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Testing Out My Sketch equipment…

 I checked out my water pencils and decided to keep just 7 plus a water soluble graphite pencil.

After that I tried out all my pens. I’m keeping 5 for now plus a white Unibal for highlights.

Next was trying out brushes. There are a couple daggers, a couple travel kind and of course a small water brush.

 

Welcome 2022

I’ve signed up for a class with Liz Steele called “Foundations”.

I think I’ll post some of the things I do here. First is my sketch equipment. Both watercolor paint and watercolor pencils. I like ink and watercolor. It has become my favorite for some time now but i thought I’d like to branch out a bit. Try not to be too detailed and try some watercolor pencils.

Also I have some pens and brushes to choose from.

 

Lion And The Lamb

 Been busy on and off but I’d like to begin posting again. Perhaps it will keep me inspired. I have been doing some sketching and painting but not a lot. I will begin to post some of the earlier pieces for a while until I hit my stride again.

                                            This is a piece I did for our church.

                     It’s a rather large piece and I haven’t ever painted animals..

                                                                Until next time...

        

Here & There

A quick sketch from a patio full of interesting plants. These caught my eye. A little strange but I liked them.

Plein air was in Grabill recently. It feels kind of empty because I didn’t put all the cars in.

Lakeside Park, looking down on the pools of water. My but it was a very hot day. We didn’t stay very long.

Gotta cool off...k

Out and Around

It was a hot day and I was hungry. Why not grab lunch, find a good parking spot and enjoy the view. I had also just viewed a video on measuring within sketches and was anxious to give it a try. You see the front doors are divided into thirds. That has always been a problem for me to get any kind of accuracy. However, if you look close only 2 doors look like a square. Add a half and you have three equal doors. Not sure if that makes sense but to me it was revelation.

We have a small plein air group that meets once a week during the nice weather. Todays meet-up was at a little restaurant/antique shop called “Pickles Cafe”. I found a nice cool spot in the shade and enjoyed sketching the building.

 Hubby and I have a favorite restaurant in Auburn called the “Steakhouse”. As we were inside, this couple sat out on the patio. I could resist a quick sketch.

Guess that will do for now... k

This & That...

This is my interesting work space. It appears rather cluttered but but I find it very comfortable.
I was playing with a lense that fits over my iPhone and rather liked the effect it had.

 I was sitting outside the downtown library just off the patio. It needs some people so later I will add a couple sitting at one of the tables.

Also at the library...

...k

Enjoying the warmer weather

Not doing any oil painting these days but I enjoy a bit of sketching.


                    We pulled into a back area downtown and that red truck caught my eye.

                           

               Found ourselves at Johnny Appleseed Park. Lots of campers enjoying the area.

               

                  Still working on my measurements and proportions.
                  This building front looked like a good piece to practice on.

                      Thanks for dropping by.      K.