Still Scribbling in London

[treeshark]

Last couple of sessions
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Quickies

[laudesan]

Lovely figure work.

[lovin art]

lOVEthem ........but no 5 is rather special to me ... Thankyou for sharing these Scribbles

[LorenG]

Ahh I'm not the only one scribbling, nice set of drawings you're really making these jump off of the page with the strong contrasts.

[carolkay]

Ypur wrk is quite strong Rob and really quitte great.

i see an experienced hand att work, and I love how your using the midvalue paper to you advantage, love the use of lights and darks

you have the figure drawing at yr command.

Bravo.

[Descartes]

Love the energy of the quick ones and the interest that the brush marks add to the third one Rob. Are the painted ones gouache or acrylic?

[bethanyt]

This is certainly life sessions without a net- no erasing!
You have done a great job with the brush here, Rob- I agree the mid-tone is really working for you.

[treeshark]

Originally Posted by Descartes

Are the painted ones gouache or acrylic?

Thanks all! @ Nathan I am using an odd mixture of black watercolour and 2 premixed acrylic whites. I mix them first because the effect on the toned paper is dramatically different depending on dilution so I mix a pot of the thin white first so I can be confident how it will dry. I might try the same thing with the black giving 4 tones plus paper. I am sticking with the no drawing first, it makes me consider the placement of each mark in relation to the others whereas with predrawing I tend to just follow the lines.
Rob

[Lauren F-M]

Rob --
this is really great stuff! So full of an energy and sureness!
I also really love how you have used the black and white ink and paint on the grey paper! (Canson?)
I'm sure you were energized doing those, 'without a net' as Bethany puts it, one after another. It's always a real high when it works, eh!
These are way more than mere 'scribbles from London' -- great work, really good proportions, too!