SusieG Studio

I’m in a lull where I’m not taking any art classes for a few weeks.  I am making a point to practice during the evenings and on weekends.  Time permitting.  I have a lot of photos that I have taken and I have spent some time going through them.  The ones I have selected to draw, I have them printed on my Epson printer on 5″x7″ photo paper.  This size paper is big enough to see the details and still small enough that I can stick it on the corner of my drawing board while I sketch/draw.  The 4″x6″ photo paper is too small to see any details, but I will print a few of this size for quick references and they are small enough to carry in my purse for when I want to draw-on-the-go.

I have a lot of tropical fish pictures I have taken from my snorkeling adventures in the Caribbean.  I thought today would be a good time to get out my graphite pencils and do a drawing of a Blue Tang:

Drawing with graphite pencils is my first choice and favorite art medium to use.  I do like to experiment with color and I am still learning to use my color pencils.  I am also glad to have had the opportunity to experiment with color pencils in my Drawing Explorations class back in May.  I thought it would be a great idea to redraw my Blue Tang drawing in color:

This drawing is still a work in progress.

Here’s another drawing in the works:

Papers used:  Canson Sketch paper