A Sunset-y Duck
I snapped this picture, sketched the duck, and stylized it for a small embroidery. As I work my way through a design course, I’m realizing how representing is not interpreting and how planning is half the fun.
Author: horsenettle
Quick Botanical Sketches
New Sketchbooks, New Pen
I started a little 3.5”x5” Stillman and Birn Nova with gray-toned paper. It’s perfect for plein air botanical sketches. Art supply-wise, I traveled light for our three-hour hike yesterday, only bringing this sketchbook, a fountain pen, and a white gel pen for these quick studies.
I’ve also started a new, larger Strathmore 500 Mixed Media sketchbook. It has a warm color paper, and it seems to handle all the various mediums I use: ink, washes, graphite, colored pencil, etc.
Catching Up
A few graphite sketches…
…and several Inktense and fountain pen sketches from a recent retreat.
