Crazy how time just flies by. And it’s only getting worse as we age… Half the year is gone already huh?
What have I been up to? Lots, and lots of art. I’ve been doing a sketch (occasionally more) everyday after work. Or if I head out on the weekends…. So that means I’ve been doing loads of art on a small sketchbook. Started doing it since the 23rd of May and have not skipped a day since! Pretty impressive for me really. I’ve rarely kept up with doing something almost daily (well, typically just weekdays) for so long! I do not have much stamina when doing things, really! All the sketches are on my Cara account here as I have shared in the previous post. Do check it out! I post pretty much the moment I finish the sketch, so you kinda get live updates. And I do write a lot there too, like some fun stuff (to me anyway) about what happened when doing the sketch, some backstory… Thoughts about the art supplies etc. All there!
So today…. I did some swatches, and also put together a Holbein travel palette! Because I bought all those tiny palettes and they need to be used right? They deserved to be used. So yeah, that’s partly why. It just is fun too… But I definitely feel the barrier to using a new palette because I’m not as familiar with the new palette. I put together a 12 color qor palette before this and I was so unfamiliar with that since I put it together somewhat hastily… That I grabbed the wrong color a couple of times. I also missed some of the convenience colors that I had in my other palette, like the buff titanium especially. With this Holbein though, I have a whooping 24 colors… My first urban sketcing palette only had 21 colors even after all my add ons! So 24 colors was such a luxury. So I’ve included a bunch of fun, convenience colors like oranges and tons of greens. So far I’ve hardly, almost never mixed a green from yellow and blue… I have mixed my greens with other colors, but hardly do I make it from scratch so to speak. And this palette has a whooping FIVE greens lol. I do love drawing foliage so… That’s my excuse lol. That, and I have space. So why not right?
Alright. I’m getting really sleepy and it’s past 12 midnight… So, till next time!