Sketchbooking: Painting for later

Sketchbooking is a very important thing for a dedicated painter to do. Much like sketching for an artist, or travel for a photographer, or even reading for a writer. Sketchbooking gives the painter a real life situational test for checking color and light in an environment that can change constantly, and helps us learn to see tone and color value quick in a live environment.

Below are two sketches I've completed this week- They both use watercolor as the main medium (as it is so portable, it is exciting to work in on the go) as well as some mixed media to extend my options. I took most of my rig from James Gurney's "Watercolor in the Wild" dvd download, with you can purchase here:

Starbucks Coffee- Southborough, MA: 1 hour

 

 Boulevard Diner, Worcester, MA- 1 hour

I highly recommend you pick up a copy and give it a read- so much can be learned from this one simple video!