2008 Hummingbird
Demo
KISS ~ Keep
It Sensationally Simple! |
Sensational Sketches ~ In
Six Simple Steps
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Drawing Lesson ~ First Step
Today's drawing shows you how to hold
the pencil when you first
start your drawing. It's so much easier to first block in shapes
this way
and keeps you loose without getting caught up in details too
early on.
I recommend a good quality spiral sketchbook, 6" x 8"
or bigger with
a medium weight drawing paper. You'll also need a soft
drawing pencil (2B - 4B) and a kneaded eraser.
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Drawing Lesson ~ Second Step
Ok, now you can tighten up a little
and hold the pencil like you would
to write. Add some of the main details. Correct and refine your
sketch,
but don't get too nit picky! Keep in mind that this is an exercise.
It doesn't have to be a masterpiece!
When out of the studio sketching,
I stop with this step and add the wash later.
So all you need to take out with you is a pencil, eraser and
sketchbook!
My motto is: "KISS
~ Keep it sensationally simple!"
sandy
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Drawing Lesson ~ Third Step
I start this next step by generously
wetting the surface of my bird
with clean water. I go right up to the edge of the figure so
the paint would flow to that point and the
strokes will blend together.
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Drawing Lesson ~ Forth Step
Here I use a thirsty, *dry brush that's
loaded with watercolor paint.
I usually use a combination of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna
to make a gray, but any dark color will do. I'm more concerned
with
value than hue. I start squinting a lot from this point on. This
makes it
easier to see big shapes and values. I float in pigment, giving
the
figure shape by rendering values and a few details.
*The brush is damp, yet dryer than
the paper.
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Drawing Lesson ~ Fifth Step
When the figure is dry , I add a few
more
calligraphic strokes on the dry paper, quickly dampening
some with a clean *dry brush to soften various edges.
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Drawing Lesson ~ Sixth Step
All I've done here is add a background
wash after the bird is dry.
I do the same thing as in step three. I wet the entire surface
where I want my wash to be with clean water, again being careful
to stay in the lines. Then squinting, I float in my pigment
with a dry brush.
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More about my sketching steps here!
From my Spirit
Art lettter - 9/4/08 ~
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Ralph Serpe; artist, writer, musician and webmaster, about having
my "Sensational Sketches In Six Simple Steps"
featured on his blog. He writes; "I own and maintain a very
popular blog on Art Instruction. My site receives over 20,000
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YES!
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I'm thrilled and I've
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sandy
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