Daily Painting 31st May - 5th June 2010

[GaryNorthants]

All media are welcome and the goal is to complete a painting or a piece of art within a day. There is no set subject, or time limit to work within except that all work should be completed in a single day. All are welcome so don't be shy.
Commenting is optional but it is highly appreciated. If you don't have much time to comment then don't worry but please keep on posting your art. Have a great week everyone and looking forward to another week of great art.
Gary

[eyepaint]

Here's a watercolour quicky that I did after supper tonight.

And here are some animal sketches from photos I've found online.

Cheers,

[GaryNorthants]

Love the sketches EP :)
Gary

[robertsloan2]

EP, love your mushrooms, kittens and puppies! So cool!

Here's today's first, another Morrow workshop exercise. There might be a second page of it too.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/31-May-2010/70184-Day-15-Morrow.jpg
All-Media Book Page 31 (Day 15 Morrow Workshop)
9" x 12"
Pigma Micron pen and Koi watercolors
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

[eyepaint]

Gary and Robert - thank you

Robert - I would NOT want to be anywhere near a shark!! Poor guy!!

That simple seahorse ref has started something for me. This is acrylics on 9x12" canvas board.


I added more colours to my shrooms. Now I'm considering adding ink.


Cheers,

[robertsloan2]

EP, that's even more fun! Scroll fast past my next page, I put a butt icon on this for violence, not nudity. I sketched the actual shark bite on the fellow's leg. Rather realistically.

Read this, scroll down, then scroll very fast all the way to the bottom of my post and slide up slowly till you're just seeing the amusing weird prehistoric flatiron shark and flying fish shaped tropical shark if you want to skip the gooshy bits.


I'll make some space so you're not staring at it right under these words.
So...



I'm...



Going....




To...



Make...


It...



Easy...



To...



Avoid...




Or...



Dive right in, it's not your leg! Besides, the bloke survived and didn't even lose his leg. He's got a great scar though.
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/31-May-2010/70184-All-Media-Book-Page-32.jpg
All-Media Book, Page 32
Continuing Day 15 "Start a Sketchbook Habit" exercise
9" x 12"
Pigma Micron pen and Koi watercolor
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

Painted from "Shark Week 20th Anniversary Collection" Episode 3 (Shark Bites) and Episode 4 (Prehistoric Sharks), by stopping the screen to sketch and taking notes on the narration. Butt icon is for the gooshy shark bite sketches at the top, if you didn't guess. Eric Ritter was wearing shorts when he got bit on camera in April 2002, it's not like that's a male nude. But for the record, he survived and kept his leg minus his calf muscle. He still likes sharks and likes bull sharks best despite what one of them did to him.

[GaryNorthants]

EP - Love the Seahorses
Robert - Lots of great sketches there. I seem to recall seeing the incident on TV where the fella got himself bitten. It was part of an interesting documentary where two or three victims shared their stories and a team of scientists recreated a mechanical shark which had the properties of it's real life counterpart and then went on to show just how much damage they can inflict if seriously attacking something. The moral of the story was that however horrific the injuries were that they were more likely to be the shark being curious rather than predatory.
Gary

[robertsloan2]

Yep, that was the same documentary. Same shark bite. The bit with the mechanical shark was fun but less inspiring to draw than the actual footage of Eric Ritter's attack. The discussion with the two other survivors showing their scars was interesting too.

Here's some more drawings, less gory but two are still shark notes. And of course the furry land shark that comes circling at the sound of a canopener...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/01-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Book-Page-33-Partial.jpg
Partial page 33 of All-Media Book
9" square
Pigma Micron pens
90lb cold press watercolor paper.

[Kitty69]

Great sketches EP
Love your journal Robert! Even with the bloody leg... :eek:

I finally found some time to paint. Wanted to paint these penguins for a long time. Sketched them on a canvas first, I wanted to start a new oil painting, but the composition was completely wrong. Erased everything... then decided on doing a watercolor first to test the composition. I think it works, might start the oil painting next weekend.

