Tag: sketching
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Angles and Curves
Today’s share is a first go at this fun pose in my A3 sketchbook. I used a stick of compressed charcoal that had somehow gained a coat of gesso. I don’t know. Turns out scratching legs and feet cleans a dirty crayon. Don’t mind me while I keep one eye on the train wreck that…
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Always Find Time
I had almost no time today for painting due to other commitments, which is quite unusual, but I managed a twenty minute session with my sketchbook, so all is not lost. Til the morn, Suzanne 814/900
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Sketching Day
Today’s share is my daily page in my A3 sketchbook. I was in the mood for sketching today, rather than full painting. Our election result finally tallied after 1am, and the last result was needed to define who came second, and is therefore effectively the opposition. For the first time in the life of the…
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Flocculation
Up until now I have been using the cat litter method for acrylic paint water disposal, but I did a bit more research into the flocculation method, and discovered that it can be done with aluminium sulphate and garden lime, so this week I’m experimenting with the process to see if my scoops are the…
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Teasing Shapes
Today’s share is from my A3 sketchbook where I started with a quite dark ground and then teased the figure out with the light value magenta paint. There’s always a way to flip the rules. Til the morn, Suzanne 802/900
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Mini Complex Pose
100 Day Project ~ Day 35 There are 37 canvases, I think, and momentum is still going. I’m remembering last year when I was doing the daily oil painting and I got bored, that’s not happening this time. Maybe I find bodies more interesting than faces, or maybe the parameters I set were too limiting.…
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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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