Thursday, April 16, 2015

back to basics

reference photo, paints , sketchbook

It's a rainy day…… good day to hang out in my studio. I'm working out some ideas for my next paintings. It's always good to get back to basics and draw. I use a black fine point sharpie pen, a basic set of gouache or watercolors and a 6"x6" sketchbook.

I've pulled out some reference photos that I am thinking of using. These sketches help me work out my ideas for the paintings - laying in the basic shapes, simplifying the subject matter, and then laying in some basic colors.




Here are four sketches that I worked on today. Next I will decide what size and what kind of paper I want to use for my pastels. I think I have some good things to work on for the next few days.  



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