Angies sketchbook of stuff and things

[Angel_Intheuk]

Hi Tamaira! Thanks so much for the lovely comment. :D I still find it hard to let go of a painting I've spent hours on, it's so easy to keep working on something past the stage someone else would call it finished! I totally blame Photoshop ;) it makes it so easy to noodle away forever and ever, watercolour and oils are less forgiving and the paper and canvas deteriorates at a certain point so planning is very important, I think that's why I've gone back to painting with traditional stuff more.

But yeah, I think I just got to a point where I was working so long on one painting that I ended up feeling too frustrated with it but I still felt inspired by the subject that starting again wasn't really such a loss, also I'd gained a lot of experience of what not to do! ;) I'm trying to have a clear list of goals to hit..thumbnails to work out silhouettes and shapes; cleaner sketches working on perspective; reference; value and colour studies; final drawing; mid-tone wash; shadows; highlights; colour and details (which include edges, lighting effects, textures and all that) I don't know if I'll be able to stick to this diligently or not but I'm trying to, I know it'll help to stop me from painting away on something that clearly isn't working. Anyway blah blah, sorry for rattling on :D Thanks again.




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Sketches, 1. people sketching in a bar the other day and Half in the Baaaaaaag (preliminary sketch for a cartoon animation I'm hoping to do :D)