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Thanks for the new list, Joan
I’m inspired to do some of these items before I’ve finished working on sketches for my hunt -- EP
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsJoan – yay look at your street scene, and the church is handsome!
Here are mine, graphite, 5.5 x 8.5″ tanned paper
1. made of wood (pencil)
2. made of metal (ruler)
3. made of fabric (ribbon around book)
4. smaller than hand (eraser)
Cheers,
-- EP
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsJoan, thanks for the list. Your two sketches are so nice. I really like the flowers and cars. Don’t know how you do cars so well.
EP, Your graphite sketches are wonderful. I like the eraser and fingers.
I sketched on my iPad with Brushes Redux, Apple pencil and fingers.
#1 something red
#2 clear/transparent.
My blog https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/
My website https://jocastilloart.comJo – thank you. Oooh look at your gorgeous transparent!!
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsHello everybody
Joan T, thank you very much for the list. Lovely watercolors, and being landscape on the list, I am looking forward to seeing your next one.
EP, great sketches, my favorite the hand with the eraser. The ruler is upside down, you should use the centimeters side
Jo, wow! Excellent.
C&C are welcome as well as any corrections on my English.
Joan – thank you
individuo – thank you! For some things I think in inches, for other things in centimeters. I guess you’d say I’m bilingual?
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsIndividuo, I am hoping to get out to do a landscape soon.
6 – in a bag (cookies) – brush pen and watercolors
7 – smaller than my hand (tomato) – watercolors and ink[FONT=Book Antiqua]Joan T
[FONT=Book Antiqua]www.watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.comJoan – mmm cookies and little tomatoes
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsJoan – I am with jo, you do cars great. The church is excellent. Can almost hear the congregation singing. Cookies and tomato look yummy..
EP – I know fibrous and zipper are last hunt but they both are well done. Can feel the tension in the fingers holding the eraser. Nice work on the ribbon.
Jo – love the pastel. The Apple looks ready to bite but love how you capture the light and transparency of the glass. (And for the record tomato is a fruit.)
Ai and all the lurkers
I haven’t been doing much in last few hunts as I have been working on a graphite course. I did this flower trying to use the technique from the course. Basically it is using hatching vice blending. Took the course after reading teacher comments that blending made a drawing look cloudy and lifeless. His theory is that using hatching and crosshatching creat a more dynamic drawing. Despite the artist ‘s opinions I think I like blending and realism better.
1 flower – HB, F & 2B in. 5.5×8 in sketchbook.
Keep sketching
Joe“The act of art can be so relaxing after you get over yourself.” - Quoting Robin
Joan — Thanks for the new list!Your two paintings had an interesting effect on me. The top one made me feel a slight tension because it was so real, including the electricity draped about. And the second one, also very real, soothed any tension from the electricity of the first with its calm beauty 😊
Also, I agree with JoC about the cars and LOVE the color of the foreground car.
Yum, Tate’s, my fav 😁 Beautifully shaded hand.
EP — Wonderful sketches. You’re the master of complex, repeating patterns, wow! Lovely photo as well 🌟
JoC — Lovely textured drawing, full of life and dimensionality :thumbsup: LOL re: your comment to Joan. Have fun tonight!
individuo and Ai —
Joe — Your flower and crosshatched background are lovely! The contrast between the sense of the background and the sense of the petals is very appealing 😊
It’s inspiring to learn of the courses you take, and to see how you think about, and apply, what you’re learning.
FWIW, I completely agree with you about blending, but also agree a little with the instructor. Here’s what I mean…..
In my opinion, it always comes down to the way a technique is used. But, to me, the technique itself is NEUTRAL, neither good nor bad.
I think YOUR ability to blend is superb and your rich, gorgeous drawings here over the years prove that blending is a viable, life-giving technique — a skill that would add depth to the work of all of us who might choose to learn it.
And, for less skilled people like me, blending can occasionally reduce the quality of my work. The Procreate app I’ve been using for these SH events has three modes:
….. Paint
….. Blend
….. EraseI’ve literally never once even tapped on “Blend” mode. I don’t think I have the ability to use it in a positive fashion yet. But I’m sure others do.
I hope this made sense
Everyone — I’m going to try sketching today, finally. I think my hand is about 80% healed. I guess I’ll find out
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