Friday, April 11, 2025

MORE SKTCHY PORTRAITS

 A few more done.  I am behind but okay with that - don’t need to do them all in a week or so…



The old sailor (looks that way to me) was done on mineral paper with a mix of Deep Mayan Blue + Lunar Earth (just a touch).  I was okay with it but wanted to try it on rough paper (which is what the teacher did).  Not crazy about it.  She used a Canadian brand of watercolor - Rockwell Lapis Brown and it was gorgeous.  Can I get that?  Will it cost a fortune now that we are having ridiculous tariffs imposed on Canada daily??



The first one of the old sailor I traced because I didn’t feel comfortable drawing it on the mineral paper (which probably don’t take much erasing).  The second one I drew - can you see how I ALWAYS draw the figure upright even though it is obviously tilted or has a strong head turn?  Why?  Why do I do this?  


3 comments:

  1. lauraApril 20, 2025 at 7:18:00 PM EDT

    Your portraits are always so expressive, Rhonda! I really enjoy and admire that.
    Love to see the two versions of your old sailor!
    Is Mineral a brand of paper?

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  2. Lisa Le QuelenecMay 2, 2025 at 10:46:00 AM EDT

    I bet your sailor could tell a few salty tales ;o) I love both versions. The first one has me humming....islands in the stream...

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  3. RH CarpenterMay 3, 2025 at 2:11:00 PM EDT

    Thanks so much, Laura and Lisa (I don’t know if he is a sailor but he sure looks like one to me :). Thanks for sticking with me through this challenge - almost done.

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