Some recent sketches

Got some watercolors to try to start sketching outdoors, I figured it would be less of a hassle than setting up for oils or soft pastel. Anyhow, I ordered some WC sketchpads along with the watercolors among other things but a bottle of linseed oil broke in the box and damaged the WC pads (which I guess they knew since I wasn't charged for them). Luckily, nothing else was damaged thanks to plastic wrappings. This first sketch is done on a damaged section of the WC paper for practice being new to watercolor and what not.

Hopper Coast in Cape Cod
Watercolor on paper, 3.5 x 3.5

Chiaki Kuriyama
Charcoal and chalk on toned paper, 12 x 9

Habanero Peppers
Acrylic on linen, 5 x 7

Haven't done much lately except for a few sketches, just haven't got any energy for much else. Anyhow, here are a few recent sketches ... the first one is vine charcoal and chalk on gray paper, 12 x 9. The rest are charcoal pencil and chalk on brownish toned paper, also 12 x 9s.

PortraIt study

Done ala prima, took approximately 2.5 hours

Oil on linen, 7 x 5

Still painting small

A little painting to keep in practice :)

Oil on board, 6 x 8

Small portrait sketch

A small sketch just to keep in practice.


Graphite on paper, 9 x 7

Green pepper sketch

Soft pastel on Colourfix primer, 6 x 8

Had a run into a little problem that I frequently have, laziness, but I managed to get off my butt and do some work on the painting I started about a week ago. Did a little bit of form modeling working with burnt umber and titanium white, hopefully I don't see any major issues before adding other colors.