On Fridays when I take ballet class, I have time to have coffee and sketch before going to pick up my grandson at nursery school. I try to use this time to practice figure drawing of dancers from photos in ads in magazines.
Here is my painting from today.
EDM Challenge #154: Draw a Lemon
I wanted to try to capture the moist cut surface of the lemon and used Masking Fluid to create the appearance of membranes. I need to learn to use even a thinner application tool ! I love lemon flavor and wish I had time to make lemon squares with this lemon before bed!
I had a completely free day on Wednesday - no work or family activities - or required errands. For a full week I've been planning a slow leisurely trip to Pearl Paints on Canal Street in Manhattan. Since I have not carried my recycled NY sketch book with me recently, I brought it and no other paper,
As soon as I got off the subway I decided to sketch a roofline and water tank - one of my favorite NYC icons. Then I browsed all 6 floors of Pearl Paints - picking up art supplies for my grandchildren and small new items for me (they have open stock Albrecht Durer WC pencils I can't resist). I think I was in there more than 3 hours! At lunch at Pain Quotidienne in Soho, I sketched a few of my new supplies and then a wall unit facing me in the restaurant. What a wonderful day - full of inspiration and needed mind clearing relaxation.
The map that is on the edge of each page is a piece of the end paper that I used for this recycled book that I used to cover the gap between the signatures. The two pages were actually sketched on two different types of wc paper - I'm growing to love HP, tolerate CP, and hate rough!
More face sketching practice from magazine advertisement photos. Unfortunately there is a piece of dust on the scanner and visible on two of the faces, but I'm too tired to go back and rescan them!
The scan really shows a difference in the pupils that is not as apparent on the sketch. I will definitely need to work on these.
Four lemon-scented soaps in a clear plastic bag, purchased during our October 2005 visit to Sorrento, Italy:
I need to spend time working with reflections - more now than ever! It took me several days to find something to sketch and paint - and then I could see the reflections on the plastic, but just couldn't make them sparkle. I know that these areas should be bright white, and the next time I try this I will mask the areas and try that.