The weekend

A weekend full of the simple, but good things.

Sketch Saturday

Better late than never. More experimenting with ink & watercolour.

Sketch Saturday

It was all about the double watercolour class this week. Attendance at both Wednesday & Thursday night sessions. The first night I was able to catch up on what I missed last week. Namely an ink drawing. The process went as follows, trace said plant, in this case a strawberry flower and associated leaves. Transfer tracing to paper and go over with ink. Old school, in that there was a nib involved. New school in that the ink is waterproof. Well new to me.

I failed to grasp the hang of using the pen until well after finishing this drawing/painting. Elements I'm happy with include the stem & flower. The leaves, well they're just a disaster. I'm pretty keen to explore this further. I quite like the effect.

Stamp those thoughts out

I had a chat with my art teacher on Monday night about the fear. The fear of putting something down on paper and it not being perfect. But then I supposed that I didn't run the marathon without running 3-4 times a week for a good 20 weeks. Surely art, like fitness, evolves and develops and takes time and practice and it's best I get something on paper, even if it isn't perfect.

Getting even coverage of the ink wasn't something I mastered, but I like the results all the same.