5 Shapes

Sketching with just five shapes, using dry color media like watercolor pencils.

I always like starting with shapes in a drawing. I find it easier, and more forgiving. I chose the same three scenes for my assignment: my backyard, Tumacacori, and Bartlett Lake. I like all three better in shapes than I do in lines. I will confess I had a powerful desire to add water to these color blocks. I generally prefer water, but this class is to test out different methods and media that can make travel sketching faster and easier. I left them alone to get the full effect.

My Takeaways from the Shapes exercise: I really do have a much easier time using shapes than I do with line drawings. Just ten minutes with a very limited set of watercolor pencils really did a good job capturing these scenes, which surprised me.