Do you remember this sketch from last year, here. Well, I thought I had destroyed it when I went to add watercolor. I stopped before getting very far at all. Sometime during the last year, I realized that sometimes paintings go through ugly stages. I would probably have approached it differently than I did in this particular case, because of all I've learned, but I think I managed a save here. I know there are spots still not painted...but I liked them so they stayed. This has ended up in a frame on my wall. So, yes, it's a good night! (I should mention that the woman on the left was my Sketchcrawl partner, Cecelia. )Also, I just received an order from DickBlick. I bought a da Vinci maestro travel brush, one piece of Fabriano Artistico 140lb cp paper to try, and a hand.book watercolor sketchbook, which I wouldn't have bought if it didn't come with a #2 escoda travel brush. (My first two pure Kolinsky sable brushes!) I'm WAY excited and I can't believe it got here SO fast! I have to give my kudos for DickBlick. There was a mistake in the address during my paypal processing, so it was shipped all the way to Idaho. Where I no longer live. They were so great about resending the order. They were pleasant to deal with, and I received it two days later!! Great customer service!! (Oh, and I've done a little playing with the brushes....LOVE!!)
I happen to LOVE this sketch as is! Amazing that you captured so many people -- I just returned from a family get-together and didn't capture more than faces of one niece, a baby, and a puppy . . . and not all at one time.
ReplyDeleteNice save Raena! It's hard to imagine that this is one that needed a "save"! I pretty much take it as a given that paintings will go through a stage where I want to chuck them...but they get better! I've had good luck with Dick Blick too! Cool, I look forward to hearing how you like your paper and brushes!
ReplyDeleteAgree with others - great save. But now I have several new things on my art supply wish list - brushes! And I rarely use anything except my waterbrushes....
ReplyDeleteYou really pulled it all together.
ReplyDeleteI like this sketch Raena, and the way the dark background gives form to the (lighter) subjects. Your freind on the left is larger than the others and appears closer, but is strangely behind No.12.
ReplyDeleteI think most paintings have an ugly stage, you have to ignore it and keep going. This turned out really well, enjoy your brushes!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I didn't actually add them all at the same time. Cecelia was added from a photo when I got home. Just to complete the page. Also, the people weren't actually there at the same time. I had taken Cecelia back home, and then returned because I didn't eat the first time around. Then I added more. It is really a montage that had a background added from the last sitting. Cecelia is behind number 12 because number 12 was drawn first. It was in pencil though and I should have thought to change that. Thanks, Frank. I'm always finding new things to think about!
ReplyDeleteoops. I was thanking everyone here and it sounds like I was only thanking Frank!
ReplyDeleteI find that when I can't stand a sketch I've done, if I put it away, I often like it much more later. I think it is about my preconceived notions of how I wanted the sketch to turn out. Yours is well done, and I like the montage effect. I would like to try this too.
ReplyDeleteI think this one does deserve a frame. I agree that Dick Blick is quick and also helpful. I hate most of my paintings when I'm around the half-way mark.
ReplyDeleteLove it! =)
ReplyDeleteYour people sketch is top drawer--great "save" (if you say so...it doesn't look like it could have ever been ugly).
ReplyDeleteI like it - especially the blank bits - they sort of unite all the components of the picture. Hope you're enjoying your new supplies no end - I'm looking forward to seeing the results.
ReplyDeleteI usually think of the ugly stage as in-progress. I always find that I like work better after I don't look at it for a while. I like the explanation that you don't hold the same expectations when you look at it later. And, I have always admired your color sense. G.
ReplyDeleteLooks fresh, natural and effortless to me, like it just flowed onto the page. To echo others, its hard to believe this work needed saving! I love Dick Blick, too. I used to live within 10 miles of their Galesburg (IL) store, which I think(?) was the flagship. I loved to peruse the clearance bins there!
ReplyDeleteI love this and I am glad you framed it. I am looking forward to seeing what you make those new brushes do!
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