Kitty :wave:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/01-Jun-2010/102043-Penguins_klein.jpg

[robertsloan2]

Kitty, your preliminary watercolor is a gorgeous painting in itself. That's magnificent. It needs an archival white mat and a good frame, then someone will buy it from you. There are a lot of penguin lovers out there. Or just the mat and sell it online from ebay or your website. It's spectacular.

Or of course keep and hang on your own wall, but it's beautiful and deserves framing. The oil is going to be spectacular.

Finished Page 33 with today's Sketchbook Habit exercise, a Scavenger Hunt item and more sketching:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/01-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Book-Page-33.jpg
All-Media Book Page 33 with
Scavenger Hunt 179, Item 1 and
Day 16 exercise from Sketchbook Workshop
9" x 12"
Pigma Micron pens in black, Sepia brush tip and assorted colors
Canson All-Media Book, 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

[robertsloan2]

And then much to everyone's surprise, on the next page I drew...

my cat.

But I did him in motion this time! Walking so graceful it was like he glided down a pile of pillows from the window by my table top onto the bed.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/01-Jun-2010/70184-Hunt-179-2.jpg
Scavenger Hunt 179, #2: Featherless Animal in Motion
4" x 5"
Sakura Koi watercolor and Pigma Micron pen (black)
90lb cold press watercolor paper.
From life of course.

[eyepaint]

Robert - thanks for the warning. I'm sure what you drew was accurate but I have a weak stomach. Ahhhh now there's a lovely sight of your land shark - big streeeetch :)

Gary - thank you

Kitty - thank you. Some of those guys look to be sharing a joke


I know this is a painting a day but I just had to share the update (again) to my shrooms. I think I'm in loooooove.....

[artastic]

wow I missed alot, and what a good read,
EP, I love the progressoin of your mushrooms, iwas especially attached to the sepia one in the first place
Robert; I remember seeing this show too, very interestign dureing te last shark week they had, ealistic to the gory details, but whsat is life but harsh?
LOVE the land shark and REALLY love the non feathered animal in motion , what a great job you do with your KOI paints! (great drawing of the house too- nice architectural drawing)
kitty, OMG I really love your WC penguins, how big is it?

[robertsloan2]

EP, I love the progression on your mushrooms! They're better at every turn, please do repost when you update something. I love it. Glad you like my land shark! When I get up to feed them sometimes I get both of them circling my legs. I can just hear the Jaws theme...

Bonnie, thank you! I need to get entirely comfortable with drawing the fanciest, prettiest buildings in San Francisco in the next four years or so. To the point that I can sketch them from life at a glance and have something really good to do in front of tourists. Although if I have to use photo references, I could always go out with a good digital camera, do notan sketches and stuff on site and do the detailed ink drawings at home in the studio carefully -- then do the watercoloring out in public in front of the tourists. That would work just as well and be good for getting the same building from the same vantage point at different times of day.

And now for something completely different...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/02-Jun-2010/70184-Collage-Face.jpg
Collage Face
400 x 600 pixels
Digital photo collage using sea photo by JustGranny, lightened and altered wall photo by Masperius and "electric_mexico" by ink8290.
This is the Day 17 "Start a Sketchbook Habit" challenge, but I have serious logistic problems with physical collage. I didn't fully understand that till this workshop. There's one more collage exercise coming, but I'm substituting quick sketches for it on Day 20 rather than beating my head on a brick wall that turned out to be just my physical limits.

[Kitty69]

Thanks Robert, I really like the drawing of the castle on day 16:clap:
Thanks EP, I like the the last one in the 'mushroom series' the best :thumbsup:
and
Thanks Bonnie; the size is 12 x 16", painted on Arches watercolor paper (rough). I have some painting buddies who really dislike this paper, but I love it :clap:

[robertsloan2]

Wow, thank you, Kitty! I like it too, and will be doing more castles and fancy buildings and mansions as time goes by. I need to spiff up my architecture and landmark scenes drawings.

