Just practicing

[Bartc]

Just practicing. Foster City Blvd. Bridge and canals. 9x3" ink & watercolor on Strathmore 400 Multimedia paper. B. Charlow 2023.

 

[JStarr]

Looks good for practice. Proportions look right, shadows and reflections right- it's solid work for just"practice".

 

[Bartc]

Thanks, Jae. It's off in one spot. Was sketching in bright sunlight and really couldn't see what I was doing clearly. Had to move to shaded spot away from my view in order to ink and paint it in. But it's fine for me too.

 

[Jo Castillo]

It is very good. I like the bright happy sunlit scene. I'm smiling.

 

[Terri]

That's a challenging subject! But good for practice - and I think you did a fine job here. I like your bridge, and the way you handled the water. Sketching in bright sunlight sounds challenging all by itself! Nice work.

 

[KreativeK]

Love this practice piece!

 

[ntl]

Nice piece. Nice depth in it, too!

 

[Triduana]

Great little practice piece!

 

[Artyczar]

This is so good!

 

[Bartc]

This is so good!

Thanks Ayin and all, but I'm mystified why this is getting attention 3 weeks later than it was posted.

 

[Artyczar]

I could have responded before and forgot to hit the reply button. That has happened to me before. Sorry.

 

[Bartc]

Ayin, not just you. There are three others. I'm not expecting a response; happy to get them of course. Just curious as to why all of a sudden. Maybe someone came back from a trip and went through what they missed, thus pushing this old post up to the current week? Who knows?
Making it even stranger, just now someone pops up a "like" on one of my FB pages about this post from 3 weeks ago, having nothing to do with Creative Spark.
Have I come "unstuck in time"????

 

[Artyczar]

These things happen. Best not to question the gods of the internet universe.

 

[Balaji]

Thanks, Jae. It's off in one spot. Was sketching in bright sunlight and really couldn't see what I was doing clearly. Had to move to shaded spot away from my view in order to ink and paint it in. But it's fine for me too.

I too face this problem when sketching on location, even though I sketch with my dark glasses on.
And, while it may be off in one spot, it is on in most others and very pleasingly too. I like the sketch a lot.

 

[Balaji]

Thanks Ayin and all, but I'm mystified why this is getting attention 3 weeks later than it was posted.

I don't know about others, but each time I visit this site I have enough time to look at only a few posts at the top of the page and then I leave the site. I think this is the first time that this particular post of yours has been one of the first few on the page.

 

[snoball]

Well done, Bart. This style of watercolor and ink together suits you.

 

[Joy]

The reflections (and the whole scene) look so natural and spontaneous. Very fresh.