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.
Very pretty! Your notebook must be fabulous by now :-)
ReplyDeleteReicko had a class where we did draw and paint from life some pointsettas'----her's are great, by the way-----mine not so much---
ReplyDeleteThis 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!
ReplyDeleteI 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 :)))