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  • in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2244214
    PaulDidier
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    Here’s the second. Prisma pencil on 18 x 24″ bond.

     

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2244212
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    Didn’t get a chance to post last night. Here are a couple of posts.Will post them separately because it seems to go through better.

    The first is charcoal, chamois gestures with left hand followed by lines with right.

     

     

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2238150
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    Here’s a second page for Day 45. Sharpie sketches on 18 x 24″ bond.

     

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2238127
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    Well, I seem to take a break in  these challenges and then have to recommit.
    I’m going to go at this again, but I’m going to modify my challenge. Since my surgery I’ve been really struggling to draw loosely and in a relaxed way again. So, while I still want to continue with my original challenge, I’m going to add loosening up as a goal. I’ll try to do more large gestures while still working in my sketchbook. For a while, at least, I’ll be posting some pretty rough sketches, (and probably not so many sketchbook drawings). I hope they’ll get less rough as I move forward in this.

    Here’s Day 45. More prisma sketches of tennis players.

     

     

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2119243
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    After spending weeks trying to loosen up, felt the need to render a bit. Prismacolor in my sketchbook.

    Day 44

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2119054
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    Zoned out and forgot to post this yesterday. As I said in my comment above. These are warm up gestures from the Australian Open Women’s tennis. Prisma on bond 18 x 24″
    Day 43.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2118225
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    Thanks David. Appreciate your comments and glad that you’re gearing up for another 100 day challenge. Your idea is awesome. I agree that there’s not enough sports in art. It’s such a fertile area too, and there’s an endless amount of images to sketch from thanks to all the sports now viewable on tv.
    You asked about my resources, well, that’s one. I really enjoy sketching from tv. I’ve always been a movie nut and credit old movies for helping me to understand composition and design. I particularly like black and white film noir which is an incredible source of lighting and composition. I used to, and still do, freeze the films and do sketches of the scenes.
    In a similar vein as your sports challenge, I like recording sports events then I do sketches of the athletes. Recently I’ve really been enjoying doing sketches of tennis players at the US Open and now the Australian Open. Tennis affords an amazing selection of male and female figures twisting, stretching and positively hammering the ball, often while suspended in mid air. In fact, I did warmups today of some tennis figures from the Australian Open. I’ll post those later.
    In addition to this resource, I sketch from the figures on the NMA site, (a really amazing resource with a huge variety of models), the Croquis Cafe,  and I do a lot of studies of masters like Daumier, Kley, Sargent, and Zorn as well as comic book artists.
    Finally, yes, the second lady’s right leg is too long! I have a predisposition for over rendering and tweaking the heck out of my work so when I do warmups I make a point of trying not to be overly concerned about accuracy and proportion. I still try to get it right, of course, but I try to put the lines down, capture the gesture and move on. I know that later in the day I’ll be obsessing over proportions and accuracy in what I’m doing, so it seems healthy for me to have a period of just letting things flow. I’m sure you’ll see lots of those types of errors when I post my tennis warmup sketches.
    Anyway, thanks again for the comments. Looking forward to seeing your sports sketches!

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2112108
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    Day 42. Prismacolor on bond. 18 x 24″

     

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2103699
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    Thanks Jo. Appreciate your kind words. Not too familiar with ink washes, but I’m enjoying playing with it.

    Here’s Day 41. Graphite on white bond for to change things up.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2099471
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    Day 40

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2093602
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    Day 39.

    Ink and wash with white prisma and white gouache.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2081308
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    Thanks Kevin. It’s Conte sticks 2B and 3B. Appreciate the comments. The right handed page is prismacolor.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2080704
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    Day 38 – continued

    Some right handed sketches done after the left handed warmups.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2080659
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    Day 38.
    Tried posting this but it didn’t post. Hoping it doesn’t double post. Left handed warmups to loosen up a bit.

    in reply to: Paul’s 2nd 100 Day Challenge Sketchbook Part 2 #2080579
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    Been unable to upload images recently. Will try again later.

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