Cwtam - Nelchee's sketchblog

Fun with waterbrushes

My Pentel Aquash waterbrushes just arrived! I had to test them right away :) I used watercolor pencils on A5 sketchbook with watercolor paper.

This is the castle of Tarsatica, and a part of the mausoleum. I did the drawing from observation with fine-liner (non-waterproof, ugh) a few weeks ago, but the northern wind was hard I froze up there and decided to color it at home.

The waterbrushes are very interesting and I liked using them, although the flow of water will take some getting used to and I suppose I will still rely on regular brushes a lot for precise work.

And a bonus, one very old (2010?) ink sketch of my old apartment that was in the same sketchbook.

I was supposed to get a new scanner today, but the delivery guy came when I was still at work, so he'll bring it tomorrow. So hopefully these are the last photos of drawings I have to post, it got very annoying.

Sheep skulls IV

I think this is it for now, I'm itching to draw some people finally.

Ink wash on 20x36cm paper. Photo is very grainy, blergh. I tried to pull off some minimalistic comic look and I think it's OK, but I messed up the shading on the hand.

Sheep skulls II (and quick portraits)

As I wrote in my last post, I'm continuing with the sheep skull studies. Tonight I did a drawing in soft pastel on toned A4 paper.

This morning I couldn't sleep anymore so while I was waiting for my boyfriend to wake up, I sketched some portraits referenced from photos in a Taschen catalogue. Top left is a fragment of Lady Gaga, and Rachel Weisz at the bottom. Top right is some dude I don't know, I think a photographer of these ladies.

Sheep skulls I

I completely forgot I had a sheep skull in a box lying around. I've been planning to make something with it, but before that I'll do some still life studies because bones are always such an interesting subject.

The first one I did last night. Just a general study. I used black and white sketching pencils, and red watercolor pencils.

Today's one was an attempt at comic-like drawing with a marker and ink, but as you can see I'm not very good at it, the lines are pretty messy. I suppose stippling would work much better here. Maybe I'll try that tomorrow.

I found this skull last spring I think, while I was walking with my mom through a village I used to live in when I was a kid. I saw it on the ground and said, "Hey look!". We paused, and then she asked, "Are you going to take it?" Of course I wanted to take it, but I'm so used to her being grossed out about everything, especially me picking up dead things from the ground and bringing them in the house (mostly insects) that I was reluctant to bring it up. So I guess this was her way of saying "It's OK, I accept you as a weirdo you are, you're a grown up now and I don't mind if you carry a sheep's skull in your bag." How nice of her.

Anyway. I'll be doing studies of this skull in a variety of techniques so I may bore you to hell with it. Sorry.

Ascent sketch

A pencil sketch on A4 paper for a painting I'm planning :)
It's not completely symmetrical, but I will fix that in the finished work.