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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Catch Up Sketches

Catch up time.  I've been sketching and playing in the pastels but haven't written or posted the photos.  

Inktober Day 10 - pick
Scavenger Hunt 697 - favorite tool - shovel is a favorite if you need to dig a hole.
In the big book with a Sharpie Pen

Inktober Day 11 - sour in the big book with Micron, Zig and Pigma Brush pens


Inktober Day 12 - stuck, the tops on these paint containers.  In the big book with various pens.

I played in the pastels for a class with Enid Wood.  October was a month for studying lines and how they affect a painting.  We tried outlining to move the eye around.  This was fun to do.  It is on a wiped off piece of Pastelbord, 8 x 10 inches.  Fun to do something so different than how I paint normally. Next class is Calligraphic Marks.   Many thanks to Enid for sharing her expertise and time with us.  She stays so busy with the Austin Pastel Society and her other painting.




The next class we were going to use lost and found lines where you blur the edges of hard lines and use the difference in color for lines or the light as a line.  I started this in the Zoom class but the internet and computer were not working for me and I did not finish this.  When I came back to it later I had lost my enthusiasm.  This was on Art Spectrum Colourfix Sanded Paper so I could wipe it off and put some water to blend the leftover for a new under painting.

For the monthly challenge on wetcanvas in the Southwest Forum where we paint from photos and you know how I feel about that, I picked these old milk cans.  I used the paper from the exercise above and did a version of the cans.  There wasn't much I could do with the composition without adding from my imagination.  I decided to just have fun with the rusty cans and fence.  This is about 8 x 10 inches with a variety of pastels.  I was going to outline again and just forgot after I started painting.  This is more of a sketch than a painting.

The prompt for Inktober Day 13 is roof.  This means sketching outside or from a photo.  I vote for outside!  See ya later.




6 comments:

Joan Tavolott said...

Good thinking for the "stuck" prompt. Glad you ae doing something fun and different with Enid. Nice results!

Jo Castillo said...

Joan, thank you so much. It is fun to get "un-stuck" and try new things.

R's Rue said...

So beautiful as always. ❤️

Jo Castillo said...

R’s Rue, thank you so much.

Bag Blog said...

I do like it when you play in the pastels. All are nice. The fruit and lines are my favorite. The lines do create movement.

Jo Castillo said...

Bag Blog, I like the lines, too. I need to have more imagination in my paintings. I'm hoping that I will have more "play" in my work when I finish the big sketchbook. Not long to go, yay!


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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