I've gone from not writing about sketching for several months (or longer) to two blog posts in one week about sketching, which is fine. Over the last few days, I returned to a practice that I only do occasionally, trying to replicate someone else's work. Here's the final version of my sketch, which looks more vibrant on my desk than in this photo:
And here's the original, from this web site:
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| "First Day of Autumn" by Kim Leo |
As I was sketching earlier this week, I realized that some of my markers seemed dried up, yet again, some of the important ones, the orange ones, in coloring pumpkins. I do hate filling the markers, since if there's a way to do that easily and neatly, I haven't discovered it:
But it's much more economical to refill markers, so I do it.
And I do take some delight in all the blibs and blobs of color on various papers (paper towels, cotton balls, a sheet of sketchbook paper):
Long ago, I needed more constant inspiration when I was doing a daily sketch for a card with a date on it that would greet students as they did the COVID sign in protocol. I both wanted something special for students and a way to make myself sketch more. These days, I rarely need that inspiration in that same way, but it was great to feel motivated that way, and to be relatively successful.
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