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Hello! Here are some sketches and paintings I did this week . This was my second week starting my days with hand sketches and it's amazing to see how much I have improved already. I can tell I am getting faster and faster at drawing the initial hand shapes and proportions. Next week I want to focus on creating cleaner and more effective hatching and crosshatching when adding in shadows. 
Hand gouache painting. Reeves gouache tubes on Canson Mixed-Media sketchbook.
The first painting included here was created with gouache and it is literally the second painting I have done using this media. Gouache is something that I want to keep improving at. The second was created using watercolors and it was a remake of a painting I had done several months ago. This exercise was something I was interested in doing because I wanted to be able to compare two paintings of the same subject created months apart. After that are my morning hand sketches of the week which I post on Instagram every morning from Monday through Friday. 
Watercolor coffee cup and biscotti painting. Winsor and Newton watercolors on Canson watercolor paper.
Daily hand pencil sketches. Canson Mixed-Media sketchbook.
Daily hand pencil sketches. Canson Mixed-Media sketchbook.
Daily hand pencil sketches. Canson Mixed-Media sketchbook.
Daily hand pencil sketches. Canson Mixed-Media sketchbook.
4 Comments
6/15/2022 05:30:58 am
Your article is creative, fun to read and has a great tone. You mention the benefits of drawing with your hands in addition to using traditional materials like pencils which I think is so cool! The only thing that could make it better would be more detail about how you can start doing hand sketching today - thanks for sharing this information with us :) 6/15/2022 11:44:14 am
Hey, there! 12/14/2023 03:12:40 am
Erika, your gouache paintings are simply magical! The second painting, only your second attempt with gouache, is mind-blowing. The vibrant colors and the way you've brought the subject to life is impressive. It's clear that gouache is becoming your forte. Looking forward to witnessing your continuous growth with this medium. Keep those beautiful creations coming! 12/15/2023 03:50:02 pm
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