{"id":1358,"date":"2019-05-27T21:41:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-28T02:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/?p=1358"},"modified":"2019-05-28T08:53:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-28T13:53:26","slug":"sketchbook-sketches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?p=1358","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook Sketches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Toned paper is more fun than I had imagined. I love practicing animal sketches from the old Walter T. Foster art books. They\u2019re geared more toward oil and acrylic but I make do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1351\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011908879_ios-e1559051441341.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558988349&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20190528_011908879_ios\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011908879_ios-e1559051441341-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011908879_ios-e1559051441341-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011908879_ios-e1559051441341-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011908879_ios-e1559051441341-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"1350\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1350\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558988361&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.041666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20190528_011920986_ios\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_011920986_ios-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I keep practicing textures from the book 101 Textures for Colored Pencil:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-attachment-id=\"1352\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1352\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_012048498_ios-e1559051551722.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558988448&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;6&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20190528_012048498_ios\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_012048498_ios-e1559051551722-768x1024.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_012048498_ios-e1559051551722-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_012048498_ios-e1559051551722-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20190528_012048498_ios-e1559051551722-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s the start of two metal point sketches, a little bunny and a mossy tree. I bit off more than I can chew with the tree, however. The detail is overwhelming. The bunny is on mineral paper, and the tree is on watercolor paper with the traditional silverpoint ground that came with my kit. I\u2019ve found it\u2019s  very hard to photograph metalpoint because it\u2019s  shiny and reflects light. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-attachment-id=\"1360\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/?attachment_id=1360\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone SE&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1558988536&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F-1024x768.jpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/twillpower.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/horsenettle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/CD4CED30-2373-4713-A838-CC30E024DF1F-768x576.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toned paper is more fun than I had imagined. I love practicing animal sketches from the old Walter T. Foster art books. They\u2019re geared more toward oil and acrylic but I make do. 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