New Painting: Her Head in Her Hand v.2

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Here’s my second version of the study I posted previously. This time I used a larger sheet of illustration board, 16×12″. Still used gouache, except I toned the initial layer with sepia shellac ink (first image.)

I had orignally planned to do this in full color, but this two-color look was too appealing to cover up. Maybe I’ll do yet another version. That’s allowed, isn’t it? The woman’s name, by the way, is Julie. She and I worked in the Shipping department of a computer store many years ago. I hope she stayed with that singing career she was starting.

Painted Sketch: Her Head in Hand

I started this new gouache painting on a small sheet of paper I picked out, based on an old photo I found in my archive files. Unfortunately, the paper was too thin to hold up well to the water I was laying down, so I had to stop here. It was a good warm up, however. I’ll give her another go on a thicker sheet, maybe illustration board I picked up recently that’s also larger. This is 9 x 12.”

New Drawing: Used Tires

This was going to just be a quick sketch, and I thought I might add the shading in an ink wash, but started going with the pen and couldn’t stop. When I got to the fence I thought better of the whole thing, thinking that should be scratched lines which this paper wouldn’t support so I just stopped there. That’s how it goes sometimes. It was a good exercise with ovals, however.