Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/75 sec, ISO3200 “Need Ink” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
I worked on another drawing today, but want to fill the hair black with ink, but I don’t have any… I only have line pens and when I tried earlier, it didn’t looks so smooth. So, I ordered a bottle of ink. Not sure if I should use a brush or not, but will give it a go!
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/80 sec, ISO3200 “Marrakech Sketch” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。Tonight after I practiced drawing more eyes (not so happy with those) I applied some color to a couple Marrakech sketches. I’m not thrilled about how they came out, but I suppose they are ok. I am still having trouble finding a nice grey that I like. The ones in the first sketch are too green. However, I’d rather make greys by combining colors instead of using the grey or black paint. You can see in the painting below, in which I used the black in the shop interior and around the tires of the car. It doesn’t have as much character as a mixed color would have.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/90 sec, ISO3200 “Cool Van” Cedar Park, 2017
One thing I do like is the detail that using the white gel pen adds. I put a little detail into the paintings in some of the dishes and signs. It’s a nice effect. 🙂
I see a couple things I want to fix in these two, especially the mis-spelling of “Marrakech”. 😯
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/75 sec, ISO3200 “Pens & Brushes vs. Kitty” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
This evening I practiced a bit of digital sketching using our Wacom tablet and a free software program called Krita. I have also been using Photoshop to draw, but Krita is more fun for a beginner like me. It’s lightweight, responsive, and the stock drawing tools are really nice! I just started and it’s difficult to create anything that looks decent yet, but it’s still fun.
On paper, I practiced drawing eyes from different angles. I am getting better, I think, but it still takes a lot of erasing to get something that I am happy with. And then if I like one eye, then the other eye has to match. Then add in the proper position of the eyebrows, nose, and mouth and so much can go wrong! 🐷
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/75 sec, ISO3200 “Eye Practice” Cedar Park, 2017
Anyways, I enjoy sketching, and I know that even bad drawings are helping to improve my technique. Just gotta keep at it!
The photo at the top of this post is of a little kitty figurine that Mariko and Bay bought for me in Japan. The tail can actually fit over the lip of a glass, but it also stands up nicely.
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO2000 “College Notes” Cedar Park, 2017″Art History Notes” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
So I was going through some old sketchbooks and found a couple that I used during college. Some pages have notes from lectures, others have sketches for painting ideas, and there are a few that combine sketches with notes. I did this a lot in my art history classes, where it made complete sense to do so. Plus it was fun, good practice, and kept me awake! 😆 Speaking of school, I’ve always said that I never want to go back to school, but you know, it might be fun to take some classes again. I really hate doing homework and studying, but the lectures were for the most part interesting.
Also, going through my old notes, I came across some words that were written in the color ink that I really like. It’s a bit of a mystery why I wrote only a couple words using it, but just seeing these was enough to get me to order a few ink samples, including a similar color.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.2, 1/100 sec, ISO1600 “College Notes” Cedar Park, 2017
These days I write every night in a notebook about what happened during the day (just short lists) and I think I might change the ink color every month or so. Gotta keep things fun, right?
I hope you had a nice Monday (as nice as a Monday could be, at least)!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1250 “JFC” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Tonight we enjoyed one of our favorite meals: karaage. Koa loves it and requested this dinner since he hasn’t had a chance to get in his JFC (Japanese Fried Chicken) fix while Mariko was away in Japan. Needless to say, it was delicious!
Today I applied some color to a sketch that I did a couple weeks ago. It’s an alleyway at the Kasbah of the Udayas in Rabat, Morocco. I used a reference photo that I took when we were there last month. It’s a simple scene, and the blue is pretty intense, but if you’ve ever seen it in person, you will agree that the color is amazing. The more I look at this painting, the more the blue wall looks like the sea.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.8, 1/100 sec, ISO1600 “Kasbah Watercolor” Cedar Park, 2017
I’m enjoying sketching and watercolors a lot. Plus my fountain pen interest has settled into a nice groove. Meaning, I am enjoying using my LAMY Safari to write in a daily journal every night, and my Pilot Kakuno is used for general purpose writing, and captioning my watercolors too!
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice Sunday!
またね～
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