Monday, September 28, 2015

Sketches 33




Sketches 33
Another round of sketches from pixellovely.  Class format so they range from 30 seconds to 1 hour attempts.  Did these while testing out the Twitch service for streaming here.  Trying to sort out my internet service so I will be able to do this more regularly.  
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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Character Sketches -Gouache

Character Sketches -Gouache
After the portrait practice tried out some characters from imagination in gouache.  On the whole an ugly bunch. 
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Oak Grove after Shishkin

Oak Grove in a Grey Day after Shishkin
A landscape study after Shishkin. Lots of different temperature greens.  






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Monday, September 7, 2015

Zebeck After Haag- Gouache Study

Zebeck After Haag- Gouache Study
 Tried another gouache study copying Carl Haag again.  Like the ease of establishing edges and unlike acrylic can go over dried areas and rework.  


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Monday, August 31, 2015

City Hall -Gouache Study

City Hall -Gouache Study
 Another gouache study from a photo.  Did something architectural.  The photo is of San Francisco city hall after the 1906 earthquake.
 Looks like they rebuilt keeping some of the major features.









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Monday, August 24, 2015

Mountain Top

Mountain Top 
A practice piece to try and get some atmospheric perspective going.  
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