Getting back in the groove

More gouache and pen

A further riff on Koosje Koene's gouache and pen exercise, this time inspired by a bag of Trader Joe's tangerines picked up yesterday.

Pigments:

M. Graham gouache, Gamboge and Pyrrol Red

Holbein yellow (contaminated with Holbein blue, which I found interesting)

Pen: Uniball Vision Fine
Paper: Cachet (Daler Rowney) 4x6 sketchbook, final page

Veronica Lawlor (Sketchbook Skool teacher), in a recent interview about the challenges of sketching in winter, mentions drawing patterns from observation. These are not from direct, specific observation, but were inspired by actual seeing, peeling, and tasting. I think of patterns as training wheels, to get back into the groove of sketching after the holidays.

Recommended reading: John Muir Laws, The Enemy of the Good: moving beyond perfectionism