Sketch Book Series: Mom’s Orchids (April 2009)
I like the contrast between the background and the white of the flowers. My straight-line practice came in handy for the screen. What is needed is a touch of color in the orchids.
Tag Archives: artistic process
Sketch Book Series: Back Porch (August 2008)
I worked hard on this drawing. I had just retired, I had little else to do around the house (being settled after the move out west). I had been practicing shading with my micro-tip ink pen. This drawing looks pretty good altogether and, instead of being an art piece for me, it serves the purpose […]
Sketch Book Series: Homestead (August 2008)
I unearthed some more sketchbooks during the course of our latest move. The picture below came from a notebook I started shortly after moving to California. I was just starting to use watercolor (as you can probably tell). The colors are vivid and unmixed, as if I were just coloring in between the outlines.
Sketch Book Series: Wood Grain and Shadows (May 2010)
The shadow is the first element I notice in this sketch. The wood grain lies underneath, yet is not confused with shading of the dark area. The flower pots are the most incomplete component of this piece, not completely defined with pen and ink.
Sketch Book Series: Water in Bottle (August 2010)
Reflections in the water, plus distortions in the clear plastic bottle were the challenges in this drawing exercise.
Sketch Book Series: Car Hood Reflections (December 2010)
There’s got to be a better way to depict reflections on a shiny car hood. I get a better sense of the reflected branches on the windshield than the hood. Not sure why that is.
Sketch Book Series: Penned Surface (October 2010)
Pen-and-ink surfaces take a long time to draw. In this sketch I did not draw lines, but rather used shading to create surfaces.
Sketch Book Series: Faces (December 2011)
I don’t remember the point of this practice exercise. It couldn’t have been faces exclusively since two are hidden. Maybe it was a combination face practice and composition design. I was getting better at facial proportions in this sketch.
Sketch Book Series: Cat, Self Grooming (May 2011)
Instead of using a permanent-ink pen in this sketch I used one with water-soluble ink. I doused a bit of water on the furry bits of the cat (depicted in the drawing) to get the wash effect.
Sketch Book Series: Pen and Ink Doodles (June 2011)
I like the clean lines of this practice page.
