4/2/2024 0 Comments Sketchpad drawing onlineBoth were great sketching spots and interesting structures to draw, although very different in character. Good advice on where to sketch often comes from other sketchers, so during my recent teaching trip in Arizona, I visited both San José de Tumacácori and San Xavier del Bac, based on recommendations from students. Tumacácori and a new video Posted: Febru| Author: Shari Blaukopf | Filed under: Uncategorized | 8 Comments The garage shelf will still be there the next time I tear up three paintings. Same sorts of bottles and jars, but a little warmer. One option I considered was to sketch a messy shelf in my garage but it’s still a little too cold to sit in there, so instead I chose a shelf in my kitchen pantry. Something mundane and hopefully not so pretty. And one way to do that is to paint something completely different. Sometimes I even blame the subject - in this case maybe these tulips were just a little too pretty.īut I try not to get discouraged. When that happens I try to analyze why it didn’t work out. I had a bouquet of tulips in a vase in front of me, and no matter which way I tried to paint them (wet-in-wet, wet on dry or direct watercolour), they were just awful. If you are interested in the painting process for either of these, I recorded them both and will post them to YouTube very soon.Īntidote Posted: Febru| Author: Shari Blaukopf | Filed under: Uncategorized | 74 Comments And then when my Lufa basket arrived, the spring onions with roots still attached were irresistible, so I drew those too. My Kakimori dip pen was collecting dust in a drawer so I dusted it off and used it to draw the clementines. I spent the last few grey days sketching stuff around the kitchen. She’s a great interviewer and he’s a very articulate painter, and of course I was intrigued because one of the subjects they covered was what to do if you have a failed painting. It’s Kelly Ann Powers interviewing John MacDonald on the Learn to Paint Podcast. In the meantime, you might enjoy this podcast I just listened to. I didn’t save the paintings to analyze what went wrong, but I will consider that for next time. It was so comforting to know that we are all in this together, in different ways and on different days. Thanks to all of you who wrote encouraging words the other day when I went through a trashing paintings day. On my counter Posted: Ma| Author: Shari Blaukopf | Filed under: Uncategorized | 21 Comments
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