Charcoal

At the moment I am enjoying making some portrait drawings with charcoal. Love this soft material, but you can make so many mistakes. So you just have to try, and otherwise try again...

 

 

Sketchbook page

 My sketchbook is a place for experimenting. So here I made a drawing on a prepared page. I like to use these thick markers and then adding detail with finer markers.

How about this houseplant?

This week I am back in the studio, tidying, sketching, finishing and hoping to find some rhythm in my creating without being distracted. I have lost a bit of focus.

Frosty mornings

Finally some cold frosty mornings... I made a walk to see the sun come up and to take some pictures. I like the way the path guides your eye to the horizon. 

ADAD #28: last drawing of February

Another one of my TV drawings, capturing the most important lines in only a minute helps me to make quick decisions and to look intensely.

Normally I would have skipped an image like this, too much going on and too difficult to get it right. But when you do not try, you do not learn. It went better than expected, and maybe next time it will be even better...

Thank you for joining me in the month of drawings. I'll keep going in my sketchbook, but also need to spend more time in my studio painting :).  

ADAD #27: a screenshot

 I have made some drawings while sitting in front of the TV. Sometimes when I am watching a travel or cooking programme you see these screenshots with a nice composition. I put it on pause and make a quick drawing. This is how I made this drawing of an old farmer from France:

ADAD #26: terra pastels

 Made a quick drawing with a pastel pencil in this warm colour. I rubbed on it with my hand to fade out the lines, I like the effect, it reminds me of medieval times.

ADAD #25: An old farmhouse

Today the shape and colour led me to drawing an old farmhouse, with a giant roof , sheltering over a house and a barn. It is often surrounded by a path of grit, so as to soak up the rain from the roof.