Sunday 4 November 2012

AEDM days 2 to 4, and day 1 with a splash of colour

My intended "quick sketches" are turning out to take much longer to do, but I'm thoroughly enjoying the process, whether it's a quick lunch time sketch with some colour added in the evening, a relaxing evening sketch, a sneaky sketch during art class or an early Sunday morning warm up sketch before spending the rest of the day painting.

2/11/2012 ~ AEDM Day 2: Basic Tools


 Some of my very basic brushes (some of them are simple pastry brushes from the supermarket) and my favourite green water jar.

3/11/2012 ~ AEDM Day 3: The Artist


M painting teacher at work. Unfortunately, it doesn't look anything like him. I'm still far away from getting a real likeness when trying to sketch people. But the first step is to practise sketching people at all - and getting quicker at it. Why can't people just stand still?

4/11/2012 ~ AEDM Day 4: A Pocket Full of Pink


I received a pocketful of Pink the other day, including these lovely buttons. Just perfect for sketching on a Sunday morning.

And the Ginkgo sketch from Day 1 got a bit of colour too:



Have a wonderful, creative Sunday!

12 comments:

  1. Love the subtle colours on the brushes. It probably only took you a short time but I would have spent a week trying to paint that, and still wouldn't have got close. Good proportions on the artist - we don't know what he looks like, so it looks fine to us!

    Nice buttons, which reminds me... ;o)

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  2. I bet your teacher is thrilled you painted him...the brushes painting is wonderful....you are clever:)
    x

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  3. The Artist has such a beautiful essence of focussed relaxation.

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  4. Your sketches are awesome. Love your buttons and brushes. Great!!!

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  5. Wonderful sketches, I look forward to seeing more :)

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  6. Your work is very beautiful, I look forward to following you blog :-) (came across you via creative everyday)

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  7. your pages are awesome... love the buttons soooo much... and the brushes... I use pastry brushes as well... they are great for dry brushing in texture aren't they...xx

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  8. Du bist eine Farbmeisterin! bin begeistert von all den Sketchen und den schönen Knöpfen!

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  9. These are all lovely.. . each in its own way.
    Rinda

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  10. Lovely drawings and so very well painted! =)

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  11. Your sketches are gorgeous! I would just love to flick through your sketchbook over a cuppa :0):0)

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