Sketch Book Series: Blanket Texture (with Notes)(October 2010)
The trouble with inking with small dots is the large number of dots required for dark areas. Even though this sketch was 3×5″, making the dots was tiresome.
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The Thinker
Sketch Book Series: Hip Joint (October 2010)
In this sketch from the Tech Museum, there were many different textures. I am most proud of the rendering of the clear plexiglass that embedded the plastic hip bone close to the base of this model.
Detritus and Ladder Rungs
This was an unintentional photo, but I like it.
Sketch Book Series: Tech Museum (November 2010)
I used ink in this sketch primarily for the edges. This gives the impression of higher contrast than if the whole sketch were in pencil. At this point in my development, I was having a hard time with vantage point. I seem to be looking down on the scenes in most of my sketches I […]
Hodgepodge
Sketch Book Series: Plant on Table (October 2010)
Pencil sketching allows a method of shading not available to pen and ink. It involves the use of fingers and a smearing motion. Some call it ‘smudging’. Below is an example.
LA Store Fronts
Sketch Book Series: Shading Practice (September 2010)
Painters sometimes paint black and white tonal studies. They make a strip starting with black paint, adding white until they achieve a smooth gradient from the blackest black to the whitest white. I did the same below with pen and ink, making a gradient of dense to sparse ink marks. This tonal gradient is a […]
