Fabriano Venezia sketchbook - 12x18
Faber-Castell Pitt pen size F
Grumbacher watercolor
The March location for the Virtual Paintout with Bill Guffy is St. Petersburg Russia. I had grand plans of practicing my architecture drawing skills in preparation for my June trip to Europe but instead I found this view from the Kronshtadtskoye Shosse, which is the main freeway, on an island in the Baltic off the coast of St. Petersburg.I wanted to challenge myself to achieve the deep shadows in the tree cover while still maintaining the white of the fence. I was originally drawn to the view by the birch trees, they are one of my favorites. I am also challenging myself to continue to use this sketchbook, a 9x12 Fabriano Venezia, which feels gigantic especially when working across the spread (12x18 total page size).
Painting around those tiny fence pieces was a challenge, especially trying to get the color to transition smoothly.
The crazy thing is this could be a view from the street right here in Minnesota, rather than a view from a Google camera half a world away. Small world.
Suzanne, I love this and love seeing you work large in this book. I know you like the smaller size accordion books you're making, but it's fun to see what you do when you have a really large surface!
ReplyDeleteThanks Roz! I am having fun working bigger and feel that I will soon need a break from my accordion streak and am looking a bit bigger and maybe some toned paper for a big change.
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