Putting this figure on two pages is almost ironic, since you could pretty much divide it down the middle vertically and say the right side held together pretty well—nice edge where the right side of her back is in front of her right arm; nice substantial right leg and buttock; decent head angle. This against… Continue reading Moleskin Gouache Figure
Tag: Watercolor
Gouache in Chicago
I'm finally back in Chicago on Fridays: 1, 5, 10, and 15 minute sketches in charcoal, and 30 minutes in pencil and gouache. This painting was done in my 5 x 8 inch Moleskine sketchbook, so the lighting is different above and below the fold. I'm looking for larger paper that takes the paint (or… Continue reading Gouache in Chicago
Mixing It Up
This is a half-hour traditional-media pencil and gouache sketch in my 5 x 8 Moleskin, with a little digital finish thrown in. In the original, the model's left arm didn't read right. So for the first time ever, I took a picture of the painting with my iPad camera, imported the image into the Procreate… Continue reading Mixing It Up
Back to Chicago
Bored with using charcoal when I got to the last half hour of the evening open studio at the Palette and Chisel, I decided to do this small (10 x 8) gouache sketch in a new Moleskin sketchbook. It's messy, but it was fun to do. I had trouble with the sketchbook paper because it's… Continue reading Back to Chicago
Framed Watercolor
I matted and framed two of the alla prima watercolors from the P&C Monday open studio, just to see how they look, but also so I could put them on the wall and look at them. This is “Green Woman.” I'm hoping to mat and frame paintings as I do them and then have a… Continue reading Framed Watercolor
Self Portrait
Small 5 x 7 inch two-hour watercolor. First hour I drew from an Ipad photo in pencil. For some reason, it was very difficult to get the looking-up part of the expression. Second hour, I erased most of the pencil and put down a thin all-over wash mostly concerned with color temperature. Then more layers… Continue reading Self Portrait
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