Tuesday, August 12, 2014

sketching at the dog park

So I signed up for Sketchbook Skool and wasn't super impressed with the first batch of videos, so signed up for Sketchbookery by Mary Ann Moss. Her goofy teaching methods are much more my style. And, throwing caution to the winds, I began to sketch willy nilly, not worrying about how straight my lines were, just kept going, as she instructed. I've posted a few things already, most of what I've done actually, and am really happy that somewhere along the way, I became pleased with what I was doing. Not too critical, like I usually am, just happy that my drawings looked enough like what they were to be recognizable, and that they had some character.

I'll do a more thorough review of both classes soon. Need to watch the last couple Sketchbook Skool classes to see if it got better. But for now, here's a quick sketch from the dog park. I had to take Maggie to the vet for shots and figured she needed a treat afterwards. I was sitting on a bench drawing while she ran around. The dog park isn't terribly interesting so I just drew the scene looking toward the back of the park.

It's in a small Moleskine sketchbook, so the spread is about 7"w x 5.5" tall. I water colored it after I got home. It got the most hearts on Instagram of any pic I ever posted.


7 comments:

  1. I love this too! There's just something gentle and cute (in a good way) about it. The shadows & shading around "Dog Park" and 8/11/14 are great.
    And PS: I got the Lone Ranger. LOVE LOVE LOVE it! Thank you! :-D

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  2. GREAT sketch!! I love how you've shadowed the date boxes. Really wonderful work.

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  3. Yayee - and yes I want to hear your class review....as they saying goes practice, practice, practice :)

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  4. Well you probably got the most likes because it's quite good! Houses, different types of trees, picnic table, climbing thing - WOW! If you've developed this much (more from your words than anything evaluative I've seen), I might need to check out one of the classes too. But then, there's that word "practice". Hmmm. Maybe for now, I'll just enjoy your efforts. Great job!!!

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  5. wonderful drawing - but even more wonderful is that YOU feel good about it. what a great feeling to get to that place.

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  6. Really enjoying how your sketching is coming along! More! More!

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