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A friend took part in the Inchies Challenge this year, sponsored by Mindful Art Studio. She made a series of watercolor paintings that were 2-inch squares. Delighted by the concept, I started thinking about how I might participate in the future – find or make a tiny sketchbook? Draw a grid of squares? Cut up a stack of small, square sheets of paper?
Then it occurred to me: Although rectangular, most of my skyscapitos are about 2 inches on the short side. (Fitting a landscape-format composition into a square would be a greater challenge than the size.) I guess I’m already doing a form of inchies!
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| This is the only skyscapito I have made while out taking a walk. Just as the sun was going down, the moon was rising, eerily copper colored in the smoky sky. |
Always enjoyable and interesting to see how you manage to render something very difficult/unique (like a sunset) with colour pencils.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It helps that these are tiny, so I can actually capture the color live.
DeleteThese are nice. Although I walk every morning I miss the sunrise. I need to do some stretching in bed to get these old joints moving. I am sure you wouldn't have a problem doing the 2 inch square landscapes. You can fit a lot into the square format. I love sketching in the square format sketchbooks...although I do cheat and often sneak over to the other side.
ReplyDeleteWhen I'm using a square sketchbook, it's funny that I start seeing every composition as a square!
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