Saturday, January 10, 2009

10 minute sketch: Paint bottles




Here is my latest 10 minute sketch. This sketch was of two of my acrylic paint bottles. I drew my favorite colors: Golden brand's Cobalt Turquoise and Liquitex brand's Light Blue.

To complete this sketch I first painted an underpainting using the light blue and some cadmium yellow acrylic paint. I scratched into the wet paint to create designs and then let it dry. Next I drew on top of the painted surface with a black ball point pen. I added highlights with a white watercolor crayon. The lines are very sketchy and loose but that is what makes these 10 minute sketches so fun and free for me.


I am currently reading this great book called Living the Creative Life by Rice Freeman-Zachery. It is so inspirational and cool to read about the artists in this book. It talks about what is creativity and interviews a ton of working artists. So that is my recommend for the day:)

Oh, I also just found a new band that I really like! They are called Company of Thieves. Here is Oscar Wilde, a song you can actually get free on itunes! I downloaded it and ended up buying the whole cd!




Are there any new bands you have discovered lately and would like to share? I am always looking for new music!

2 comments:

Maisy Brown said...

Cool! I love discovering new bands in unusual ways.
Love your 10 minute sketches, they are very lively, and very much appeal to my sense of colour!

Unknown said...

Great piece! :) I need to get back into sketching. Beautiful inspiration.