Category Archives: Learning

Day 3 at the Conference

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  Today is the third day of the conference and basic pen drawings are all the sketching I can fit in. While I miss using color, I do enjoy just quickly jotting down what I see.  These three sketches today … Continue reading →

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Three More Sketches from the Conference

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  Today I used the app Procreate on my iPad to make sketches of the presenters and participants at my conference. 

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My Fresh Palette

Posted on April 15, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

We set off tomorrow for a five-week trip with the above gouache palette, a small set of transparent watercolors and drawing supplies. After much indecision and an incredible number of paint swatches, I finally committed to 12 gouache colors for my … Continue reading →

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Chart for a Fresh Palette

Posted on April 13, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

I am much more likely to do an activity that I am set up for and sketching away from home is no exception. If it takes too long to get ready I sometimes end up not sketching away at all. … Continue reading →

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A Sideways Look

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

My high school art teacher made a big impression on me. I still remember many of her sayings from 50 years ago or so. One I think of nearly every day is that there is no such thing as a … Continue reading →

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The White Dress

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

Our purpose today in our figure painting class was to show the dimensionality of white by using pastel shades of complementary colors. Although we were to do this with just one pair of complementary colors, I somehow used both red and green as … Continue reading →

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The Presenter

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Sarah Sullivan

  One of the perks of living within walking distance of a university is the ease of sitting in on presentations by thinkers from near and far. Not only is this an opportunity to hear ideas, it is good for sketching … Continue reading →

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