{"id":1436,"date":"2022-10-13T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T20:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2022-10-15T15:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T22:30:19","slug":"sketching-summer-of-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluesuncraft.talkat.us\/index.php\/2022\/10\/13\/sketching-summer-of-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketching summer of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I have it in mind that I want to oil paint, that that is my primary medium and that I don’t want to get too invested in watercolor or acrylic because I should focus on one thing at a time. I’ve also realized that I have some trouble with value and composition and I should probably work out those problems in sketches BEFORE I start investing weeks to months of time working on an oil painting. As a result I started doing a lot in my sketchbook. Then I realized that sometimes I need to add color to the sketches to see how the colors will work. This is how I learned that I’m not really a fan of pencil because I don’t feel like I can get a rich enough color without spending too much time on it and I don’t like graphite pencil because it smudges too easily. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Result: I’ve started adding watercolor to my ink sketches to the point where I seem to be making tiny watercolor paintings now. What I like about them is that because I still consider them ‘sketches’ or ‘studies’ I don’t get too hung up about them having flaws. I also don’t really consider them ‘paintings’ in my own head because that would imply that I was studying watercolor technique, which I haven’t really done yet but it may happen by accident. In any case, these feel low stress and I don’t mind sharing them even when they have flaws or are unfinished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ian’s house<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ian’s favorite tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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an otter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My friend’s dog<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This first one of these is of Ian-from-Canada’s house and we sent it to him along with a gift package as a ‘thank you’ for his hospitality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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