Forest Sprite Sketch

One of my daily sketches:




Watercolor, InkTense pencils, graphite and gel pen.

The reference photo is courtesy of magikstock

It's actually the second attempt at this pose. Sometimes my sketches are pretty good. Sometimes they really, really suck. I'll try not to post the sucky ones online *grin* but I had a lot of fun with this sketch, and I can foresee myself working on a more finished version of this sketch in the near future.

Everyday, a Little Something

I try to sketch something everyday, even if I can't get in a good drawing or painting. I started this habit during winter break, and got some pretty nice sketches out of the experience, but it fell by the wayside as soon as school started up again.

Now it's summer time, and I've started up again, in a new book. Some of the sketches are crap, some are "meh", and some are pretty good if I say so myself. I try to get the ones that are decent-looking posted online, either here at this blog, or in the scraps section of my deviantArt site.

Of course, the lack of sketches in today's post meant that everything I've sketched since my last posting is rubbish.

Bellydancer Sketch

I've been busy recently with non-art related stuff, but I've been trying to get in one sketch per day. Usually I spend no more than twenty minutes on a sketch -- sometimes less than ten if it's a simple pencil sketch.




This particular sketch was a bit of a challenge -- partly because I started with a dark, random blotch of watercolor to sort of prime the paper. The reference photo, courtesy of elflands-workshop, was particularly lovely and I wanted to do it justice. As a result, I ended up with one of the most mixed media pieces I've ever done (ink, watercolor pencils, watercolor, graphite, gel pen, colored pencils, and acrylic), and I spent a bit more time than I normally would have on a simple sketch.

But I'm happy, and that's what counts, right?

Male Figural Sketch

Another one of my daily sketches, and this one's not nude!

Erm, not that there's a lot of detail anyway. It's just one of those quick little twenty minute sketches. Graphite, InkTense pencils, India ink, and Prismacolors. The original photoref can be found on this site.

Some of my daily sketches

Uploaded three new sketches to my scraps at deviantArt. They're nudes, otherwise I'd post 'em here.
http://winteryvisions.deviantart.com/art/05122008-sketch-86275178
http://winteryvisions.deviantart.com/art/05132008-sketch-86275374
http://winteryvisions.deviantart.com/art/05202008-sketch-86275625

April Showers Bring . . . Lots of Shows, Apparently!

So -- the show I was frantically preparing for has come and gone, but meanwhile it seems like everyone and their dog has a show this month! In the span of about a week I've attended three receptions! Even the show I was in had its reception earlier this month. What is this, June for weddings and April for art shows?

Anyway -- I ended up primarily hanging drawings at our Emerging Artists show. It was a serendipity that allowed a friend of mine to end up posing -- fully clothed! -- in our figure drawing class, and she was an awesome model. I don't think there was anyone that day who didn't come away with good drawings of her. Paintings take me far, far too long, and I'd rather take the time to consider how I REALLY want things to look and work on my skills besides. I will say this, though -- it was hard for my drawings to compete with the paintings that the other artists hung. Bigger doesn't always mean better, but it sure as hell helps.

Another Quick Post, and a Congratulations to --

-- my buddy, Ari, for winning Best of Show (2D) in the student show last night. Despite the rigors of a tornado drill, a fire alarm, and lightning streaking across the sky, she managed to kick all of our collective asses with this gorgeous piece of hers that can be found here.

(I knew I should have switched the tags on our pieces! She got more money than I did!)

Great job sweetie!