2009 Hawk Demo
KISS ~ Keep
It Sensationally Simple! |
Sensational Sketches
~ In Six Simple Steps
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First Step
| When you first start your
drawing, hold your pencil like a wand, as if you were conducting
an orchestra. It's so much easier to first block in shapes this
way and keeps you loose without getting caught up in details
too early on. I recommend a good quality spiral sketchbook, 6"
x 8" or bigger with a medium weight drawing paper. You'll
also need a soft drawing pencil (2B - 4B) and a kneaded eraser. |
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Second Step
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Ok, now you can tighten up a little and
hold the pencil like you would to write. Add some of the main
details. Correct and refine your sketch, but don't get too nit
picky! Keep in mind that this is an exercise. It doesn't have
to be a masterpiece!
When out of the studio sketching, I stop
with this step and add the wash later. So all you need to take
out with you is a pencil, eraser and sketchbook!
My motto is: "KISS
~ Keep it sensationally simple!"
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Third Step
| I start this next step by
generously wetting the surface of my bird with clean water. I
go right up to the edge of the figure so the paint would flow
to that point and the strokes will blend together. |
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Forth Step (a & b)
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Here I use a thirsty, *dry brush
that's loaded with watercolor paint. I usually use a combination
of Ultramarine Blue and Burnt Sienna to make a gray, but any
dark color will do. I'm more concerned with value than hue. I
start squinting a lot from this point on. This makes it easier
to see big shapes and values. I float in pigment, giving the
figure shape by rendering values and a few details.
*The brush
is damp, yet dryer than the paper.
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Fifth Step
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| When the figure is dry ,
I add a few more calligraphic strokes on the dry paper, quickly
dampening some with a clean *dry brush to soften various edges. |
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Sixth Step
| All I've done here is add
a background wash after the bird is dry. (I do the same thing
here as in step # three.) I wet the entire surface where I want
my wash to be with clean water, again being careful to stay in
the lines. Then squinting, I float in my pigment with a dry brush. |
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2008
- 6 Step Demo>>>>>>>>>See More about
my sketching steps here!
From
my Spirit Art lettter - 9/4/08 ~ Last
week I was contacted by Ralph Serpe; artist, writer, musician
and webmaster, about having my "Sensational Sketches
In Six Simple Steps" featured on his blog. He writes;
"I own and maintain a very popular blog on Art Instruction.
My site receives over 20,000 unique visitors each month, and
I have a subscriber base of nearly 9,000 artists, all hungry
for fresh new content." I checked it out and saw it was
of very high caliber. Of course I said YES!
Visit: http://www.artinstructionblog.com
and see this demo with comments.
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