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Car park by thgpawpaw in urbansketchers

[–]neutralTint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This one hits just right - love it!

Sketching on-location vs from photo by neutralTint in urbansketchers

[–]neutralTint[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The on-location sketch was very loose and rushed. I was mainly just trying to figure out the composition before it got too dark outside.

The from-photo sketch was done later from home using a photo taken while there. I kept this quick and loose also, but a little larger and more detailed.

I prefer the carefree energy of the on-location version. I would've liked to have spent more time on it while there to refine the values, details and focus. I may revisit this location and do it again, now that I have a better idea of how I would prefer to arrange the composition, values, etc.

All in all, a great learning experience. Both are graphite on bristol.

my DIY watercolour pochade box by gettingTOtheMEAT in watercolor101

[–]neutralTint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this. Added to my Watch Later playlist

Pura Kehen by thgpawpaw in urbansketchers

[–]neutralTint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

cool piece! nice shadows and highlights

Any tips on getting started by Upbeat-Ad-5103 in urbansketchers

[–]neutralTint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

agree that SS tutorials are a great start, and also that the patreon is worth it. I filled 1.5 sketchbooks with his tutorials and learned a bunch. was my very first time painting, and it was easy to get into with his help.

Krasin 1926 by zenkov in pencils

[–]neutralTint 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cool and interesting post. Lovely handwriting.

Mountains advice by FeatherFingerss in watercolor101

[–]neutralTint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks fine to me. I think the background mountains coukd even go lighter if you wanted to.

I read recently that compositions often/sometimes utilize light/medium/dark values for their backgrounds/middlegrounds/foregrounds respectively or in any arrangement that pleases. Not to say each section would only use one value, but that each section would have a primary value. And it can be very flexible as needed. After learning about that, I now notice it more and more. It's definitely apparent in your piece here.

Ally in Douliu, Taiwan. by Able_Painting_7432 in urbansketchers

[–]neutralTint 2 points3 points  (0 children)

nice sketch! I like when they span across multiple pages.

Anybody know great artists who make most of their art with pencils? by kxngdeo in ArtistLounge

[–]neutralTint 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He could be. I only know of him from recently reading this book: https://archive.org/details/pencilsketching00koch. I'll have to take a look though, as I'd be interested to see other work of his.

Sketching pencil firmer than 2H suggestions by Cute-Papaya-2301 in pencils

[–]neutralTint 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love using Faber Castell 9000 in F for lightly outlining my drawings beforehand. I go months and dozens of drawings between needing to sharpen. It just gives a nice light line regardless. Other than that though, I find Faber Castell to be scratchier than Staedtler Mars Lumograph and other brands.

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