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Sunday, September 09, 2018

Boot Scootin' Sketchin'

I was trying to keep from packing today, as I mentioned.  The Southwest and Western forum has the September Challenge going on.  One of the photos was two pair of brown boots, sitting on some steps.  I decided that if I painted our boots live, I could post the sketch in both forums, the SW and the Scavenger Hunt.

Scavenger Hunt 556
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1453565

SW Forum September 2018 Challenge
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1453301

I would rather paint from life than from a photo anyway.  The perspective in the photo of the boots was almost straight on.  I sat our boots on a table.  I like to paint/sketch with pastels standing up so the new perspective view was a bit looking down on the boots.  Much harder for me.  I should have put them on the hood of the Expedition!

I worked on them about 3 hours.  I took a break in the middle and when I started up again the sun was gone.  I was not enjoying the shadows, details and perspective so decided to stop where I was.

For Scavenger Hunt 556
Number 5, shoe - substitute of boots.  Pastel on Uart paper, 9 x 12 inches

For the Challenge, substitute real boots for the photo.

Hey!  I did play in the pastel dust and will pack my art equipment tomorrow.  All except my sketching stuff.  No more pastels until we get back home in Bastrop.




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6 comments:

  1. Bag BlogMonday, September 10, 2018 7:12:00 AM

    The boots are excellente! I love the simpleness and the shadows. Yay for you painting - even if you procrastinated a bit on the packing :)

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  2. Jo CastilloMonday, September 10, 2018 9:04:00 AM

    Bag Blog, thanks. Maybe a quick marsh this morning. Ha.

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  3. Jennifer RoseMonday, September 10, 2018 5:01:00 PM

    the boots look great :) 3 hours well spent. meh just shove everything in bags and you are ready to go :p

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  4. Jo CastilloMonday, September 10, 2018 6:44:00 PM

    Jennifer Rose .. that would be my plan. Not Mr. Gene... Thanks on the boots.

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  5. Joan TavolottSunday, September 16, 2018 8:00:00 PM

    Love the details on the boots! They are so much more interesting than shoes.

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  6. Jo CastilloMonday, September 17, 2018 12:01:00 AM

    Thank you, Joan. I used to wear boots a lot but now it’s more sneakers.

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