Hand study after Ingres

Hand study after Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

(From Joséphine-Éléonore-Marie-Pauline de Galard de Brassac de Béarn (1825–1860), Princesse de Brogli)

Caran d'Ache water soluble pencil (Greyish Black) and wash in sketchbook

Another Abe

My final ink test sketch before proceeding with a larger Abraham Lincoln portrait I have waiting. I like the color of this ink, but I think the Sepia works better on this paper and with the gouache highlights than this color ink (Red Earth).

Pen and ink (Daler-Rowney "Red Earth") with wash and gouache hightlights on Canson Mi-Tientes paper ("Sky Blue")

Fast oil sketch still llifes

purchase on Artfinder

 The instructor of my last Evanston Art Center class suggested I try doing some fast still life paintings as an exercise in order to loosen me up. These were each done in the area of 45 min. to 1 hour. I really enjoyed doing these and will be doing more.

oil on Arches oil paper

Michigan Sunset oil sketch

I took a lot of photos of the lake on our last annual trip to Michigan.

I may develop one or more into a finished painting, and this is an oil sketch I made on the road to that.

Oil on Arches oil paper

Plein air plant study 1

Something I found to draw in our backyard the other day

Caran d'Ache colored pencils on Canson Mi-Teintes paper

Studying Abe

(No, I haven't seen Lincoln yet.) But I have seen a lot of the photos of Abraham Lincoln popping up online here and there and he certainly does have a fascinating face.

I am working on a larger portrait of him from an Alexander Gardner photograph, and these are some of my preparatory studies (I got carried away with the one on the right). I was trying to find out which ink and pen nib I wanted to use. I very much like the combination of pen & ink and ink wash on toned paper with gouache highlights.

pen and ink & ink wash with brush on Canson Mi-Teintes paper with gouache highlights

Tortoise & Pen

Wanted to try out a new pen I bought and ended up adding brush & ink washes to it.

From a tortoise (turtle?) photo I took at a reptile show a few years ago.

Sepia Copic Drawing (fountain) Pen and Higgins brown ink & wash in sketchbook