Back to the drawing board! It's been quite awhile since I've posted anything on this blog but I am more convinced in the value of Thumbnails than ever before. It is the most important stage of a painting or a finished drawing because it is the stage of developing a good composition and thinking about what idea or concept you want to convey. For me, right now that's the biggest challenge. The only way to get comfortable with it is to practice, practice, practice. Skipping steps in the process of painting is always costly. Thumbnails build a solid foundation. If you believe in the concept, develop a good composition, understand where your values are, then you're well on the road towards a good finished piece. But if any of these things lack at the thumbnail stage they will not improve in the future stages.I have put away my camera and am drawing from life or memory. If I can do a good thumbnail and value study on site I can do the rest in the studio editing as I wish using the sketches as references. IT REALLY WORKS! But I have to admit it took a long time to believe it would and trust in my thumbnails.
I have really enjoyed doing pen & ink studies. These were done on sight so they aren't really completed.
So that's the latest on this end. If there is anyone still coming to this blog I would be happy to hear from you and see your work. Feel free to comment and post.
Thanks much, Phoebe
Hello Phoebe great to hear from you and to see your latest thumbnail works. I can see a real confidence in your drawing and the pen and ink studies are really lovely. I think it is wonderful that you have decided to put away the camera and are drawing now from life. I too have been sketching and will post some work.
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