February 2016 Sketches

Honeybuns
25 February 2016
Ink and Watercolour
Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook
20.3cm x 14.0cm (8.0" x 5.5")

Elaine gave me a selection of cakes from Honeybuns as a Valentine’s Day gift. Amazingly, eleven days later there were still a few left to draw, but we (mainly me) finished them the next day.

Red Tulip

7 February 2016

Ink and Watercolour

Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook

14.0cm x 20.3cm (5.5" x 8.0")

February has not been my most prolific month for sketching, but I still managed a few.

The sketches on this post all employ the same basic approach - adapted from The Urban Sketcher by Marc Taro Holmes (Citizen Sketcher). It starts with a scribbled drawing in pencil, followed by an ink drawing on top and then a few passes of watercolour - starting with a fairly watery mix becoming progressively thicker in each pass
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White Rose
26 February 2016
Ink and Watercolour
Stillman & Birn Alpha Series Sketchbook
14.0cm x 20.3cm (5.5" x 8.0")

The picture of Ducky was slightly more hurried than the other three - this was a pencil sketch, with an ink drawing on top, then more ink applied with a brush pen and then a single pass of watercolour.

Ducky's Perch
11 February 2016
Ink and Watercolour
Daler Rowney A6 Ebony Sketchbook
10.5cm x 14.9cm (4.1" x 5.9")

I'm trying to include watercolour in most sketches because it is good practice, but I plan to do some pencil sketches in March and to brave the great outdoors.