Blind Drawn Sketch of Mother and Son with Extra Portraits
Since the result of my blind drawing is a bit cartoonish, I added more realistic thumbnail portraits.
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Cloud Practice Times Four
I divided my 12×9 watercolor block into four sections. I need a lot of practice representing clouds in watercolor. Instead of painting a generic cloud, I used one of my photographs (previous practice sessions are here: Gray Clouds in Front of Cloud Line…; and here: Watercolor Cloud Studies – First Trial.) Future practice sessions will […]
Watercolor Sketches: Gray Clouds in Front of Cloud Line, with Evergreens
Here are a couple of more preliminary watercolor sketches of cloud formations. I photographed this cloud bank late last month. I was struck by the smattering of blue sky between the solid mass of white-edged clouds in the background, and smaller steel gray clouds hovering in the foreground. In the first sketch, I laid down […]
Discussion Group Drawn Totally Blind
Even though I drew this group without looking at the paper, the resulting figures lined up nicely on the page.
Physical Therapy Session
Therapists are very caring people.
Watercolor Cloud Studies – First Trial
I’m dipping my toe back into the watercolor pond with these two sketches. I am trying to reproduce the cloud patterns from an early photo (see reference photo below). In the second sketch, I tried to give up some control back to the water. Reference photo:
Beginning of a Sketch of a Woman Thinking
This was promising to be a good sketch, and the woman just got up and left!
Grayness II
The same bank of clouds as yesterday, but darker in tone and softer.
Man with Floppy Hat
The floppy hat looks more like a pith helmet, but blind drawing tends to transmogrify drawn objects.
Grayness I
Eventually I would like to get back to watercolors and produce a cloudscape like the one below.
