As I looked at Bill's Bible and coffee cup in our discipleship class at church this morning, the multiple-direction shadows caught my eye . . . so I drew the Bible and cup with a Pentel Pocketbrush pen and lightly penciled in the shadows to paint later at home.
This handbound sketchbook has two tones of paper in this spread, requiring a bit of white gouache. A few years ago I put together this "shadow and highlight" kit, made from an empty proxy-brush container. It holds half-pans of a dark blue (ultramarine or indanthrone?) and burnt umber watercolors, and some white gouache --- handy for just adding a bit of shadow to an ink sketch, or to recover a bit of white highlight to a watercolor. Or for toned paper like this.
I love this!! The shadows are spot on!! You did a wonderful job with the Bible crossing over into the tan paper.
ReplyDeleteAnd it was totally unplanned! We were all taking part in an interesting discussion, and I just felt like sketching. This was on the table in front of me, and the two-toned spread happened to be the next blank pages in my book. Kate (Cath Johnson who made this journal) would call it serendipitous!
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Deleteah the joys of multi-dimensional shadows. Do we draw with only one light on and miss the detail, or just produce what is there ? I love this. Your pages are always so interesting
ReplyDeleteI sometimes feel a bit confused by multiple light sources, but this time it was easy to follow.
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