Second sketch - garden


I went out into the yard on Sunday to do this sketch of my favorite part of the garden. That is a cement statue of what looks like a well-loved teddybear. And that square in the center of the gazing ball is me sitting on a lounge chair sketching.For this one I tried to do a somewhat loose pen sketch first. I liked this. It gave me a better idea of where to put the color. In the background I did some wet into wet without a sketch and I don’t like that part too much. Overall, I’m pleased with this sketch. It took me about an hour.


New Watercolor Sketchbox

I've been looking for a small, convenient way to do some plein air sketching.
I figure if it is small & easy to use, I might actually use it rather than having it just sit on the floor of the car! This past weekend was the first time I tried this Koi box by Sakura that holds a postcard-size pad in the lid. I had an errand to run and on the way home, I stopped for 25 minutes at the local park and painted this view of the pond and garden.






This was easy to set up and put away (although I still managed to get paint all over my hands!) And I was able to hold everything including the paper towel in one hand.

I have to figure out whether to use a pen first and the paint color in? Or paint with first and then define with a pen?

In the above painting I only used paint and no pen.

It's been a while

I've been painting a lot and you can see that on my painting blog
http://artblog.oilpastelstudio.com/

But I have only recently started sketching again.

I am still looking for that elusive "perfect" sketch medium.

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