Saturday, May 30, 2009
Quick sketch
Very quick sketch at the Zuiderpark today. The small size of the sketch forces me not to go into detail. I took little time to create the sketch, so I had to make descisions fast. This kept me focused on the main values of the composition.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Urban gouache sketch
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
sketch
Monday, May 25, 2009
Belgium
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Moleskine gouache sketch
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Plein air pleasure
Gouache is a great medium for quick outdoor sketches. It takes less time to pack your stuff and start painting than oils, but gouache gives you the same possibility to start with transparent layers, and then move to opaque painting.
Arne let me know he went outside yesterday to paint ( see his and my outdoor sketches here ). I felt I could not stay behind, so even though the weather was rainy, I took my sketchbook and went outside for some serious sketching...
I had to be quick this time, because it started to rain soon after I started painting. Because of that I had to make desicions really fast, and focus mainly on the basics of the composition. I would have liked to stay and add a little more detail here and there, but because of the rain I had to quit.
This is Arne and I painting last sunday in 'de Hoeksche Waard' .
Arne let me know he went outside yesterday to paint ( see his and my outdoor sketches here ). I felt I could not stay behind, so even though the weather was rainy, I took my sketchbook and went outside for some serious sketching...
I had to be quick this time, because it started to rain soon after I started painting. Because of that I had to make desicions really fast, and focus mainly on the basics of the composition. I would have liked to stay and add a little more detail here and there, but because of the rain I had to quit.
This is Arne and I painting last sunday in 'de Hoeksche Waard' .