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I decided to take the advice Karen Jurick gave on her Different Strokes from Different Folks blog. She said, “For anyone out there who wants to to be a better painter - it has to start with being a good drawer.” So that is what I have been doing...struggling with my drawing of a marble sculpture and sketching whenever I can.
These sketches were done in my Strathmore 6.25 x 8.5 sketchpad. I used PITT Graphite Pure pencils by Faber-Castell. I really love these pencils because they are solid graphite, no wood but they can break if you drop them on a hard surface. You can get some nice darks with the 2 and 3 B but I used mostly the HB on these two sketches. This is a good time of the year to draw trees here in Wisconsin, they are just starting to bud.The 2nd sketch is Dick, my better half who is always a willing subject while watching cable news in the evening.
Aaaahh... we should all be blessed with a cooperative spouse...
ReplyDeleteI love the shadow play on the tree too.
Your post made me laugh, I have many sketches of my husband in exactly the same pose, hmm.
ReplyDeletegreat blog.
ReplyDeleteI recognize that pose! Great sketches!!
ReplyDeleteHi, Carol - wonderful sketches! The shadow on that tree trunk is beautiful! (thank goodness for tv for "models" :-)
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