Daily Sketch #4

My 30 Day Drawing Plan

Purpose - to draw everyday to stay inspired, to draw from life

Media - 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sketchbook, landscape, toned paper, with Posca pens, black and white pens, pencil

Schedule - Scale - 1 spread per day, Frequency - everyday, Period - 30 days

Source - Objects from home, inspiration on Pinterest

Sharing - Instagram @judytheartist, class project on Skillshare, on Pho-Art blog @judymboyle.com

Finishing Inktober 2021

For the Inktober 2021 drawing challenge, I chose a 3.5” x 5” toned paper Sketchwallet pocket notebook and filled it with drawings for the daily prompts. Some were meh, but for the most part I like the way the sketches turned out. It was a fun activity to engage in when getting up every morning. My drawing tools were one of my favorites, the Pentel Pocket Brush Pen. Also included were a mini mechanical pencil with red pencil lead, Zebra Brush Pen, Uniball Signo 153 White Gel Pen, Sakura Koi Gray Coloring Brush and an appearance from a yellow Gelly Roll Pen.

Pumpkin Spice

Recent post to the Smoove Catz Instagram account for the first time in over a year. Procreate on iPad Pro.

Digital Plein Air Sketching

We had a couple of days off this past week so my wife and I packed picnic lunches and sketched at two different locations in Lancaster County. On Thursday we went to the Tanger Arboretum where I sketched in the dwarf conifer garden using my 12.9” iPad Pro with Apple Pencil and the Procreate app. Brenda decided to sketch in the beautiful Beech Grove area of the arboretum. I made a color palette to paint from by snapping a photo with my iPad and using the create swatch palette from photo feature in Procreate. I used the standard Procreate flat painting brush.

On Friday, we packed a picnic for the Columbia Crossing Visitor Center in Columbia, PA which is beside the Susquehanna river. The massive concrete arch bridge is a feature of the area that’s hard not to include in an outdoor sketch. I decided to sketch with a fountain pen in a sketchbook while we sat by the river. Brenda was not into sketching that day so she read out loud some historical facts about the bridge and other bridges that were in that location over the years.

It was great to be outdoors (though I think we’ve both picked up mild allergies over the years).

Digital Urban Sketching

This week’s digital sketchbook highlight - on location Digital Urban Sketch of Market and 3rd Streets, Lemoyne, PA. Made with 12.9” iPad Pro using Apple Pencil and Procreate app. Digital brushes used were the standard Procreate 6b pencil for the initial sketch and the flat brush for painting. The weather was warm and sunny, making it a little difficult to see the painting on the iPad screen. I enjoyed the morning and look forward to my next outdoor digital sketching opportunity.

Sketchbook - Trees

This week’s sketchbook page highlight - treetop view from Culp’s Hill observation tower at Gettysburg National Military Park. Rotring Isograph .10 technical pen in Global Handbook Travelogue sketchbook.