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| The Natural Way to Draw 19 Mary 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
May has been a productive month for sketching. I've been following Liz Steel’s on-line sketching class - SketchingNow.
I completed lessons 3, 4 and 5 and started lesson 6:
- Lesson three is all about abstracting the world into shapes
- Lesson four is about seeing the volume of things
- Lesson five is about starting the sketch by accurately estimating the relative sizes and alignments in the subject
- Lesson six is about starting with a less precise set-up or no set-up whatsoever
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| Ready for Dinner 10 May 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
The gravy boat and the pears are both a result of lesson three. In both cases I was thinking about shapes rather than the individual objects.
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| Pears 11 May 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
The books at the top of this post were drawn as part of lesson four - they are The Natural Way to Draw and Keys to Drawing.
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| Buy Me 28 May 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 14.0cm x 20.3cm (5.5" x 8.0") |
Both doorways are accuracy exercises from lesson five.
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| St. Peter's 28 May 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 14.0cm x 20.3cm (5.5" x 8.0") |
Who would have guessed that doors are so complicated? These accuracy exercises emphasised how much more practice I need.
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| A Special Dog Walking Bag 30 May 2016 Ink and Watercolour Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook 20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5") |
The bag is Elaine’s dog walking bag. It's appeared on this blog before (see January 2015 Sketches). This is the first exercise from lesson six. I drew a really quick preparatory drawing in watercolour pencil without checking the accuracy of the relative sizes and angles and then drew over this in ink before painting it. I really enjoyed the recklessness of the quick gestural set-up and then going for it in ink.
