I've been SLOWLY going through the book "Mastering Sketching--A complete course in 40 lessons" by Judy Martin. When I bought the book I thought, "Forty lessons, let's see I can finish that in a couple of months". NOT. I really have a problem messing up a nice sketch book with scribbles and dabbles and untidy shambles. I save those for a cheap tablet of paper I can toss when it gets too hashed. I know I need to loosen up but I'm kind of a compulsive tight-wad. So I'm still going through the lessons. Here are a few sketches I'm willing to show off.
Part of a small version of "Morning Echo Bay" which resulted in a finished painting I sold through my Etsy shop. This is a sketch of the view from the motor vessel David B. We spent five enjoyable and unforgettable days aboard on a tour of the San Juan Islands in Puget Sound this summer.
This I call, "Before the Feast." It's done from a photo I took before we covered this table and another one for our family Thanksgiving in November. It was sketched for Lesson 18, Light and Shade.
I started on these lessons in July and I'm almost half-way through. Not exactly finishing in two months.
This is a study from the painting, "In Love," by Marcus Stone.
It was done for the lesson--Sketching from Reproductions.
A combination of ink and watercolor pencils done of an old freight wagon.
Another one done from the David B.
I started on these lessons in July and I'm almost half-way through. Not exactly finishing in two months.
