Monday, July 29, 2019

#SBSColoredPencils #PlaysWithPencils On the road...with a handful of colored pencils


#SBSColoredPencils  #PlaysWithPencils  Sketchbook Skool homework for the kourse Colored Pencils: Sharpen Your Skills. At the 4H Fair, Brooklyn Ct Fairgrounds. Not easy to hold a sketchbook while standing next to other people, have a selection of colored pencils in one hand and try to sketch animals that insist on being moving targets with the other. 


Let's face it, Roz Stendahl I am not. Lessons learned for next time: bring a spiral sketchbook that will fold over for easier handling and more support; choose one subject and draw that animal over and over in several positions and with different expressions until I become more comfortable with its form; try finding a comfortable place to sit or bring a chair/stool. And a drink. And maybe snacks.


That green blob is a girl in a 4H shirt waiting to show off her calf. This was all sketched from observation in real time, not posed, and shared on-line. Stuck in limbo between Nature Journaling and Urban Sketching?


Some of my Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils. The journal is the one shown below:


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