I started with OCA around the end of June 2013. I have to say it has taken a while to get organised - deciding to blog or not to blog and getting back into the habit of drawing and sketching every day.
Most of July 2013 was spent drawing while on holiday - mostly 5 or 10 minute sketches and also planning ideas for what I proposed to do as my final paintings for this module. I have two sketch books on the go - a small A5 for quick sketches and an A3 hardback. The A3 is already starting to feel too small and I'll probably move up to A2.
I've uploaded a few studies from my sketchbook - all half hour studies.
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Charcoal
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Oil Pastel
July 2013, Drawn from Life. Oil Pastel
July 2013, Drawn from Life, Graphite.
July 2013, 2B and 4B Pencils.
I've always much preferred painting to drawing. My drawing is quite rigid and I need to find ways to loosen this up and broaden the range of media I use. To date, in my sketchbook I have used graphite, charcoal, ink on collage, oil pastel, inktense and watercolour pencils.
