Sketches

So I did these sketches today....



I'm so very rusty though, so I kinda struggled and I was about to give up in the middle because I thought they turn out so uglyyy.....
but as I kept on sketching, they turn out to be quite allright, .....for me at least :)
I know they're not perfect, (yes I notice the jaw :D and yepp... the nose too) but I'm still learning and it's a process.

I think they all took around 1 hour or so.
I sometimes take so long to do a sketch, but sometimes I'd do a 3 minute super quick sketches and they turn out great..... so maybe it also involves being "in the mood" to draw/paint and just do it without pressure or expectations.

I supposed that's why most of us don't really do sketches or paint, because halfway through we got frustrated and the sketches/painting really do look ugly, because they're not done yet !
and we judge ourselves and say that we're not talented enough to draw/paint.
We forgot to just have fun with it.
I know sometimes I feel that drawing/painting is a burden because I expect it to turn out great and if it doesn't turn out great, I'll feel bad about it, but Nooo !!!
I should just draw/paint, no pressures, and just experiment, have fun and hey...art is art :)
The whole experience should be fun !!
I forget that sometimes,
so I'm just going to start taking things easily, drawing/painting with no burden, I'm just going to draw/paint, have fun experimenting and learning and see how it goes :)

My Art Supplies

I think I last painted in 2008
it's crazy how long I've been absent from painting !!!

So.... Since I'm going to start painting again
I thought I'd post some of my art supplies :)
actually, I had them on the floor to wipe all the dust away ;p

Here are my Acrylic paints

I started with cheap student paints that comes in little tiny tubes and after a while, I started buying the Finity and Liquitex Acrylic paints little by little....
and I think I have enough colors now :)
except.... the ones on the floor.....
the Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Mars Black, White, Permanent Rose and Magenta is drying out or has dried out. ;(
So... I need to get the essential Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna.... and maybe the Permanent Rose.
I still got 1 tube of Mars Black paint and 2 tubs of Titanium White.
I'll try to google if I can rescue / salvage the dried paints, but I don't know if it's possible or not.

Here's my Winsor & Newton artist watercolour collection

I was fascinated by watercolor art last time, still am, and these were on sale
so I thought.... oh well..........
some of them have dried up, but with watercolor you can always cut them open and use a wet brush with them, kinda like using the portable water color set that comes in tin.
So.... will try to explore watercolor later on :)

Some of my brushes... synthetic brushes for Acrylic paints

I have some of the more expensive Winsor & Newton brush here and the palette knife is also by the same brand, but I spend way too much time worrying about the brush.
So I find it better to use a more affordable brushes so I can focus more on the painting rather than the lifespan of my brushes.
Most of the brushes here is quite cheap actually and I still have more in my drawer, whenever I find a good quality affordable brushes, I tend to stock them up... well I only did once actually ;p
The pipette is used to add water drops when I want to thin out the paints on the palette.
My palette... I use Acrylic sheet cut out into a rectangle shape with rounded corners.

The whole lot


Will post painting photos soon, hopefully :)