My project about Drawing and Sketching Vol 4.

Ive been longing to do this course after the previous Vol. 1-3 that have been thoroughly enjoyable and I am looking forward to the boats.

Here is the first exercise of the paper boat on dark paper. I used a piece of light blue (?) pastelmat and colored pencils.

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Second paper boat sketch on white paper with graphite.
I got in a bit of a mess with this and smudged graphite everywhere so I had to carve out the highlights with an eraser. Hopefully boat lines in the right place this time.

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Sailboat from the Bow:

Session 6: I did this exploratory drawing in my A3 sketchbook to practice the subject. I think I have proved that I have problems with drawing straight lines! :-) and spent as much time erasing as drawing :-). However in spite of it taking much longer than I though to get this far as an initial attempt, I am quite pleased with the result. I think I used angles to place everything too.

I did get quite confused which rope line I was drawing at one point and erased the wrong one :-). I shall do the drawing again more slowly (even more slowly) on some toned paper. How many ropes I manage to draw, I will wait to see. If there are any tips on drawing straight lines (apart from using a straight edge) I'm listening :-).

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mmmh - looking at this with fresh eyes this morning, something doesn't quite look right with the perspective of the quay side?

Sailboat from the Bow - final version.

I so pleased with how this came out. I found that doing a preliminary drawing really helped and I could just relax with this version in grey colored pencils without watching the video this time. This was the first time I had tried the 'cool' greys in the background and the 'warm' greys in the foreground. The cool ones do actually look slightly blue when seen next to the other ones. I thought I had better stop at this point before another line went mysteriously off course to places it was not supposed to :-).

I enjoyed this drawing - thanks.

I think I might try a darker paper for the stern to see if that brings a bit more drama.

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Sailboat from the Stern:

Practice Drawings

This is the drawing I made in my A3 sketchbook.

I intend to do a final version in the next few days after re-watching the lessons.
I found a closeup study of the the views of the bow and stern helpful.
I also cropped the picture for A3. Love the patterns in the water with this view.

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graphite on white paper 'sketch':

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Final version:

Sailboat from the stern on A3 colored paper. It was time to stop for today so this is progress so far. (below)
I expect when I see it tomorrow there will be a few updates to make. I would like to do a bit more on the quayside and some of the ropes need re-enforcing I think.

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I had the pleasure of visiting some galleries in London yesterday (April 19) and was able to study original paintings by Constable, Turner, Monet and Pissaro.

Enthused by the experience, I finished my drawing of the boat on colored paper adding some personal touches.

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Great course. Thank you.

Simon Kidd

I like to draw

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