Yesterday, I began a brand new sketchbook (Softcover Sq. Alpha by Stillman and Birn), and I believed it could be immediate for a fast weblog submit!
I’ve been just a little busy recently placing collectively my Journey Sketching course. (It is a huge understatement!) It’s tremendous thrilling that after months of preparation, I’m lastly sharing the ideas that I’ve developed for this course.
For these of you who’ve signed up… I hope that you’re having fun with my 7 traces approach! Though this week within the course we’re simply doing line drawings (with out including color) I’ve been utilizing this system in numerous methods – and used it for this sketch! And sure! I’ll share extra about this within the first livestream early subsequent week, so keep tuned!
In case you are within the course and haven’t but signed up – it’s not too late to affix – see extra right here.
However to get again to my current sketching…
I’ve been loving utilizing the sq. Alpha recently—a lot in order that I stocked up (from my pals at LarryPOST), and now I’m set for the remainder of the 12 months. Let’s do a fast calculation to see if that’s the case: There are 106 days left in 2024, and earlier within the 12 months, I completed one in 17 days and one in 25 days (see this article for extra), so having 5 sketchbooks shall be lots.
Regardless of being in the midst of a loopy busy season, I’ve been nonetheless sketching native homes frequently. And I’m persevering with to make use of watercolour pencils (my Journey Sketching course colors – see right here) and a palette of Arkaar paints. – see right here. Word: My on a regular basis palette was cleaned after which used for Journey Sketching course pictures and I used to be nonetheless utilizing it as a prop final week.
A few of the Arkaar paints are extra opaque than the (principally) Daniel Smith colors in my regular palette, so some sketches have been extra profitable than others. 🙂
I’m additionally nonetheless utilizing a waterbrush – however I’m prepared to return to my beloved dagger brush. 🙂
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I’m notably pleased with the shadow underneath the gable on this sketch. And earlier than you ask for extra particulars… I’m not going to share how I achieved it till I work out precisely what I did. Ha! The enjoyable factor about continually being in experimentation mode throughout a busy season is that I typically depend on my reflex sketching expertise. Because of this my mind is focusing extra on my duties for the day and never on my sketch. And consequently, I’m not concentrating precisely on what colors I’m utilizing.
I’ll attempt to get again to extra common articles right here – however long-time readers will know that even once I’m quiet when it comes to weblog posts, I’m nonetheless frequently sketching. 🙂