Presented mostly without comment, a sketch of Yesenia made earlier today, during our perhaps annual outing to Haverstraw Bay Park, right along the Hudson. She was doing a watercolor of the river, while I drew her. Maybe someone over on the Westchester side had a pair of binoculars and was drawing me at the same time.
I've been making an effort to have the majority of the drawings in this particular sketchbook be stronger work - which means, of course, that I'm moving more slowly through the pages. It was inaugurated with the preparatory sketch of Bettina Richmond back in March, and this drawing is only on page four, so I clearly either need to draw more or care less about quality.
This particular drawing was made with my Pitt brush pens, a set of six, with three warm grey tones and three cool grey tones. I'm still working out how to use them, trying to see if I can get both fine detail and also soft blended textures out of a single (and here's the important bit), clean drawing tool. Probably not - the best tool for that job will likely always be graphite. But I can hope.
D.
3 comments:
Good stuff.. I've been on a drawing/painting kick lately as well...
We'll have to take a drawing day together during your month off - where, I don't know.
You should try these Pitt brush pens - they're pretty awesome.
D.
Hopefully she doesn't rip this one up.
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