We woke up this morning to snow and ice making a light blanket over the whole world. That rarely happens in Oklahoma this late. Several times today I felt like gearing up and trudging out to sketch. I find that when it is cold outside, it is easy for me to resist those urges. Tonight’s EDM challenge was to draw some flowers. I did a quick thumbnail sketch so that I could complete the challenge later, but I couldn’t resist the colors of the grape hyacinths. So I ran back out into the 4o°F afternoon, with Girl1 in tow, to paint the little lovelies in with the new mini sketch kit. I’m not sure how much longer I can continue to call it new, but I know I’m still having fun with it.
I’m especially glad that I went back out into the cold to paint them because all I did with the EDM sketch outside was draw a few basic shapes to lock in the placement of the flowers. We loaded up for a family outing (go see Monsters VS Aliens!) and when we returned it was too dark to get any more details outside. So, I used my watercolor sketch as a reference to fill in the blanks. Usually when I a work from a photo reference, I get the basic shapes and then I have to remove the photo. I don’t like to spend as much time in realism as I do in interpretation.
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