Painting/Drawing

“Please Sketch” - Sketching in Spain, in public, solo travel

1. Put thought into what you’re painting

   1. What you include in frame

2. Basics first

   1. Atmospheric perspective: Objects farther away should be less detailed, less saturated

3. Move on

   1. Don’t get stuck on a bad painting, it happens

4. Patience

   1. Slow down!!!!

***Make a color cheat sheet w/ rows and columns - 50% of each color in each box to see how they mix***

5. Enjoy the process

6. Thumbnails

   1. Helps you decide composition + values

7. Warm up

   1. Helps with rushing, gets you in the zone

8. Artists are interpreters

   1. Put a bush where there isn’t one, move things around

9. Simplifying

   1. See the bigger picture - don’t paint every leaf + blade of grass

10. “Cheat”

    1. Mix medias, finish a plein air painting at home

    2. NO RULES NO BOXES

11. Experiment

12. Develop your eye

    1. Sharpen your observational skills, recognize the play of light and shadow, color and texture, shapes

    2. Filter out the noise and focus on what makes a scene captivating

13. Try again … and again … and again

    1. Make as many pots as possible, not one perfect pot

    2. AIM FOR PRACTICE

14. The benefits

    1. Real world, 3D

    2. Helps you be spontaneous

    3. You SEE the world around you

    4. Helps you be present, slow down, connect with the world

15. Study

    1. Make swatches

    2. Practice techniques

    3. Read books

       1. She is reading Betty Edwards*

Her Kit

Winsor + newton watercolor field box

Princeton velvetouch brushes

Blackliner pens + white gel pen

Viewfinder

Red sunglasses

Paper towel, paper, eraser, water