Sketchbook Friday!
I’ve been happy with my little sketchbook lately, so I wanted to post a few things I’ve drawn since my last sketchbook post. The Portland Art Museum’s special exhibit right now is “The Dancer,” featuring the work of Edgar Degas, Jean-Louis Forain, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. I was most struck by the work of Forain, whom I had never even heard of previously; much of his ink and watercolor linework is just so “current” looking and I was blown away by how right at home I felt seeing his brushwork, as though I was looking at my own lines sometimes. There’s also a preponderance of facial hair in his work, so you know I’m a fan.
Left side doodled while watching How To Draw A Bunny (highly recommended), right side during 9 to 5 (also highly recommended). These are both drawn in ink an Dr. P.H. Martin’s Concentrated Watercolor, a product a friend recently urged me to try. I bought a small selection of colors and I’m not sure if I like them quite yet, but I haven’t really pushed them too much yet.
And a different friend just turned me on to Speedball’s Super Pigmented Acrylic Ink, which I have fallen head over heels in love with. Not all the color options are that great, but the ones that work are amazing; flat and intense color.