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| from my sketchbook ~ by Jane LaFazio |
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| 1. With pencil, very loosely sketch the shape |
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| 2. Loosely sketch in the triangular shapes to get the placement |
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| 3. Carefully draw the pine cone in pencil 4. Then redraw and refine it in permanent ink |
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| 5. Erase the pencil |
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| 6. Paint one shape at a time, varying the color as you work. Leave lots of white of the page |
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| 7. Notice the lights and dark areas of the cone |
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| 8. Once the watercolor dries, you can always go in and add more darks |
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| 9. Nearly done |
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| 9. Add a border and some background color, sign and date |
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| 10. Our Christmas cards. My husb wrote the letter, this year, and I did the artwork. We alternate duties every year. |
I'll be teaching some new and some revived Sketching and Watercolor: Journal Style classes starting in January. ONLINE. Please go to my website and sign up to receive my newsletter (in the right hand column) to get the first word of my new online classes.
This is awesome! So cool to embellish your newsletter with artwork. A treasure!
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Kelley
Lovely! Thank you so much for being so generous with your art and knowledge.
ReplyDeleteWonderful! Do you print at home or go to Staples? I may do that next year!
ReplyDeletethanks all! I just print them at home...
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ReplyDeleteIt's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI moved last year and forgot to send change of address cards so I won't be expecting to get one. But I sure would like to get together in person after the holidays.
Merry Christmas to you and Don.
Barbara
I struggle all the time to do sketching and painting.. Your tutorials are helping me overcome that. Thank you but wish you were here.
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