Practice, Love

  I tried a little experiment this week to practice different techniques.

Choosing a sketch I did a while ago, I painted it three times using 

different methods.  

               I used a Pentel color brush in sepia and it got a little messy.

 India ink worked well for this one.  

  Received some pencils Thurday that I ordered from Blick.

Among them was three Derwent water soluble 

sketching pencils in Light Wash HB, Medium Wash 4B, and Dark Wash 8B.

http://www.dickblick.com/products/derwent-water-soluble-sketching-pencils/

I used the HB for this one.  A bit light, but I like the softness. 

Truly working on my drawing. So I also bought a great book 

for facial expressions.  It 's called Facial Expressions Babies to Teens

by Mark Simon.  It's a wonderful resource!