A much-needed, very therapeutic Saturday of a little cleaning and a lot of sketching, reading, watching You've Got Mail for the 100,000th time... Pure Bliss... (except the cleaning - but the results are great!)
My first page of sketches is below, and then speaking of results...
The more finished sketch below may very well be my favorite sketch of my entire artistic career. I don't know why, it just has it all to me... great lines and energy, my favorite things - cups that hold coffee or tea, and of course, books. This sketch just feels like an accomplishment of sorts... And may I add that there is nothing, I mean NOTHING like a brand new Prismacolor colored pencil sharpened with an X-acto knife and chiseled ever so slightly at the end. YUM!! I had forgotten the pleasure that simple tool can bring. The shadows in the white cup were too dark, so I used white gouache to lighten it and add highlights. I started the line drawing with Faber-Castell PITT pens, and just went a little wild from there. I do recommend knife sharpened colored pencils. There is just something about the line they make.
And now I am having cinnamon coffee. I drink mine black but I'm sure most people use cream if not cream and sugar - black and strong that's the way I like it... Just add a dash or two or three of cinnamon to the filter after you put the coffee in and then brew! Perfect fall drink! Happy Saturday evening everyone!
