Tag: sketching
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Cheap Sketchbook Success
In theory doing a straight swap of two bookcases and a table to a larger space than the space they were in should be quite a simple undertaking, but no… I’ve completely changed my studio room space, and as much as I am knackered from the decluttering and organising, I am soooooo happy with my…
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Complex Angle Underpainting
Migraine Day 2 but I did manage to get this underpainting done, oil on canvas paper. Til the morn, Suzanne 285/300
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Books and Wolves
I spent most of the the day browsing books, mostly in Leakey’s Bookshop (Inverness), and purchases were made. That was the whole point of the trip, so well done me. The tail end of Storm Bert was making itself known with rain and biting wind, so wandering about wasn’t the best fun, but we did…
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Sunday Travel Sketches
Sat in a hotel room in very poor lighting on a very uncomfortable chair munching salad leaves and playing with my “travel art kit”. I took a 9x14cm sketchbook that I haven’t done very much in, and a cheap fineliner pen. I decided at the last minute to grab the travel palette that I bought…
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Older Woman Sketch
I could have pushed this one a bit further, but she was done in around forty minutes and then the delivery guys arrived with the new washing machine, so that changed the focus of the day. The new washing machine is lovely and quiet, and very twirly, and the old one was taken away for…
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Exhibition
Today has been a LOT, and I may not sleep much lol. I am very pleased to say that my portrait of Gisèle Pelicot will be part of the Scottish Society of Artists 126th Annual Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh. My painting will be in the 30×30 small works section. !!! I…
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Bluesky and Sketchbook
My favourite thing about my sketchbooks is the way that you can go from ‘that’s nae bad’ to ‘I’ve forgotten how to see and draw’ on the same spread. Aside from just the fun of it, it helps me to decide which reference I’m feeling for a project. Lol. In other news, I have been…
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Charcoal and Cheek
I set myself several challenges this year, and one of them was to submit a piece in response to every Let’s Face It class. I have sixteen classes that are either partially done, or just in the well-I-watched-the-demo stage. In the spirit of staying current, this week’s class was by Robert Kelley, who is exceptional…
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Paint What (Who) You Love
That’s the advice I keep seeing in this place or that place where people are talking about developing your art. Paint what you love. That’s what I have been doing today, continuing on with the portrait I started yesterday. iykyk Til the morn, Suzanne 267/300
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Complex Angle
I’ve been working on this week’s Let’s Face It class today, and the reference is a deliciously challenging and complex angle. If you’ve been following along you’ll know that I’m a wee bit fond of complex poses, so I’m going with the artist’s choice of reference, but choosing my own colours. Before getting into the…
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Three Brushes Three Sketches
Today I have been working in my sketchbook doing multiple sketches of the same reference photo. I have mostly been using my trusty caput mortuum sketch blend, although I did do one sketch in graphite. This is a Let’s Face It class, and the reference is the artist herself, so I’m setting myself the challenge…
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Golden Ratio
A bit of an odd here’s what I did today photo, but it’s kind of the most coherent page from all the bits and pieces from today. I am piecing together ideas from recent work to put in a painting, so this is just my sketchbook page reference for composition ideas. It’s not very exciting,…
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