Friday 29 June 2012

Contour drawings


I have had fun lately doing some contour drawings and thought I would share some of them with you today -
the idea was to try and keep the pen on the paper as much as possible, as you will see it didn't always work, but I still had fun doing them.  I just used clear water over the ink to create the shading....










- our William -








and finally a rose
on which I added a blush of pink




Have a good Weekend everyone












14 comments:

RobertN said...

Beautiful work! Happy weekend!

Pat said...

Lovely loose pieces, Ann .
I'm in love with the sitting dog one :) xx

Vicki Holdwick said...

These are quite lovely and I'll bet they were fun as well,

xoxo

Judy said...

You are so good at this, Ann! A few lines, a few brushstrokes and hey presto.... I love them!

Unknown said...

Pawsome Ann. Happy Friday to you and yours.
Best wishes Molly

K Marie Peikert said...

I love doing contour drawing, these are very good

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks so much Robert, Pat, Vicki, Judy, Molly and Karen - glad you enjoyed these.

Julie-Anne McDonald said...

The second dog from the bottom is a very expressive use of line. It has such life.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Julie-Anne, I have to admit I wasn't sure about that one, as I thought the lines were 'too wiggly' - funny thing is Pat liked that one as well as yourself....guess that's art for you.lol.

robin cox walsh said...

Lovely contours! (I like the William ones best, but then I’m partial!)

Joan Tavolott said...

I like the washy freshness of your sketches. Nice!!

ann @ studiohyde said...

He's thought that for a while Robin, lol.

Nora MacPhail said...

These are fantastic Ann. I love water soluble pens, they have a unique look.

ann @ studiohyde said...

Thanks Joan and Nora - I really enjoy drawing with these pens and adding the clear water, it's just a little unpredictable which I think makes for a nice surprise.