I just wanted to get comfortable with pencil and wash and play around with what’s possible.
Month: May 2021
After Tiepolo (hatching)
An unusual cartoon for Tiepolo, using line for shade rather than wash.
After Tiepolo 3 (with tone)
Tone added. Just love his drawings. It’s the life from the swirly lines and tones. I could copy these forever.
After Tiepolo 3
These figures were from the same cartoon. I love the way he can create an impression of something, even a mood, in so few lines. These are just the lines. I’ll add tone tomorrow. The lines are a little stilted compared to Tiepolo’s because I was trying to copy his. They need to be free and spontaneous to give the right mood.
After Tiepolo 2
This time a faceless character from a sketch. I love the way some of the lines are pen, some brush stroke. My brush was too thick, though, so I’ll have to find a smaller one. The dry brush strokes add texture, too.
After Tiepolo with tone
The original sketch didn’t have a tone wash but most of his sketches do, so I added one. I just followed his style of loosely flinging it about.
After Tiepolo
A copy of a quick Tiepolo sketch. It’s interesting how few continuous lines there are. the form is suggested rather than outlined, and very few lines are straight, which gives it life.
A tomato
A bit of practice in creating tones.
A shed on an allotment
I have to be carful to get the vegetation in the right place. I did faintly outline the main clumps but I lost sight of them somehow.
Doodle: a battery in the style of an Arabic letter
The battery wasn’t a good choice since it is geometric. An organic form would have worked better.