sketch of the day

[alansam]

Thank you so much
I do think we should go our own way and not be to influenced by others.but thats not to say we cant try other ways ,.try being a little loose say,, I think of it as being a little bit mad .I dont have prefference for any particular way of painting .but when I let myself go.,and dont think of what a piece of paper costs and quickly bang it on,.it blows away the cobwebs of my mind .

[alansam]

so for you who fancy a go at this maddness here goes this mornings sketch


not too difficult at all .

[alansam]

ps
I used raw umber -vandyke mix for my darks/ raw umber -cad yellow for some grass work ,followed with some burnt sienna near the tree
the dark line work it was vandyke and paynes grey (side of the tree and branches ) remember we are not doing a photograph and its just fun

[peteralv]

Hi Alan, nice sketch....thanks for sharing WIP.......

[rickyhpierre]

Thanks for showing us this demo and telling us the palette of colours used

Ricky

[laudesan]

Super demo, love the finished painting!

[alansam]

thank you all,today I decided to do a pen and wash ,I did the pen work first then the painting starting at the bottom half leaving the sky and water till last ,it was ok to go over the black acrylic ink,I had the idea of taking the dropper out the bottle of ink and making a weaker solution in another pot, I had noticed
some well known artists of the past they seem to use different strenghts of ink in places,, like on pantiles roofs ect ,you could weaken say burnt sienna to outline this way.I think Mr Wesson and Mr Watson often outlined
with a pen ,, with a stronger solution of watercolour brushed on its tip
I painted the sky and water last/,thank you

[Yorky]

Super sketch Alan, again a lovely sky.

Doug

[alansam]

Thanks Doug//sorry for adding another one today.it is ,just to explain about painting outlines for new watercolourists .,where you paint the tip of your pen with strong colour..
.no more for today, thank you.

alan

[Yorky]

No need to apologise Alan, we enjoy seeing all your work.

Doug

[rickyhpierre]

Very nice effect. Alan if you don't mid me asking what kind of pen do you use for your outlining?

Ricky

[alansam]

Just an ordinary old type knib pen, I found a tin of old knibs in the bottom draw .
,they work perfectly ,.the darks in the last sketch were a mix of vandyke brown ,ultramaine, and added cad red to keep to the red tones through the sketch.
any of my ideas are yours to use please do ask ..alan

[alansam]

PS/the knibs I have are not to sharp// if you find some knibs pick out the rounded ends
if you cant , use a fountain pen .

[rickyhpierre]

Thanks for that

Ricky

[laudesan]

Super paintings today Alan.