In the sky, I use a cotton swab and stroked rubbing alcohol across the blues horizontally in the lighter area. Since burnishing didn’t do the trick, after the drawing was finished, I used rubbing alcohol to blend the colors and create smoother color. The net result was better than before burnishing, but still not completely satisfactory. I liked that so well, I burnished the sky with White too.
Then I burnished the clouds with White to soften and mix the colors. I chose Prismacolor’s colorless blender because I didn’t want to change the color. I burnished the sky first with a colorless blender. Going over those layers with sharp pencils and using the tips helped fill in some of the paper holes, but I didn’t really like what I saw until I started burnishing. This, of course, wasn’t the look I wanted.
The paper is heavyweight, but textured, so such broad applications of color left lots of paper holes. That was only marginally successful because I was drawing on a basic drawing pad. I tried to lay down color fast by using blunt pencils and/or the sides of pencils. The clouds were moving so quickly that I drew these clouds as a composite (which I often do). Burnishingīelow you’ll find my second plein air drawing. So I thought I’d share a few of the different methods I’ve tried so far for getting smooth, immediate-looking plein air drawings: 1. But also more fun-and definitely more instructive. My first attempt revealed that I needed to either allow more time to draw or choose smaller subjects if I wanted to do detailed drawings (which I did.) I also started drawing at about 4:30 pm the first day, which meant that by the time half an hour had passed, my subject was completely cast in shadow.Īs I write this, I’m in the middle of the third week and finding drawing outside more challenging than expected. It didn’t take long to realize I’d vastly over-rated my ability to draw quickly or accurately! I challenged myself to just do one plein air drawing a week. This Autumn I decided to get out of the house (and the studio!) and draw outside, even if I went no further than my front porch or the back yard.
:) So I gave myself a plein air drawing challenge In my defense, I was able to take pencils and drawings to a variety of places, like community band practice, horse shows, art shows, and trips.īut unless you count drawing at horse shows, nothing was plein air. With family obligations and other requirements, there never seemed to be enough time to do what painting needed to be done and also do fun or unusual art.Įven after becoming a full-time artist, I didn’t draw outside very much because I simply lacked the interest. Plus, for many years my art was a part-time activity. I’ve never been much of a plein air artist, probably because the type of art I do most often requires time in the studio. By Carrie Lewis in Art Tutorials > Drawing Tips
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