Learned something interesting. Sometimes, I am so used to using the things I am using, that I am not even paying attention. case in point here. My little pot of gesso was in fact white acrylic. Which is great for quick cover... but not so great for drawing on top of. My brown colored pencil here was slip sliding all over the place.
And THAT was the suck.
And then, my matt medium turned out to be gloss medium. More slip slidey, more suck.
Thank god for art supply stores.
"I need matt medium," I tell the guy behind the counter. "All I have is gloss medium, and GLOSS medium... is SO not matt medium!"
he nods soberly, as indeed it is not.
anyway. next sketch will most likely have a little more attachment to it's surface.
day 3. I don't even know WHAT I put on this one. tinted gesso base, colored pencil, ink, acrylic, sharpie, waterproof opaque ink... you name it. There might even be some lint stuck in there, I don't know.
day 2. Brown colored pencil on gesso and mixed paper.
I kind of like this one. Might go back and scribble on it some more.
Wanted to play in my sketchbook a little. So... here it is. One page, every day. No more than an hour, no less than 5 minutes. Simple portrait. 7 days.
day one: Brown ink, gesso, acrylic, and ball point pen.
Yoriko told me to check out the Alumni Association at the Academy... turns out, my old Alma Matter hosts drawing sessions for us Alumni... took a couple of emails to dig up my old student ID (can you believe that stuff is still on record?) and then... tadaa!
The model was beautiful. I had only grabbed my little sketchbook and a box of pencils. Next time I will bring proper paper and maybe even my pastels.
It's funny how sometimes 1 minute seems like all the time in the world. This time, 20 minute poses seemed like 5 minutes had passed. Most of what I did was scribbles in search of a larger space to go, but this one turned out kind of ok... though I still don't know how 2o minutes drifted away...
20 minute pose, colored pencil and white charcoal on craft paper
I don't know why I feel so shy about going new places on my own. Especially considering how often I end up doing exactly that.... anyway, I managed to talk David into coming with me, to check out the open drawing session at the Art Institute. I love the space there. It makes me wish I could go back to school and get my masters.
"What would getting your Masters do for you?" Eric asks me.
and, yeah, I dunno. nothing really. I'd just be using schooling as a feeble, yet expensive way of circumventing my issues with self discipline. Also, it would just be way way fun.
anyway, here are some of my sketches from last night's session. Not sure what I think of them, just glad to have gone.
1 minute sketch, marker, gesso, and charcoal on craft paper.
5 minute sketch, marker, gesso, colored pencil, and charcoal on craft paper.
20 minute sketch, colored pencil on craft paper.
1 min doodle. Playing around with upper lip shapes.
Learned something interesting. Sometimes, I am so used to using the things I am using, that I am not even paying attention. case in point here. My little pot of gesso was in fact white acrylic. Which is great for quick cover... but not so great for drawing on top of. My brown colored pencil here was slip sliding all over the place.
