I bought a medium size poinsettia plant for the holidays to brighten the house. It is a good time to sketch them right now. Many of my last sketches have been from still life objects. It is my goal to hone my eye-hand coordination and try to accurately record the relationships of shapes as they are. What is neat about working from objects rather than photos is: if you're not sure about a petal or what is behind it, you can lift it with your pencil and examine it from different angles. You can't do that with a photo.
My sketches are detailed studies in my sketchbook - for practise and for reference for later paintings. Once I am very familiar with a subject I would like to paint it in a looser style or in a single stroke that suggests a petal instead of drawing it.
3 comments:
Very pretty! Your notebook must be fabulous by now :-)
Reicko had a class where we did draw and paint from life some pointsettas'----her's are great, by the way-----mine not so much---
This is a great idea, to be drawing from life, thinking about art, and doing things any way you can. Pointsetta's make a great subject, use pencil then do it in watercolor! Your drawing here is lovely, really.
Hello, Carolyn!
I am also wanted to say here that you already have an marvellous notebook now! With beautiful pictures! :))))
This flower looks great, though it is alive and move its leaves like hands. :))
It's true - when we drawing living objects, we will see them from all sides and feel them in space. In the photo space disappears, because all picture cropped with frames :)
You wrote so cool: "eye-hand coordination" - I liked this phrase, I will remember it :)))
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