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Fishing at Shelter Island
Our landscape class met today at Shelter Island on the San Diego Harbor. Our goal was to apply multiple graduated washes and use the modulations in the color to show the sea and sky. The locale had large flat expanses … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Deliberate Practice, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged California, Gouache, Landscape
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Back to Back
Our goal today in the figure painting class was to achieve harmony by painting with a dominant color and, if necessary, small amounts of the colors adjacent to it on the color wheel. This was an awesome assignment because it made me think … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Deliberate Practice, Facial Expression, Learning
Tagged Color, Learning, People
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More Flowers in a Vase
I picked up today where I left off yesterday, painting flowers in a vase. The vase is in the same place on my desk but this time I painted with gouache on black paper, not with transparent watercolor on white paper … Continue reading
Flowers in a Vase
I kept working on flowers today, which was really about working on color, line, harmony and contrast. It was a lot to think about and I took several photos of the sketch as I worked on it. As you can see, it … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Learning
Tagged Learning, Procreate, Still Life, Watercolor
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San Diego Hillside
This is a surprisingly difficult scene to sketch. At first it looked like two canna lily blossoms against a green background. The more I sketched the more I noticed all the other flowers on the hillside and soon I had a jumble of … Continue reading
Home Again
No matter how wonderful the trip, it is always good to come back home again. Sometimes I avoid laundry but after two weeks in a suitcase it is a pleasure to sort through and get everything clean and back in … Continue reading
Yesterday we took a jungle walk up a creek to Stone Dam. With its clear water, rope swings, gorgeous foliage and several swimming holes it was a great place to visit but an overwhelming place to sketch.
Posted in Groups Interacting, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Hawaii, Kauai, Landscape
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Deliberate Sketching 