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September 1, 2019 at 9:31 pm #477594
Scavenger Hunt #601: Sep 2 – Sep 10
If you’ve participated in at least one Scavenger Hunt and have time to host one we would really appreciate it. You can sign up by posting your name on the current hosting schedule in the Art From Life forum here:
http://https://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=366347
Here are the rules for the hunt:*All items on the list must be sketched from life – not imagination or photo reference.
*Each object you draw can count for only one item on the list, no matter how many shapes/parts/colors that object contains. This was agreed on by unanimous vote among the participants.
*You may place multiple objects together in a drawing or painting, and may count these objects as separate items, but no single object can count for more than one item.
*All items posted must be numbered. Count them as you go. The first item you post will be #1 regardless of its place on the list. Do them in whatever order you wish, but count them in the order in which you sketch them, from 1 to 26.
Do as many or as few of the items as you like. You don’t have to finish the entire list to participate. The Scavenger Hunt “week” will last for 9 days, with the next hunt starting on the 9th day.
Please tell us your size, surface, medium, and the amount of time it took you for each sketch. We love hearing about your subjects and setups. Photos of your subjects are welcome.
*** If you have some hunt sketches completed but little time to read/comment, please post your sketches anyways. Commenting is appreciated but not necessary. ***
Scavenger Hunt #601: Sep 2 – Sep 10
A vegetable
A landscape
Favorite art material
Something crunchy or crisp
A flower or plant
Smaller than your hand
Larger than you
Something living
Something with legs
Something with wheels
Something red
Something clear/transparent
Made of metal
Made of fabric
Made of wood
Tasty
Sweet
Sour
In a bottle
In a tube
In a bag
Used for cleaning
Used for cooking
Used for grooming (for you or your pet)
Well loved
Well used[FONT=Book Antiqua]Joan T
[FONT=Book Antiqua]www.watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.comSeptember 1, 2019 at 10:19 pm #874998Thanks for the new list, Joan I’m inspired to do some of these items before I’ve finished working on sketches for my hunt
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsSeptember 2, 2019 at 11:23 am #874983EP – Have fun sketching them.
1 – something with wheels – watercolor and ink
2 – flowers
3 – made of metal (light posts)
4 – made of wood (doors) – watercolors and ink
5 -something living (plants)[FONT=Book Antiqua]Joan T
[FONT=Book Antiqua]www.watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.comSeptember 2, 2019 at 1:48 pm #874999Joan – 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,
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsSeptember 2, 2019 at 3:34 pm #874960Joan, 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.comSeptember 2, 2019 at 4:05 pm #875000Jo – thank you. Oooh look at your gorgeous transparent!!
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsSeptember 2, 2019 at 5:12 pm #874984EP – Thank you. Love the zipper and the small eraser between your fingers! For a minute I thought you were measuring your pencil. lol
Jo – I have to really concentrate when I sketch cars…sometimes so much that my brain hurts.lol They seem to be much harder than anything else since I avoided drawing them for so long. You got some lovely white highlights in that glass! Woo-hoo!
[FONT=Book Antiqua]Joan T
[FONT=Book Antiqua]www.watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.comSeptember 2, 2019 at 6:09 pm #875008Hello 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.
September 2, 2019 at 8:45 pm #875001Joan – 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 JournalsSeptember 2, 2019 at 10:05 pm #874985Individuo, 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.comSeptember 2, 2019 at 11:56 pm #874941Fantastic start of this Hunt by the lovely sketching bees: EP, Joan, and Jo.
Joan: Thanks for the list. I plan to do some items soon.
Ai
Painting is my soul. My blog.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/wetcanvas-hdc/Community/images/01-Feb-2009/4926-ai_signature_Feb09.gifSeptember 3, 2019 at 10:24 am #874961Jo – I have to really concentrate when I sketch cars…sometimes so much that my brain hurts.lol They seem to be much harder than anything else since I avoided drawing them for so long. You got some lovely white highlights in that glass! Woo-hoo!
Drat, I was hoping you had a tip for a quick fix. Never want to hear that it takes WORK. Back to the practice …. LOL Joan, those cookies look like some tiny chocolate chips we get at Trader Joe’s. Yummy. The tomato is cute in your hand. I like eating tomatoes better than other fruit. I like veggies better in general.
EP, yep, you are bilingual!
individuo- thanks, and hi there.
Company coming tonight, but maybe I’ll get a sketch in while I watch the oven.
Hi to all the rest….
My blog https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/
My website https://jocastilloart.comSeptember 3, 2019 at 10:30 am #875002Joan – mmm cookies and little tomatoes
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All Media Art Events, Artwork From Life, Art JournalsSeptember 3, 2019 at 1:04 pm #874944Joan – 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
September 3, 2019 at 3:09 pm #874966
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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