Here are a few more of my recent sketches. I did this first one a couple days ago, in about half an hour, using a pen. I like using a pen because you can’t erase your mistakes, which makes me concentrate harder. As the saying goes, measure twice, draw once.
Geoff Watson, “Sketch of a living room,” pen on paper, 11” x 14,” 2020.
This next one I did a couple weeks ago, from life, at the Art Students League in New York. It was the last open-sketching session of the year, I think.
Geoff Watson, “Study of a nude,” ink on paper, about 6” x 8,” 2019.
And here’s a sketch from a couple weeks ago. About 10 or 15 minutes, from life. Nothing spectacular, but I like the diagonal construction lines that I inexplicably included.
Geoff Watson, “Sketch with construction lines,” ink on paper, about 6” x 8,” 2020.
And lastly, a sketch in oil paint, from today’s life class. Our instructor urged us to mass in shapes and worry less about contour lines and other niceties of precise drawing. My results were somewhat mixed, especially as I never got around to putting in the ear, but it was a good experiment. About 90 minutes.
Geoff Watson, “Unfinished sketch of Moe,” oil on linen panel, 11” x 14,” 2020.