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- Mon Nov 08, 2010 3:31 pm
- Forum: SketchCrawl photos
- Topic: Fort Worth, TX - Texas size
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Fort Worth, TX - Texas size
5 of us sketch in the shadows, dwarfed by the Texas-sized mural http://www.flickr.com/photos/55561355@N ... 320767442/
- Fri Oct 15, 2010 4:30 pm
- Forum: 29th World Wide SketchCrawl
- Topic: Fort Worth, TX [RESULTS]
- Replies: 0
- Views: 586
Fort Worth, TX [RESULTS]
We sketch in the shadows of the Chisholm Trail mural http://www.flickr.com/photos/55561355@N04/5149352153/in/set-72157625320767442/ Sketch break in Sundance Square + impromptu 'quick-sketching people' lecture http://www.flickr.com/photos/55561355@N04/5149960412/in/set-72157625320767442/ http://www.f...
Erasers
One eraser will not serve all purposes...and there are many options: http://www.gardenandhearth.com/Sketchin ... Eraser.htm but for traveling light, which do you reach for?
Cynthia Padilla, art workshops blog:http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/
Cynthia Padilla, art workshops blog:http://artinstructor.blogspot.com/
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:16 am
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: watercolor travel sets
- Replies: 17
- Views: 23917
Watercolor Pocket Boxes
The compact watercolor pocket box is indispensable for sketchcrawling. Here are a few that participants in my sketching workshops have used with good results:[url http://www.gardenandhearth.com/SketchingandDrawing/Watercolors.htm[/url] Cynthia Padilla, field sketching workshop Guatemala http://artgu...
Cheap Pencils
Cheap "yellow pencils" are not worth it for serious work. Here's what I have found out the hard way: .Substandard graphite leads to unpredictable tonal range. .Low grade gritty graphite sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. .They ‘spit’ graphite particles onto your drawing ...
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:25 am
- Forum: Inspirations
- Topic: Inspiring Quotes: Drawing
- Replies: 3
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Inspiring Quotes: Drawing
"It is only by drawing often, drawing everything, drawing incessantly, that one fine day you discover to your surprise that you have rendered something in its true character. "--Camille Pissarro more artists quotes : http://www.gardenandhearth.com/SketchingandDrawing/Art-Quotes.htm Padilla
- Wed Oct 10, 2007 5:08 am
- Forum: Random SketchCrawlings
- Topic: Watercolor Sketch-Toledo, Spain "Windmill'
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1855
Watercolor Sketch-Toledo, Spain "Windmill'
A tiny watercolor...with notes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/46467728@N00/132459868/
- Fri May 25, 2007 12:03 am
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: Good Alternative to Water Color
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16819
Re: Good Alternative to Water Color
At the Alcatraz Sketch Crawl I experimented with water color pencils.....Does anyone have any recomendations as far as better brands of water color pencils? I used some cheap General's pencils. I teach adult workshops and students bring in all brands. This gives me a great op to test drive so many ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2007 3:37 am
- Forum: Miscellaneous SketchCrawl discussion
- Topic: advice for sketchcrawl newbies
- Replies: 2
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Proceed quietly and with a sense of 'place' if you are out doors in nature. It is not just the destination but truly the path there that is also a part of the sketchcrawl experience. Cynthia Padilla Sketching in Antigua, Guatemala....the Ghost Ranch, NM and other magical places: http://artinstructor...
- Sat Jan 20, 2007 2:49 am
- Forum: SketchCrawl photos
- Topic: Tucson, AZ. My maiden Sketchcrawl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7520
Cynthia , I hope you don't mind sharing this one with the others here. You all have to god down to that pci on flickr .. it's full interesting notes ;-) http://www.flickr.com/images/spaceball.gif The first link did not work. The second one did and I posted my image. Happy to share. different to tha...
- Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:21 pm
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: Post photos of your materials...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20563
I love the bandana idea. I teach outdoor sketching workshops and I have every color of bandana from pink to turq to shiny beaded ones. When I get out 'in the field' I remove the bandana from my neck (or head), snap it out on the ground, lay out the days sketching tools on it, and begin documenting t...
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:56 pm
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: Post photos of your materials...
- Replies: 16
- Views: 20563
Sketchers....What's In Your Bag?
Heres how I travel about with my sketching materials. Whats in your bag?
Cynthia Padilla
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46467728@N ... 4070716090
Cynthia Padilla
http://www.flickr.com/photos/46467728@N ... 4070716090
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:45 pm
- Forum: SketchCrawl photos
- Topic: Tucson, AZ. My maiden Sketchcrawl
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7520
Tucson, AZ. My maiden Sketchcrawl
This is a photo from my first sketchcrawl. An artist I meet via an online arts forum met up with me when I traveled to her hometown teaching a botanical arts workshop. What fun to hang out all day with another artist...not much talking...just the joy of companionship with a comrade. Cynthia Padilla ...
- Tue Oct 24, 2006 7:01 pm
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: Good Alternative to Water Color
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16819
Cynthia, fantasic work! Glad you included the ruler, I would have never realized your watercolors were that small :shock: To add that much detail with such a small area to work with is very impressive. You still maintained a nice, loose style as well. Bravo! :D Thanks for the compliments to my wate...
- Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:34 am
- Forum: Materials
- Topic: Good Alternative to Water Color
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16819
velcro film canister
I use a film canister also never thought to velcro it. Brilliant. Try a clear canister instead of the black one... oh dont ask me why its just more interesting to see the water.
Toledo, Spain. 'Windmills' http://www.flickr.com/photos/46467728@N ... 59868/[url][/url]
Toledo, Spain. 'Windmills' http://www.flickr.com/photos/46467728@N ... 59868/[url][/url]