Here's my first actual drawing or painting for today:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/02-Jun-2010/70184-Angua-Comic-Fan-Art.jpg
Fan Art - Sergeant Angua from Terry Pratchett's Diskworld.
3" x 6"
Pigma Micron Pen and Koi watercolors
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.
This character is copyrighted to Terry Pratchett. My drawing is entirely from imagination. It's not for sale nor will any prints be sold of it, in a sketchbook for practice as an homage to one of my favorite authors.

[robertsloan2]

Today's another Start a Sketchbook Habit exercise to start...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/03-Jun-2010/70184-Day-18-Morrow.jpg
Day 18 "Start a Sketchbook Habit" exercise
Positive/Negative Space
also Scavenger Hunt 179 #3: Leaves
3" x 6"
Tombow dual tip brush pen
Canson All Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper
From life, vine leaf clusters on the pecan tree outside my window drawn by negative space.

[robertsloan2]

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/03-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Page-34.jpg
All-Media Book Page 34
9" x 12"
Sakura Pigma Micron pens and Koi watercolors, Tombow brush pen
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.
Photo reference for Wild Roses by Desiree for May 28th 2010 Weekend Drawing Event.


At last finished this page!

[robertsloan2]

Three more pen and watercolor sketches! These are for Scavenger Hunt.
A good start on Page 35, with about 2/3 of the page free for more drawings...

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/03-Jun-2010/70184-Hunt-179-4.jpg
Scavenger Hunt 179 #4 Flowers
(Echinacea and Lavender)
3" x 8"
Sakura Pigma Micron pens and Koi pan watercolors
Cotman All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/03-Jun-2010/70184-Hunt-179-5-and-6.jpg
Scavenger Hunt 179, #5 and #6
Glass Paperweight and Kneaded Eraser
5" x 3 1/2"
Sakura Pigma Micron pens and Koi pan watercolors
Cotman All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

[missswiss]

Wow, lots of great sketches. Love your mushroom painting, EP. Robert you have certainly been busy with all you are doing and the new things too. Great. I love to see the experiments as I love to do that too. Kitty, Love your penguins. They are great. Here is what I did but it was too wet to scan sooner. Painted in oil on leaf.http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/03-Jun-2010/132729-06-03-2010_11;53;08PM.JPG
I could not put it on the scanner straight. If anyone can straighten it up, please do.

[robertsloan2]

Mary, that's beautiful. I love your paintings on sycamore leaves, they're so gorgeous. Can't remember how you prepare the leaves so they don't dry and get brittle, could you please post that? I'm curious and have some large leafed plants in this area that I might be able to use someday.

Today I've got part of Page 35 again plus all of Page 36. I skipped ahead to use an entire page for my "Starting a Sketchbook Habit" exercise so that it'd be coherent, while I still have a third of page 35 blank for more Scavenger Hunt drawings or something from the WDE that starts today.

Is there a special way you dry them, or something you seal them with before painting? Do you seal them both front and back?

First, the cool stuff from Page 35:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Jun-2010/70184-Hunt-179-7-8.jpg
Scavenger Hunt 179 #7 Bone (dinosaur bone) and #8 Pencil Sharpener
4" x 6"
Sakura Pigma Micron pens and Koi pan watercolors
Canson All-Media Book 90lb watercolor paper.

Then the page following, in full:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Page-36.jpg
Day 19, "Start a Sketchbook Habit" exercise, "Attributes."
Page 35 of All-Media Book art journal
9" x 12"
Tombow dual tip brush pen, black
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

[missswiss]

These ones I soaked them in glycerin and water. I think it was one bottle of glycerin to 3 bottles of water and added a tsp. of citric acid. put the leaves in there until they are covered good and then stack them between paper towels and put something heavy on top. It takes several months and then they are pliable, almost feel like leather. This one I sprayed with hair spray and then used oil on it. When I use acrylic I just painted right on the leaf and did not put anything else on it. I wish I could find a way to make the red ones hold their color but they seem to turn dark. I did several different kinds I think this one was a maple leaf but I might be wrong.

