It's January, it's raining and I look around the house without much inspiration. I drew the bathroom sink...
the pillows on the dresser top....
corners of the living room....
until just playing with a grid was the most satisfying.
I went to an exhibit of Japanese prints at the Portland Art Museum. I've always loved them, but this time I noticed that they don't have very accurate perspective and they don't usually have shadow, but the composition, line, shape and pattern are wonderful. I was thinking about the prints when I drew my favorite drawing of the week, without shadows and with very little regard for size and dimension. I enjoyed drawing the patterns and going over the lines and crossing them...but not really crosshatching:)
4 comments:
I really like your crosshatching, ironically I was doing some crosshatching exercises this evening. The chairs look great. Do you pen over pencil or draw directly with pen? Wonderful sketches! Karla
Karla, I really like the look of crosshatching (on other people's work), but I don't particularly like to do it.
As to pencil or just pen, I wasn't sure until I looked back on things. I realized that when I'm not at home it's usually pen only. If I'm at home, I often sketch some parts in pencil first.
When I went to the Urban Sketching Symposium in Portland a couple of years ago, I found out very quickly that there wasn't going to be time for pencil first. I think going right to pen gives a much more spontaneous look to sketches.
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How are your drawings coming along?
Vicky keep doing your rain dance. You're right, the warm colors are great on a rainy day in Portland. Ahh the bathroom sink always provides inspiration 8-) I finally made it to Katharine's blog. Keep posting I love looking.
Barb
Thank you for your nice comments Barb! Now that the weather's turning nicer, I might actually get outside and away from such inspiration as the bathroom sink!
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