Best wishes

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and lots of creativity and colour for the New Year!

Portrait of a man

 Here is another exercise-page from my sketchbook. I used the same technique, choosing some colours and then just go with it. I like the unexpected outcome. It is nice to spend the dark days of December trying out different techniques. 

This Wednesday my studio is open for the last time this year. After that it will be used for some Christmas dinners and I have plans to do a thorough clean after that to start fresh in the New Year.

Three colour pencils

I took some time to draw with Sandi Hester on Youtube. She advised to choose three colours to use for a drawing. I chose a blue, an ocre and an orange from the brand Bruynzeel. 

Experiment a bit with mixing them, and then use a portrait as an example and just go with it. It was really fun to do! At the end she mixes them with water but I decided to leave it this way, and next time make one with water. Here are some pictures of the process: