Seeing Red!

The other day I was seeing green and now it was red.  We were out on the porch again this morning.  It is soooo beautiful but doesn't last long.  It was 69 degrees F and will soon be 95!  The heat index will be about 104.  We enjoy while we can.  Anyway I sketched in the big coffee table book with a Prismacolor 03 fine line marker/pen and the Prismacolor chisel.  Probably about a 30 minute sketch, freehand as you can tell. 

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Number 3, sunglasses
Number 4, something with buttons

I was going along so happily making the shirt red and white.  Felt pretty good about the sunglasses, too.  Then I went to take the photo and saw that the sunglasses are very large.  I was looking right at them and didn't measure in my head.  Sigh...  Just pretend that the shirt is for a toddler.

Sketching freehand is my thing.  I do not like "do overs" so don't sketch first in pencil.  Had I done that, I would have seen the error of my ways.  Susan Carlin gave me a great tip and I didn't use it.  She says to make your nib or point of your pencil or brush into a cross hair like a cursor.  Then,  look at what is above and below it and use something like the old etch and sketch. 

Susan is such a wonderful artist.  She can get a likeness in 30 seconds.  She is having a workshop soon (like July 6) in San Antonio, check out her website for info.  https://susancarlin.com/workshops
Susan is fun and a great teacher.  You will have a great experience and learn so much!  Wish I could go.