I did this sketch
in a shady area of my backyard garden during two weeding-trimming-watering rest
breaks, both at about the same time of day, on consecutive days.
Layer One: A
quick line drawing (Uniball Vision pen-has waterproof ink) of the tables, fig
tree, grape arbor, various plants, gardening equipment and the path.
Layer Two: (Both
layers 1 & 2 thanks to the Steven Reddy sketching techniques) Created
grey-scale layers of wash, using diluted (black) waterproof India ink and a #8
brush. Time was up for that rest break!
Layer Three: The
following day, same time of day, I decided to try out adding color to my sketch
using my small Prima watercolor set.
I learned several things doing this
sketch: Just doing ink line and grey scale is fairly fast; I could let the ink
dry in one area while inking other areas; the ink-value under-painting could
have been the final step for my drawing to be a ‘finished sketch’; the India
ink values ‘disappeared’ into and became the values of the glazes of color I
applied.
For the next
time: I’m curious to see how many greens I could mix from this little Prima
set. Not having checked that out prior to using this paint set, I found it
difficult to create any subtle greens while speed painting during gardening rest breaks!
Happy Urban Sketching!
Frances
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