I was not sure how to properly shade volumes, especially with vector draw (large regions instead of small hatches as in raster sketch).
June 12, 2019
June 10, 2019
Moon and tree
I was locked outside home during a power outage in the evening. While waiting for the power to come back, I quickly drew the moon over the top of the tree from the garden.
I am glad that I brought my drawing pad, even though I didn’t anticipate having a chance to draw anything during the day.
Gemini dogfooding: I tried oil paint, watercolor, and soft pastel for the moon lighting, and eventually settled for simple vector graphics, which works well for a flat scene like this.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByjpLC_nIRQ/
June 8, 2019
Quick sketch of a cafe corner
The cafe has colorful walls on the left side (mustard and wine) with soft lighting, in contrast to the bland dividing wall directly hit by the natural sunlight.
The drawing kept on looking wrong when I was doing it, but eventually I just accepted what it was. I liked it more afterwards, albeit still feeling weird about it.
Meet me half way
Excerpt from How to Look: Art Comics by Ad Reinhardt
Viewer: ha-ha what does this represent?
Painting: what do you represent?
An abstract painting will react to you if you react to it.
You get from it what you bring to it.
It will meet you halfway but no further.
It is alive if you are.
It represents something and so do you.
You, sir, are a space, too.
Realistic paintings tell you exactly what they are, while abstract paintings invite you to think.
This applies to not only paintings but also other things, such as books and people.
June 7, 2019
Quick sketch of a young girl in a vintage dress
who was drawing with a fountain pen after playing some jazz piano.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BybyyrpH98y/
I could shorten her nose a bit, but I am OK with what I could do during a live sketch in a crowded cafe.
June 4, 2019
Quick sketch of a train passenger
The original file was lost in a Gemini crash.
June 2, 2019
Two sketches of a long coat
I artificially shortened the first sketch to fit a square canvas, and corrected the proportion in the next exercise.
May 31, 2019
Quick sketch of a patting head
On the evening train I saw a woman caressing the head of a man who slept on her shoulder.
May 29, 2019
Two views of a back bench train passenger
This passenger tended to alternate between two configurations, which I sketched back and forth accordingly.
May 26, 2019
Experiment with rough/scratch pencils
I found a cigar butt on the ground around the San Fernando light rail station on Friday May 24. It still smelled strongly 2 days after. I tried to draw the smell, but I am not sure if you can also smell it.
Chewie is visiting for the weekend, and spent most of the time napping as usual.