[robertsloan2]

Wow, thank you! I took down your instructions and I'll try that someday. The results are so beautiful. Makes sense that glycerin would both soften and strengthen them. That's awesome! I would think workable fixative would be the same thing as hair spray for giving them some tooth and a sealant against oil paint. Hope so since I don't have hair spray! lol

I got a package today! The fossil shark tooth I ordered last week arrived, so I drew and painted it for Scavenger Hunt, mangling the prompt but squeezing it in because I really wanted to draw it.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Jun-2010/70184-Hunt-179-9.jpg
Scavenger Hunt 179, Item #9: Mouth
Tooth of Carcharocles megalodon, from extinct shark's mouth.
4 1/2" x 4"
Pigma Micron pens (black, blue-black, sepia) and watercolor
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.

The real tooth is a 2" long "commercial" Megalodon tooth from Steve's Fossil Shark Teeth (http://www.megalodonteeth.com/) online. The ones that don't get photographed separately and sold with a specific price, just good condition whole tooth with minor flaws by size. I measured it and this 2" tooth is actually 2 1/4" held straight upright, so he was generous with which one he sent. Also it does have very fine serrations. It was $15 with $5 shipping for Priority Mail.

I used to have a huge one, over five inches long, when I was a kid. One of these months I'll actually replace that with one of Steve's big ones, either from the "by size" list or choose one within my budget from the individual with photos ones that come with a display frame. But when I went on my sharks kick with the documentary sketchbook exercise, I decided to get a small one right away. Now I'm glad I did, this is a lovely specimen and even has tiny sharp serrations. I could cut steak with it.

[robertsloan2]

Did my first WDE today, of course I started with the kitten. It was tricky getting that indeterminate color of her eyes, changing from kitten-blue to whatever they'll be later on.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/04-Jun-2010/70184-A-Kitten-WDE-June-5-2010.jpg
Kitten in the Pillows
3 1/2" square
Sakura Pigma Micron pens and Winsor & Newton Artists' watercolour
Canson All-Media Book, 90lb cold press watercolor paper.
Photo reference by scattykat for WDE June 5-6, 2010.

[robertsloan2]

Wow, today's the last day on this one. At least it's still today! Here's day 20 of "Start a Sketchbook Habit" -- Suzette Morrow explained that the collage exercises were to make it easier for people still developing drawing technique when that wasn't the topic. So I sketched instead of collaging because collage is an extremely difficult technique for me but quick loose sketching is something I'm comfortable with.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/05-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Page-37.jpg
All-Media Book, Page 37
9" x 12"
Pigma Micron pen and Koi watercolor
90lb cold press watercolor paper.

Her examples were taken from magazine ads, but I thought DVD covers were as good an example of professional design and took a good second look at several paintings I bought from good professionals.

My color sketch does not do justice to the beauty of Orangerie and its colors, to see the real one go to http://charlotteherczfeld.com and look at her landscapes. If you buy one of the others, tell her I sent you.

When I wake up on overcast days and it's horrible out, one glance at that painting is like the sun just flooded back into my life. Its richness is incredible. I'm starting to understand it even more from reducing its design to that simple a sketch though, also some of my John Houle paintings and Pat Isaac's Red Bucket.

[eyepaint]

Bonnie - thank you

Robert - thank you. Interesting collage. I like those negative leaves. Interesting fossil shark tooth

Kitty - thank you

Mary - love those turkeys


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I did these for the WDE. Watercolour and ink, and acrylics (Interactives), 6x9".


Cheers,

[robertsloan2]

EP, thank you! Beautiful WDE painting, it's cool to see the same scene in two different mediums?

Next page in my All-Media Book, all of it Scavenger Hunt sketches.

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/05-Jun-2010/70184-All-Media-Page-38.jpg
All-Media Book, Page 38
Scavenger Hunt 179
# 10 cartoon self portrait
#11 Nose (mine)
#12 Square (Kuretake ink bottle from above)
#13 Round (Cap of Kuretake ink bottle)
#14 Rectangle (Koi watercolor set)
#15 Ellipse (Brush cap in box)
#16 Tree (back yard)
#17 Light/Lamp (Daylight table lamp)
9" x 12"
Sakura Pigma Micron pen and Koi watercolor set, Tombow brush pen
Canson All-Media Book 90lb cold press watercolor paper.