That pressure of posting three times in three days has me going. I just couldn't let the day slip by and miss number four! Last year, as one of my new year's resolutions, I had decided to post twice as many times this year as I did last year. Well, that didn't happen for me. In fact, I need to post ten more times this month just to be even with last year. More than that though...and I BEAT last year! (trigger the Rocky theme song, please)So, I did this yesterday. I went to a cemetery with my mother, who needed to take a picture for someone on a site called 'find a grave' or something like that. (She does genealogy.) I figured it would be a good sketching opportunity. Did you know that it only takes a few minutes to take a couple of pictures?? Well, I rushed through the sketch, sort of in a panicky way, knowing any second it would be time to leave. This rushing feeling made it hard to concentrate and I flubbed up on the folds of the robe. Wasn't happy with the sketch, but threw some paint on last night to see if I could make it work. It was really difficult to tell what was what (fold lines versus shadow lines) and I basically just guessed on everything. The gray color I used was a mixture of everything that was already on my palette. Thinking I was done, I wiped off the palette, only to see that some of the shadows didn't get dark enough.
One thing that I know I didn't get right, is that I drew the hands a little too normal-sized. His hands were HUGE! Big Fred Flinstone hands! But in the end, I like it.
There, four-for-four!! :D
I like it, too!!
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That turned out very well -- and looks like it would have been difficult to do because of the drapery, hands, face and upward angle.
ReplyDeleteIt looks good Raena.. the folds and all too.. I don't really know whether I would be able to try sketching at a cemetery! I'm not scared but it kind of gives me a spooky feeling to think of it..!
ReplyDeleteIt looks fine to me considering the pressure to do it quick. It's difficult when you're with someone who doesn't sketch!
ReplyDelete4 in 4! Woah! I can't keep up ;-)
ReplyDeleteAs I haven't seen the original I have no idea what should be folds or shadows and had you not told us you had a little trouble I wouldn't have know because it looks good to me.Looks great against that back ground too.
Tell your inner critic to sit down and shut up... this is very nicely done... looks great. I read somewhere that sculptures have over large hands to keep them from breaking off as they are the most fragile part of the statue.
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Raena! I love the statues in cemeteries, especially the angels, but I've never tried sketching one. And I admire you for sketching out where people can see you. I'm proud of you. I haven't gotten that brave yet. :)
ReplyDeleteHooray for you Raena! I really like this painting and will cheer you on as you go for 11 blog postings this month.
ReplyDeleteI am liking the background so much !!!
ReplyDeleteBe still, oh inner critic. It is a sketch-you captured the moment AND you did a nice job.
ReplyDeleteI love this!
ReplyDeleteGo you! Your comment about beating last year made me laugh ^^! Your drawing looks great on the green background!
ReplyDeleteI can understand the difficulty of working quickly when you are with someone who doesn't sketch with you, but you have made a good work. I like the colours of the background, they bring light and life to a subject that may appear sad or a little gloomy, being a funereal monument. I also appreciate, for the same reason, the light, delicate shadows on the statue.
ReplyDeleteRaena, Your statue is absolutely beautiful! It has so much going for it. The 'sketchy' quality of the statue gives it a friendly, soft feel that is hard to achieve in a statue. The leafy, bright background is a wonderful contrast to the gray figure. Altogether this is a very appealing sketch! Good for you for sketching in 'public' amongst the silent witnesses. ;-)
ReplyDeleteIt's really nice. Sometimes quick drawings are really good exercise. For me, they betray all my bad habits so I can see immediately what I need to fix, but fast sketches seem to have a life of their own, too. Your statue here looks like a statue that's about to come alive.
ReplyDeleteFive-minute sketch! This is great--nothing looks flubbed. Although it's of a statue, it's energetic.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I love it =) It sure would take me longer to do something like that...if I could
ReplyDeleteGreat drawing, very well done. I often ask myself when painting later, "what did that line mean?!" then I paint it as I think I should.
ReplyDelete4 for 4. Bah humbug! I think I'm going to take this blog off my favorites list. ;)
This is amazing with your quick sketch and your hurried mind. Yet, you brought it all together when you added your paint and your memories in your mind's eye. I need to practice more like this! I love cemeteries as long as they are not family or friend's funerals!
ReplyDeleteIt'd have taken me a week, no, a year, er.. maybe more to get even close to that! Art on the run... well! I can only admire it. Like the lush background.
ReplyDeleteThis a a lovley drawing. It is all very solft and delicate. I agree with the others, the backgroud makes the drawing stand out.
ReplyDeleteI hope to go drawing in the old cemetary when I am home at Christmas (assuming the weather is not too hot in the middle of Summer)
I think it looks great. If you wouldn't have said anything, I would never have guessed the hands were off. Cemeteries are wonderful places to visit; quiet, peaceful and soothing. I've been taking photos of the statues in cemeteries. Some of them are very striking and creative.
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