Various Sketches Through July

Catching Up with July's sketches...

The monthly theme is Sketching a Mess or Cluttered Area.  I just haven't been inspired or motivated enough to work this theme.  Maybe another time.

Fortunately, I did manage to fulfil my other goals with regards to the various medias I try to keep up with on a monthly basis.

Digital

Rosehips using Procreate and my favorite brush tool - Gouache

Christmas Cactus using Procreate and Gouache brush tool:

Seascape using Procreate and trying out two very different brush tools - Organic/Spires for rocks and Organic/Rainforest for clouds.  Worked this while waiting for Elsa to pass by us here in Florida back the first week of July.  This was a lot of fun just playing around with the brush tools and letting the scene develop along the way.  I had no idea what I was going to do.  Added the quote that fit the specific time with that storm coming.

African Red-headed Agama using Procreate and the Gouache brush tool for the Agama itself.  Used BJD/Spots for the ground and Touchups/Old Skin for the subtle pattern on the body of the Agama.

Pen and Ink

Trumpet Tree Flower using TWSBI 580ALR / #41 Brown ink.  Fabriano Artistico HP

Pen and Ink with Watercolor

Yellow Bellied Slider using QoR watercolors; Fabriano Artistico HP; TWSBI 580ALR / #41 Brown Ink.

This guy showed up on our front porch a couple days ago.  No idea where he might have come from as we're a little distance from any water source unless there's a neighbor who has a pond.  My husband said it's possible a bird might have had it and dropped along the way.  This is the second turtle that has shown up on our front porch.  A few weeks ago we had a large Gopher Tortoise show up.

TWSBI 580ALR / #41 Brown in Fabriano Artistico HP sketchbook.

First of the Month Drawings - Graphite and Digital

Starting July off, I've been on a flower/plant kick starting with this pencil drawing of a new Orchid Terry picked up for me from Lowes.

Stillman and Birn Alpha 9x12 sketchbook using .7 mechanical pencil.

One of my favorite flowers to draw and paint is the dog rose.  My dad had this gorgeous vining shrub that grew up and around a huge oak tree.  Over the years I've grown from starters taken from his shrub with one that climbed up a lattice and across the railings of our porch when living in West Virginia.  I have another starter I brought here in Florida but so far in six years, I've not been able to get it to flower.  The problem might be it's still in a pot and might do better if planted into the ground.  We just haven't been able to decide where to plant it.

With this one I chose to work on my Ipad.  I worked it using black only and the HB pencil brush tool.  The color is from using another layer over top the drawing layer and painting on color where I needed it and changing the layer bland mode to "Color."