Course work: More work on my line drawing of a still-life group. Today I prepared a dilution of ink and put in the foreground wood with a brush, as well as some details on the fruit and vegetables with pen and brush.
Reading:
Sean Dye The Mixed Media Sourcebook
Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 2004
Pp 82-99
E.H. Gombrich, The Story of Art
Phaidon press Limited, Oxford 1978
Pp 375-394
Personal Sketchbook work: Not done in my sketchbook, but on an 11 x 7 inch scrap of watercolor paper, an oil pastel drawing of two bananas, overworked with a bristle brush dipped in turpentine. A worthwhile experiment, as I learned that even cold-press watercolor paper clogs quickly with oil pastel, after which it is very difficult to add more. After this dries well, I will try to add a little more color, and see what happens.
A marker sketch of a yellow apple. I was not happy with this: the colorless blenders don’t seem to have any discernable effect, resulting in a lot of sharp, irregular transitions.
Total time: 1 hour 51 minutes (33h45m)
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