Drawing After Hike

Not a great day for art today. I went to a couple places but really wasn’t in the mood for painting. I ended up doing a very short drawing session at home. I’m glad I accomplished something, I was close to not completing my daily.

For some reason I really couldn’t get motivated today. I went to Carkeek park after deciding not to go for a long hike in the mountains somewhere.

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But, even at the park I didn’t feel like painting, mainly because there were so many people. I ended up driving to Saint Edwards Park on the east side of lake Washington. I walked around there for a bit and did a small hike down to the lake.

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The building there was interesting, but no matter what I saw I just wasn’t in the mood for a painting.

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So I ended up driving home and re-visiting the sand castle that I painted a long while back. Here, here and here. I was even out of sorts with the drawing, just no focus and I only spent an hour on it. Not really happy with my performance today.

The Drawing

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The Setup

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My hierarchy of painting importance

  1. Drawing
  2. Value
  3. Edges
  4. Composition
  5. Color

Drawing

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How can I improve the drawing

I’m only comparing the drawing today, I didn’t get into much values at all. Its fairly accurate, but could be much better.

Session Details