Course work: Two more rough sketches using mixed media, one with pen and marker in which the color was rather loosely applied and the pen lines then drawn over it; the other incorporated pen, marker, and soft pastel. I think the half-page in my A4 sketchbook was too small to do the former justice, and plan to test it on a larger format. The latter makes depiction of rough and smooth surfaces easier, and it also merits a larger-scale test. I am beginning to have a clearer idea of what objects I want to include in my still-life setup, and will add and subtract them in further preliminary studies until I am reasonably content with it.
Reading:
Gemma Guasch and Josep Asunción Form
Barron’s Educational Series, Inc, Hauppage, New York, USA, 2004
Pp 134-159 (I did not think this book was quite up to the standard of Line by the same authors; the focus was quite vague, and some of the examples utilized seemed inappropriate or irrelevant. The text was fairly superficial, and the “meat” of the book lies in the sequential “work in progress” illustrations.)
Personal Sketchbook work: A pencil and marker drawing of a cat’s eye view of part of the living room. Patterns and colors were changed somewhat to compensate for limitations in my marker assortment, but I believe the cat would recognize the view.
Other activity: My painting group met today (time not included).
Total time: 2 hours 18 minutes (149h12m)
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