Portrait sketch

January sketching

Selected sketches and practice works from January. Comments would be appreciated.

Moleskine fun & DIY easel

Two spreads from my moleskine large and pocket sketchbooks. It's great to have a pocket sketchbook with you everywhere, you never get bored in waiting rooms, public transportations when you can just draw.

In late December I took some time to build a Do-It-Yourself studio easel. Thanks to these instructions I was able to customise one for my painting needs and limited working space. The canvas platform height can be adjusted with handy wing nuts. The oak-esque wood stain finish makes the easel a pretty nice-looking furniture too. The materials didn't cost very much either, plus it was fun to do some wood work for a change, not to mention I couldn't afford one of those expensive Mabef easels in times like these. Expect large paintings in near future.

Sketchbooking II

Been sketching a lot lately, to gain more confidence.

Season's greetings

Latest offering here; Christmas card illustration from moleskine pocket sketchbook to final acrylic painting. I went through few different ideas but ended up going for more traditional style. I feel it is some of my better works so far, although I think the girl looked more enchanting in the original sketch. The more stylized the approach the more difficult to execute it. I painted the face twice because the first take ended up being too pink. It was challenging to first dry brush white higlights on terra verte green and then light wash the actual skin colours on top. The last sketchbook page is extra stuff for ya, merry Christmas!

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Sketchbooking