One of the popular subjects for sketch artist Liz Steel is her teacups and coffees. She does amazing sketches and even though she does a lot of them they never get old. There's always something new to them. So I tried my hand at it. My sketches today were done way early in my watercoloring beginnings and I can see how how far I've come in nearly a year.
I have learned to look more closely when I draw and get better proportions.
I have learned a ton about values and color although I do love this mug of coffee.
Here I took some more time to sketch my subject in pencil.
You see on the bottom left that much of that wonderful was lost when I added the watercolor. My painting looks pretty flat. I've since learned how to layer some colors and that if I can, I start my sketch with a waterproof pen. It just saves time and that spontaneous drawing is the look I'm going for.
Two great additions to my sketchbook. It's really fun looking back on this journey. For those who haven't seen any of my journey on Instagram, should I catch up with all the back sketches.....or would it be fun to see some of my current work mixed in? Just curious...
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