Twelve plus tax
Posted: September 20, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized 8 CommentsI went to the market looking for the first signs of pumpkins to sketch. Even filled up a well in my palette with cadmium orange. But when I pulled in to my parking spot the rows of mums shining in the sun were too much to pass up. Especially since I got to wet the colours in my palette that don’t get used much, like permanent magenta and rose madder.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
That’s very impressive! When I zoom in on the painting, there are maybe twelve little studies on how to paint a bunch of flowers with minimal detail and without drawing a single identifiable flower. You have that repetition thing working for you… stopping the viewer from looking for the detail.
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I probably would have done individual flowers but my Micron 005 died and I was left with a 05 which is much too thick. So I did the best I could with the materials at hand. That meant splatters, dots, wet washes and whatever else I could think of to indicate flowers.
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Well, it seems that was a fortuitous problem to have… sketching (particularly on location) seems to be a series of problem-solving moments.
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I don’t comment often but I always look forward to and enjoy your posts! Your ability to capture always makes me smile!
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Well thanks so much for commenting. I always love to hear from people who look at the posts.
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Never ceases to amaze me how effectively you always manage to suggest structure with such a minimum of strokes. It always works so well.
~ Fleetwood
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Thanks so much Fleet!
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Fantastic !
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