For some strange reason, I was struck with a desire to draw with a pencil. It’s not my usual thing. But I enjoyed it here, drawing some friends of ours at a cook-out.
I have many pencils…graphite sticks, water-soluble graphite, wood-encased pencils, solid graphite pencils, grease pencils, charcoal pencils, color pencils, etc. I love breaking out of my well-worn (and beloved) ruts to try stuff I don’t usually use.
I seem to be doing a lot of it lately.
And it’s so much fun!
P.S. Hope your Memorial Day is full of rest and hanging out with family or friends…maybe a cook-out!
Nice picture. I tend to use pencil whenever I think I might want to erase lines or when I don’t want lines to show up in my finished work. Since they can be erased it’s easy to get too reliant on them so then I have to make myself pick up a pen! Not staying in a rut is a good goal. I get bored easily so switching tools helps that.
I have to add, it’s amazing how much you were able to sketch of the family at a live event where I am sure they didn’t just sit still for you!
Well, this one I drew from a photo my husband took of our friends. At night, after everyone’s asleep, sometimes I like to browse the photos we have taken that are displayed on my ipad and draw from them. I do wish I had taken my sketchbook to this event. But the sweet little girl pictured here would not have stayed put long enough!!
Tis is another fun one! Nancy
Great drawing….you couldn’t resisit a bit of colour tho’!
Great sketch! I love the wetness and looseness of it all. Very spontaneous and full of energy.