John H, 100 day challenge, Sketchbook time

[John Huisman]

Thanks for the comments. Yes I need to think more about the overall composition of the page.
The lower hand I was maybe in a hurry and the darks were dark and then I took out an ink pen… Well, there are more pages in the books to fill so I will carry on.

[Dana Smith]

I’m really enjoying your sketches. I’ve also set myself a 15 challenge – to get back in the habit. 🙂

[John Huisman]

Looks like my post this morning didn’t go through. Hopefully this wont end up as a double post

Just some figure drawing this morning, a few one minutes gesture sketches and then a longer one, probably 20 minutes altogether.
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[Joshua Jacobo]

These are nice and loose John. Keep it up!

[John Huisman]

Day 14, sketching some violets sitting on the table as we were having out coffee this morning.

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[John Huisman]

Day 15, thinking about these violets some more… a little closer up. This one might take a few days but this is a start.
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[John Huisman]

Day 16, Most times 15 turns into 30 pretty quickly but some days all I can do is get my 15 minutes in. Working on coloring this sketch of the violets.
I had to take a picture after this for reference because the real life version is changing everyday with the new blooms.
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[John Huisman]

Day 17, more work on the violets. Still more to go but I will be away from this sketchbook for a few days… maybe I will eventually get back to it, maybe not.
At any rate, here is where we stand today. I am still trying to figure out how to work with colors, I feel quite incompetent with color.
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[John Huisman]

Day 18,  A light pencil sketch, getting back to some figure drawing. I don’t think I am capturing the movement as much as I would like but I am going to keep working at it.
It’s really one of the things I am trying to accomplish, just capturing some movement or momentum in the human form. I am not even sure I know what that means but I know it when I see it in other artists work.

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[John Huisman]

Day 19, I stopped today as I was driving between jobs and made a small sketch. This is in a very small sketchbook that I keep in my truck.
The sketch doesn’t really look like much now that I look at it again, but I was happy with myself for taking the time to pull off the road on a busy day and spend a few minutes sketching.
This is something I need to do a lot more of. In the big picture I spent 20 minutes of my day here and it had no effect on my eventual output. I kind of wanted to do it again.
I have to say I was hoping to find a couple swans in this little area of the river, I have been seeing them there a lot but not today.

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[PaulDidier]

Hey, very cool John. Nice sketch! I like that A LOT! Stopping and sketching like that is what I almost never do. Great job. I’m really hoping this challenge gets me to do that kind of thing too!

[John Huisman]

Thanks Paul, I bought a bunch of these tiny sketchbooks a while back thinking it would help me form a habit. Maybe I can start putting them to use regularly. Good luck with your challenge.

[John Huisman]

Day 20, this has been in the works for the last couple days but I am done with this page now I think. This is from one of the 3d models on the NMA website.
This is a graphite in a  regular sketch book 8.5″X 11″ . Definitely a little stiff, I need to work on relaxing I think. A lot of tension when I am drawing.

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[Joshua Jacobo]

Great work!

[André Girão Tauffer]

pretty cool poses!

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