Tag: timed practise
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Thirty Seconds and Counting
For today’s practise I cut some large sheets off a roll of cartridge paper to fit my A2 boards. This practise is one that I really enjoy, but don’t do often enough. Today it was all I did. The basic practise is to choose a figure reference, then set a timer for 30 seconds and…
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Finished a Sketchbook
I finished a sketchbook today. I’m not sure how many pages it has, but it’s now full of graphite portrait drawings and sketches done in twenty minutes or less. The top right is the first page, and the centre bottom is the last page, which I sketched today, and the others are some of my…
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Sketching Therapy
Today’s twenty minute sketch is a mood. Til the morn, Suzanne 437/500
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Beauty Spot
This one needs more than an hour to do the beautiful age lines justice, but this is a good first go. Til the morn, Suzanne 436/500
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Grey Beanie
This is a reference I have drawn previously, but never painted. I don’t smoke, so that’s not why I like it, I just like her attitude. I’m definitely feeling that as I’m watching our institutions destroy our Equality legislation. Protect The Dolls Til the morn, Suzanne 435/500
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Changed The Palette
For today’s shenanigans I chose a different palette and carried on with the same selfie I’ve been painting from. It’s very weird to me that my self-portraits are getting more likes over on Bluesky than my other portraits. This adds to the particular vibe that goes along with painting self-portraits. The palette I chose is…
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Upturned
Day 39/100 one hour alla prima oil portrait on 6×8″ paper. This one went OK, but it’s very sunny and warm today, and I am not sure if that affected the way the paint was moving. The sun is still low enough that it is annoying rather than lighting, and I had to shut the…
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Going Green
I decided to try a reference I am comfortable with today, and I’m still trying out this alla prima technique that is a bit more in-depth. It’s quite challenging to do in an hour, and I am unconvinced with the greens for shadows, lol. I’m having fun, tho, which is good. I now have thirty…
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The Eyes Don’t Have It
Day 28 The 100 Day Project A choice between not painting, and not reaching a 400 day streak of daily art tomorrow, or doing a fast and wonky effort. I chose fast and wonky and my streak. You win some, you lose some, that’s art. If there’s one thing I have learned over the past…
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Make It Stop
The reference I chose today reflects my mood when I opened my phone this morning and saw footage of that Vance person haverin jobbies about Europe. No. The things that he says are happening are just not true. FFS Til the morn, Suzanne 393/400
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Side Eye
Day 20 of the 100 Day Project This morning I was feeling all motivated for a good day of painting, meaning to get started early, and had the feeling I was in an energised frame of mine, and more likely to pull that off. I was cracking on, ticking the boxes, and then my bliss…
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100 Day Project Day 2
I started the art day with a twenty minute timed sketch, and this is feeling good as a way to start the day. I’m probably going to use that practise as a first sketch for my 100 Day one hour portraits, it’s a good way to get a feel for the shapes before starting with…
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