Tuesday, February 17, 2015

More Classes on Charcoal Sketching

Some examples of the work we do with the students.

Sandpiper by the Shore

Seagull in Flight

Friday, February 13, 2015

Kraft Paper Sketch

This is a sketch on Kraft paper, black and white charcoal pencils.

Lips

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Saturday, February 7, 2015

People Sketch

Another Prismacolor sketch on cover paper. This Chinese market salesman was completely exhausted and took a snooze.

Plastic Bags Dream

Gouache on Cover Paper

Gouache works well with 67lb. cover paper. For the base drawing I used a black Prismacolor pencil.

Peasant Girl

Sunday, February 1, 2015

Charcoal on Paper

Sketching with charcoal on newsprint paper.

Unexpected Visitor

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Using Tortillions with Graphite Power

These simple sketches started with a drawing foundation using a small tortillion and graphite followed by gouache.

Cellar. Provence, France


Sunset in the Mountains