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Sunday, June 12, 2016

To Resist or Not to Resist

6/7/16 brush pen, colored pencil
One of my favorite things about taking sketchabouts in the ‘hood is admiring the flowers in my neighbors’ gardens. A few days ago I spotted some brilliant orange and yellow lilies growing against a fence. With flowers, it’s always hard to resist color, but I also know that I can learn more from using only value tones. To keep myself from being tempted, I pulled out my little red Field Notes and sketched an orange lily with nothing but a black brush pen and white colored pencil.

Of course, I can only resist for so long. Right after that sketch, I pulled out my colored pencils for the yellow lily growing nearby.

6/7/16 colored pencils

2 comments:

  1. Both are so different, but great!!! They look really nice on the red paper.

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    1. Thanks, Joan! It's really fun to try the same subject twice in very different ways.

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