog park. The hill at the top is Bennachie, which is the mother mountain backdrop at the dog park, and a landscape knitted into my soul. The next page is one the…
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Warm-up Sketch
A quick portrait sketch today as I’m a bit tired after a 5am start. I did have my sketching kit accessible during my train station layover, but it was black as pitch, so this is all I have. Til the morn, Suzanne 605/700
Thrummie Bizzum 