Daily sketch for 12/9/14

12/6/14 daily sketches

A couple of sketches from photo references on regular sketch paper

 

12/4/14 daily sketches

Ink and watercolor on Fabriano Studio 90 lb. HP watercolor paper.

A sketch done with a Platinum Preppy fitted with a marker tip filled with diluted Noodler's Lexington Gray

Back to graphite for this one

Today's little sketch

Early morning sketch

From a photo reference.

Sketch while watching football

Still testing paper

Sketch done on Canson Student watercolor paper

Trying Bee 90 lb. watercolor paper

Trying Fabriano Studio 90 lb HP Watercolor Paper

Quick daily sketch

Playing around

Another one, this time playing around with some Pitt brush pens

While watching football

Sketches on loose scraps of Stonehenge

Canson Student Watercolor Paper

Testing out the paper and I am quite surprised that it dried so flat, granted it was stuck in a book while it dried. I'm searching for a decent inexpensive paper to use to bind my own sketchbooks and as much as find this paper pretty decent, my top contender at the moment is Stonehenge (plus I already have some on hand). There are still some other paper samples to test, but I don't think they will knock Stonehenge off the top spot in terms of price and performance. There are some other papers I want to try, but they will have to wait until I need to order supplies online which might not be for a very long time.

Today's sketch

Wish I remember what brand of sketch paper I used to make this little sketchbook. All I know is I don't have any more and I found out recently, for a lightweight paper, it handles watercolor quite well and dries relatively flat. I do think I got it from BJ's Wholesale a long time ago but they haven't had sketch paper available there for a very long time, not the one I often go to anyhow. So the search keeps on going ....

 

Testing out Somerset paper

A few sketches from today

Second sketch today

Can't sleep

Did a small ink and wash sketch off an image ref from the Internet while watching TV.

Some sketches on loose scraps of paper

Today's sketch, maybe more later

Some recent stuff

Another portrait sketch

Soft pastel on mat board coated with gesso/aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

Small sketch

Small 8 x 6 sketch on Wallis sanded paper

Portrait sketch

soft pastel on mat board coated with gesso/aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

Portrait sketch

Soft pastel on YUPO coated with gesso/aluminum oxide, 12 x 9

Portrait sketch

Portrait sketch

Soft pastel on Masonite coated

w/ gesso/aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

Couple of sketches

Charcoal pencil on sketch paper

Experimental surface

12 X 9 soft pastel sketch on a surface I made a few years ago using YUPO for its durability. The only thing was I was not sure if the gesso mixture would maintain a good bond on it. After a few years and it still hasn't peeled off, I am assuming it will stay put.

Alfred

Charcoal pencil portrait sketch, 12 X 9

Sketch for today, another 12 X 9 charcoal pencil portrait sketch

Portrait sketch of a young woman

12 X 9 charcoal pencil portrait sketch

Sketch of Amy Winehouse

 

Soft pastel on board coated 

w/ gesso and aluminum oxide, 10 x 8

 

A Little Sketch

Made a batch of gesso and aluminum oxide mixture and primed a 8 x 6 Masonite board to test it out to made sure it has enough grit in the mixture. It seem to be alright for now.

A couple of sketches

 

Graphite, 12 x 9

Charcoal pencil, 12 x 9

Soft Pastel Sketch

A small sketch of Jo, done on Pastelbord, 7 x 5