A Brush With Art.pdf

.-^X-^i1AQuick sketchesThe beach is an excellent place for observing anddrawing people. In between painting at DawlishWarren, I decided this was the perfect opportunityto practise some figurework - and out came mycartridge paper again!The biggest problem with both animals andchildren is that they tend to move around rather alot. Of course, with repetitive tasks like buildingsandcastles, there's a good chance they may comeback into the same position again, but don't counton it! The main trick is simply to keep going,endeavouring to keep in your mind's eye whatyou've just seen seconds before. If you can'tmanage it, don't worry about abandoning onesketch and starting a new one - you'll see I'vedone this myself in a few places. Try to drawsimply and, as your confidence grows, you can putmore modelling into your figures.I finished by working over the sketches I washappy with, using simple washes. On cartridgepaper, the paint will run - but it doesn't matter.The appeal of adding colour to this particularpaper is the spontaneous, free watercolour effectyou get.N