Author / PleasantxHills@147
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Horse study
Progress on my horse and jockey study. Working out color, composition, and style on stretched paper from old poster stock. -
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Boot study
Starting a subject study is very thrilling for me. Beginning with pencil thumbnails, a tighter sketch, a rough water color, a tighter water color, a grayscale oil, and lastly to a color… -
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Sketchbook Notes – frames
A page from my sketchbook that references my frame notes. Since I make most of my grounds that I paint upon, there are several ways to build them and adhere frames to… -
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Fountain Pens
I have been using fountain pens for the past 15 years. Although I am not a walking Consumer Report on the topic, I want to share a few of my favorites. A… -
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Texture exercises
I dug into some of my old texture exercises from 2013. These are such good reminders how to create those backgrounds with infinite detail. So many items can be found or made… -
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Art documentary
Great movie about Hank Virgona on Amazon Prime, Nothing Changes: Art for Hank's Sake. It makes me realize having a purpose and passion to get out of bed everyday is a blessing. -
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Fabric sketches
I am continuously practicing my fabric drawings. I have found them to be one of the most challenging aspects of drawing, but I'm not giving up anytime soon thanks to all the… -
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Color tests
I love doing color tests on new supports / grounds, mediums and new paints. The results are always something I never expected, which just opens my mind for new techniques. This is… -
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My wood pile
This is all the wood for frames and grounds I found on the streets of Beacon Hill. Turning something from trash to something worth hanging on a wall is extremely satisfying.
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