Monochrome Monday

I try to work a day ahead on the Inktober challenges because life happens and Clyde rules my mornings. So here is tomorrow’s prompt done in brown Pitt pens and shaded with coffee. I wanted to shade with something besides hatching on this one. Here is the quickie I did for yesterday’s challenge. It was

Inktobering

Let’s see how far I get this year…. I will either add my sketches to any other art posts I make, or publish these sketches in a group every few days.

Monochrome Monday

I decided to challenge myself for #MonochromeMonday and draw 2 5 minute sketches from photos, without erasing. Here are the results. Both of these could have benefited from some refinement. Leaving them like this gave me some confidence though and could be a helpful reference if I practice this type of drawing more often. I

Using My Photos

In an effort to break through to the next level of art, I tried to use my own photos for source material this week. These were the photos I painted from: Resulting in two good gouache paintings and one bad watercolor that I just finished. It’s a benchmark to see how well I did (or

Beach sketches

I did some pencil sketches at the beach and inked and washed them at home. I am terrible at sketchesing people so this will help me practice and alleviate beach boredom. I was trying to sketch a girl in the sailboats class getting up her sail in the corner. Should have cropped that out first.

It’s an Introvert Party

Not a huge turnout for my first attempt at a good old fashioned link party. I am an introvert so I am not downcast over a light turnout. Judith’s first post started it all. She is one of my favorite art bloggers. She has a studious approach to art, and I have followed along in