Pencil Sketches 11-13-16

3x5 pencil sketches in quattro book 11/6/16 - 11/10/16

I like the paper in this book but I wish they would lay flat so probably won't buy again. However the size fits in my pocket quite well.
Trying to draw dailyish to improve my drawing skills.
BIC Mechanical Pencil #2 0.7mm which I like because it doesn't need to be sharpened.
Cat Scan waiting room.

Whitnal Park 6x8 acrylic 11/4/16

After listening to Eric Rhodes Podcast with James Gurney  I decided to go back to using 4 tubes, a white, yellow, red, and blue. It's a challenge that he and his friends do with each other. He also sets up orange cones when he paints plein air that say "Department of Art".
 



This time I used white, ultramarine blue, burnt sienna and really concentrated on values. I still need to put on a light gray wash/glaze to tone down the trees in the background. I was still working on the foreground when it was time to leave but I think it works OK. In the previous outdoor painting adventures I had been trying to exactly match the fall colors by trying different reds and yellows. However I think this experiment worked very well.


My friends told me about

• Savy Painter
• Wind River Art for Easy L plastic grids?

I put these two books on my amazon wish list or at least I'd like to read them after listening to Eric Rhodes podcast with James Gurney

• Sketching from Nature in Water Colours by Aaron Penley
• The Artist's Guide to Sketching by James Gurney, Thomas Kinkade

New Berlin Historical Park 10/26/16

I was very interested in the door but it got closed before I finished. I know it's not quite right.









A very interesting book:
The drawing lesson: a graphic novel that teaches you how to draw by Mark crilley

Another interesting book: figure drawing for artists: making every mark county by Steve Huston

Pencil 10/22/16, 9x12

Inspired by Emily Carr
Just used a mechanical pencil

Greenfield Park 6x8 acrylic 10/18/16

Partly cloudy day. Shadows and light kept changing.

Mount Mary 8x8 acrylic 10/11/16

I was fascinated by the overlapping trees.
It was a misty, drizzly day so we stood under an arch