Wine

#484 Wine
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11″ x 8.5″ image on 13″ x 19″ archival matte paper.

Techniques
I am trying to learn to “paint” in Painter, but it is hard! I don’t really like the interface & its complexity. ArtRage has that licked! But the functionality is in Painter if you can find it! After trying paint brushes for a while in this sketch I went back to pastel & ink, that seems to be ok. But I am studying the manual, and have the Painter magazine coming each month. Tutorials. I’ll get there.

And I have added this to the SketchBlog category, I drank that wine! And the reflection is my notebook.

Café

#481 Cafe
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11″ x 8.5″ image on 13″ x 19″ archival mat paper.

A Pencil layer and an ink layer. Unlike comic artists, I did the ink first!

Later:

I added this one to the Daily painters blog. Said a bit more about sketching. Go Here.