Having found an old sketchbook (that had hardly been used), thought it was about time I did something with it. It's one of those with very cheap paper - Rubbish actually, but I didn't want to just chuck it out! It will at least be good for notes, ideas, reminders and on this occasion I just wanted to play....no serious art. Very relaxing not having the pressure of serious art isn't it....
anyway, this is what I played with - a sketch of little Hamish, from this pic
I literally just loaded the brush with Burnt Sienna and drew
the overall shape....
when that had dried
I used a darker mix and put in some of the darker tones..
and using clean water on a damp brush, just eased some of the edges out...
then left that stage to dry..
Whilst waiting for the above to dry, I mixed an
even darker mix for the Very Darks
I realised his head was too high - so I used a clean damp brush and
tissue to take that part out
and then added the Very Darks
I think at this stage it has actually started to be defined...
it was the Very Darks that did that...
I left that to completely dry
and
then
used Chinese White, straight from the tube on a very fine brush
to put in the eye lights, top of nose and a bit on the chin
and that's it
I have found a way of using a discarded sketchbook, due to its poor quality paper!
basically use it for Playing out Ideas and having Fun
have a great weekend everyone
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