Photography evolution - drawing for a challenge

 

The April challenge of 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' is about 'my generation' and we have to draw, paint or otherwise show what is special to our generation. That is not an easy task, so I took my inspiration from the picture added to the description of the challenge and changed the subject from books to photography.

My father was a good amateur photographer who did use black and white for a relatively long time. So I grew up with camera's and black and white pictures. Later we had colour pictures. And now we all have a camera with photography apps on them.

I made landscapes with water soluble graphite pencils and watercolour pencils, the phone just shows some apps on a fantasy background. And a camera much like I remember having myself. 

On all the elements of the drawing I used water to 'awaken' the colours.

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

Sand

 

Today's prompt in the Sketch A day app is 'Sand' and that made me go through my reference pictures of patterns in the sand at the beach or elsewhere. I found this one, made by my daughter and waiting to be used for over six years now.

On a watercolour paper I made a watercolour underpainting using the colours of the picture.

After that had dried I made the structures using my pencils and I picked the watercolour pencils only because I have the widest range in colours and shades of that quality in pencils. I knew I needed some shades of grey this time.

The structure was created by strong wind over not completely dry sand and the sun gave some nice shadows. The reference picture is almost abstract and I liked that idea for today's prompt.

Using the pencils I could make the best of the structure of the paper and I am really happy with the result.

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artworks - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

Beach Rockanje - a charcoal drawing

 

A few weeks ago we (my husband and me) went for a walk to the beach of Rockanje and we had foggy, grey weather. I have made a watercolour painting trying to depict that grey atmosphere but did not quite succeed. I wrote about that in this post.

This time I picked my charcoal to try to get that atmosphere. I have used my Willow charcoal and some Tinted Charcoal Pencils to get the atmosphere I wanted, using a different reference picture.

At the 'point' in the landscape some concrete bunkers were made in the dune edge during World War II and these bunkers are now in the sea. That shows how the sea takes from the land over the years.

These bunkers are now used by sea birds as a resting place and we walked as close as we could towards the waterline - it was ebb-tide and the remaining sands were very watery - and I made some reference pictures with my phone. The quality of these pictures is bad for a picture but usable as a reference.

The result is what I hoped for, a grey day at sea.

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you ae interested in my original artworks - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

Blossoms in bud - a pencil drawing

 

Walking home after having done some shopping I saw these small buds on a bush by the footpath. Of course I made some reference pictures for a drawing.

These white blossoms or buds look best on a black paper and I chose medium size for this branch.

Using my new Drawing pencils I made this work. These pencils work great and I am still exploring the possibilities of layering and mixing colours and saturating the colours when I don't need mixing - like with the white petals.

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

New Leaves

 

The March challenge of 'Goed Gezien - Goed Bekeken' is about changes coming with the new season. Nature wakes up.

For my painting I made some reference pictures during a short walk in the park area close to our home. These references have been waiting about two weeks before I had time to paint, but here it is, my submission for the challenge.

On a coloured background I painted the branch with fresh leaves, not all green yet. Some trees and bushes have leaves that start with another colour and become green after they had some sunlight. Often the 'base colour' is a reddish brown, but these had a purple/mauve base.

The information about the materials I have used, the size of this work and its availability and - if you are interested in my original art - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.

Tulips - a pencil drawing

 

For the prompt 'Pink' in the Sketch A Day app I had to think a little, but looking at the tulips on my table I decided I just had to make them change colour a bit for my drawing. 

On black paper I made some simplified tulips using pink for the petals and green for the stems and leaves. The petals were treated with a bit of water and after that had dried a second layer of colour was added. 

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artworks - my contact information can all be found in my Tumbr blog.

Beach Rockanje (Netherlands)

 

Last weekend the weather was not really very great, but we thought it would be nice to go to the beach for a walk. As expected there were not many people so we had a nice time.

The weather was - as said - not great, there was a light fog and the sky was coloured yellow by Sahara sand or dust that was blown high in the sky and now came over to us. In fact the view was limited and mostly grey, a very special atmosphere, not often related to a beach walk.

Of course I made some reference pictures of the light on the water - as it was low tide, the sea was far away - and wanted to paint that.

Painting in shades of grey means mixing colours and that did not go as I hoped mostly because the grey had to be really light, a bit blueish for the sky and a bit brownish for the wet sand. My mixture did not do what I wanted so I changed plan and made a painting with a bit more blue and brown than I first intended. 

As 'it all happens on the paper' the painting must be brought to a good result on that paper. And that is what I did.

The result still shows the yellow shades of the Sahara sand, the light spot in the clouds and the light on the water and because of the colours I ended up with it is more recognisable as a seascape.

The information about the materials I have used, the size and availability of this work and - if you are interested in my original artwork - my contact information can all be found in my Tumblr blog.