As temps dipped to single digits in NYC, the registrants of the Urban
Sketchers Portrait Party made their way to the 56th and Madison at the
Atrium to draw each other.
Mark, who organized the event (Thanks Mark!), requested that we use a "bold" medium to that the images would have greater graphic impact in photos, so I opted to use acrylic. I worked with three brushes, a half inch flat, a #12 round and a #6 round, all synthetic.
My idea was to block in middle values then break to shadow and highlight values in the next two passes over each portrait, drawing directly with the paint. Unfortunately, I didn't take my Payne's grey or a true red, so I had to improvise on the pallet, slowing me down somewhat. I limited to primaries, burnt umber, burnt sienna and white, but had i the Payne's grey for the shadow values, I'd have not had to mix cobalt blue and umber as a substitute. Perhaps my addled memory will kick in next time round.
A goodly workout and challenge and fun to go after. Here are a dozen of the pictures I made.
Mark, who organized the event (Thanks Mark!), requested that we use a "bold" medium to that the images would have greater graphic impact in photos, so I opted to use acrylic. I worked with three brushes, a half inch flat, a #12 round and a #6 round, all synthetic.
My idea was to block in middle values then break to shadow and highlight values in the next two passes over each portrait, drawing directly with the paint. Unfortunately, I didn't take my Payne's grey or a true red, so I had to improvise on the pallet, slowing me down somewhat. I limited to primaries, burnt umber, burnt sienna and white, but had i the Payne's grey for the shadow values, I'd have not had to mix cobalt blue and umber as a substitute. Perhaps my addled memory will kick in next time round.
A goodly workout and challenge and fun to go after. Here are a dozen of the pictures I made.
