jayme del rosario | sketchblog

I’ve been getting finicky lately and needed to “reset” meaning take what I learned from Rick Piloco’s sketch class (which I took a few years ago). Think big, get the right value/color right, put it down and leave it alone.

My smallest brush was a large round size 6. It was a great way to prevent myself from getting too tight too soon so that I could properly work from general to specific. Also, in a 3 hour sketch (I’m just used to much longer) I usually run out of time before I an get to anything specific and I find that this can be a good thing for me.

oil sketch, 18" x 24"

poster study

Here’s a quick poster study of a very simple set-up under artificial light. Again, I just wanted to key the painting, not get too finnicky, and to stay abstract and simple. More tomorrow…back to my daylight set-up which I had to let dry a couple of days.

Here is my poster study for the still life I’m working on during the day. The point is to make a color and value study of the composition so that you can key your final picture and use the poster to assure that the composition – including individual elements – are “keyed correctly” in relation to each other. It’s not about drawing, but an abstract study about color relationships.

Poster Study - Still Life with Garlic

I tried to keep the shapes as simple and as abstract as possible without compromising the composition too much. Parts of the background are slightly more chromatic than it should be in the final painting. I found it challenging to lay down flat color and value patches when many elements require indirect color/painting to achieve its effect. Regardless, I would attempt to find the most accurate average, mix and lay it down thickly, trying not to fuss with it unless it needed correction.