Just a quick post to keep up with my promise to upload artwork. I decided to start with a pencil sketch, because for some reason I have not done one for a long time. I used to sketch in pencil all the time, but I am a bit compulsive about art staying in perfect condition. Pencil smudges, so I switched to ink for drawing.
There really is something comforting about the control you get with pencil, though, so it seemed appropriate as a starting point for digging back into art. I also don’t plan to sell pencil sketches, so the medium is a bit more intimate. I have done quite a few paintings for sale recently, and while I very much enjoy sharing my art, that was not the purpose of this exercise. Just to make sure that I had eliminated any thoughts of making a drawing that might sell, I picked a quilt I made in high school as my subject. I really enjoyed getting lost in the folds of the quilt, and very much enjoyed getting back to pencil.
Not a polished sketch, but good practice in teasing out a range of values. More posts to follow!
