9x12 sketchbook pencil sketches 2/16/19, 2/22/19

Some experiments from "A Big Important Art Book" by Danielle Krysa (of the Jealous Curator Podcast)

blind contour

partial pencil portrait using mechanical pencil







1st chapter is "Play with Portraits" She suggest to try the following

• Collaged portrait from 10 photos torn into pieces 
• Blind contour
• Child

Some more starbuck sketches not in 5x7 sketchbook.

5x7 PSG sketchbook pages

working on a sketchbook for Portrait Society Gallery Charity Auction, for more info see http://milwaukeesketchclub.blogspot.com/2019/02/psg-seeking-artists-to-make-sketchbooks.html

They provided us with a "Scout Books" 5x7 sketchbook of 16 pages.

 Regular mechanical pencil and Inktense pencils.

 But the sketchbook paper wrinkles when blended the inktense pencil with water.and bubbled. I couldn't get it to lie flat even when I ironed it. So coated all the backs of the pages with gesso.

This picture is a doodle using Tombow dual brush pensfollowed the valleys and peaks of the paper that morphed from a tree to a clown.

 Some mechanical pencil pictures when I met up with my sketching buddies at Starbucks this week. Very crowded. Could only get a 4 person table. Luckily only 4 of us came.

 The eraser on the back of the pencil was smudging rather than erasing so I used the eraser smudge to blend the pencil lines.

This was a real smudgy pencil so sprayed all the pages of the sketchbook with workable fixative.

 If I have time might go back in with color to enhance sketches.

Inktense overlapping blind contour experiment. I think I need more value contrast. Need to remember to save whites of paper or go over it with white?

Paper still wrinkling. Maybe I should coat both sides of paper with gesso?

Meeting Doodles 2/18/19 & 2/21/19

Tori, 9x12, conte crayon, 2/19/19

A very good model!
Sat very still while listening to her phone.
Very pale, nice skin.
Gave her the sketch. That's what most of us do at sketch club.

pencil sketches 9x12 starbucks 2/15/18

Could only talk and sketch for an hour.

Missed sketching with my buddies last week because I had to take mom to a doctor.

Nikkie 9x12 oil pastel (5/14/1983 - 2/13/2019) painted 2/14-2/15/18

At first started with this but couldn't get the detail I wanted with oil pastel.








Here's a sequence of pictures while making the picture

The last one was shot at night under the new florescent light bulbs. Previous ones were shot during the day. Right now due to the snow and cold, our daylight coming in the windows is very blue here. It is interesting to see how the season affects the color of light.

Some interesting art books:

• Wisconsin in Watercolor, the life and legend of folk artist paul seifert by Joe Kapler isbn: 978-0-87020-891-1 
• The Simple Secret to Better Painting, how to immediately improve your art with this one rule of composition by Greg Albert isbn: 1-58180-256-0
• The Yin/Yang of Painting by Hongnian Zhang and Lois Woolley isbn: 0-8230-5983-9

One of my podcasts mentioned overlaying wax paper on photos of paintings and drawing with sharpie on the wax paper. It actually works.

9x12 pencil sketches starbucks 2/1/19

More practice sketches. I try to sketch even though life is keeping me busy. Weather is not cooperating for taking pictures. Extremes from 0F to 40 with sleet. Once I fill up sketchbooks I need to discard them due to lack of space. So this blog has morphed into a imperfect record of an art practice.

4x6 pencil hockey practice 2/3/19

4x6 pencil basketball practice 2/2/19

4x6 pencil parking lot 1/25/19