Day 77: Revisiting my can group with the grid method
Way back in June I tackled this group of cans totally freehand, using the contour approach, and wow but the results were pretty bad! It's actually »
Day 76: Tuning the shading of this lock
In yesterday's post I talked about using a grid to help me put together a decent sketch of this padlock. Well today I decided to take »
Day 75: Putting a grid over an old photo
For the first day of this new month I felt like returning to contour drawing and, more specifically, doing this with the aid of a grid. »
Day 74: Potatoes are the best vegetable
For the last day of August (and the summer I suppose) I decided to try something a little different. With a baked potato left over from »
Day 73: Another apple but tinted
Following on from my tinted sketch yesterday I decided to attempt something a little more organic today. Not for the first time I frisked the fruit »
Day 72: Using a tinted wash for the first time
After dabbling with watercolours I figured that I should get back on the program today as I needed to try out a wash tint for real. »
Day 71: Finishing my watercolour scene
In my work yesterday I started on my first watercolour drawing before leaving it overnight to dry properly. Today I hoped to get through stages 2 »
Day 70: Trying my hand at a watercolour
Just the other day I bought a watercolour set for the very first time; primarily so that I could try out the pencil wash study but »
Day 69: Wood destined for the fire meets charcoal
Walking through the garden I stumbled on a piece of an old chair destined for the bonfire; nothing special (or useful) but with a moderately attractive »
Day 68: Trying a tinted wash for the first time
A feeling that's bothered me for a while is that no matter how hard I try I find it almost impossible to create truly smooth shading. »