Course work: Another beautiful…and cloudless…day. I decided to try some cirrus clouds, so I lightly washed a page of my sketchbook with cobalt blue watercolor, then used white pastel to sketch in the cirrus clouds. I then laid down a well-rubbed layer of charcoal on another page, used an eraser to rub out some clouds, and added a little charcoal to the darker areas. Although these exercises stretched the limits of what was requested by the text, I found both useful. The cumulus study lacks depth, as it is drawn from a small segment of a larger photograph.
Reading:
Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 1)
Taschen, Köln, 2005
Pp 332-355 (This is a book that is best savored by reading a little at a time, as it is very information-dense. I look forward to starting Volume 2.)
Personal sketchbook work: A sketch of the trunk of an old, worn-out pecan tree, in my pocket sketchbook.
Weekly reflections on learning experience: A disproportionate number of my sky sketches have been done from photographs, simply because we have few clouds at this time of the year. I will continue to keep an eye open for interesting sky phenomena.
Total time: 1 hour 17 minutes
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