Sunday Sketches

22 Oct

It’s time for Sunday Sketches! I didn’t have a lot of sketching time this week, but I had an idea for a painting and did a rough sketch of it before I forgot. Then I added a little color digitally  to record the color scheme I had in mind. It isn’t especially accurate but enough to help me remember my idea so I can come back to it later. That’s meant to be a seashell ornament in her hair and I’ll probably crop the background down closer to the girl, but this is a start.

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18 Responses to “Sunday Sketches”

  1. Diana Evans October 22, 2011 at 9:17 pm #

    oh wow!!! this is such a great sketch and painting!!!! beautiful work….Happy Sunday!!!!

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  2. Catherine Constance October 23, 2011 at 1:40 am #

    Melisa, she is gorgeous….love the bird…great painting

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  3. Pop Art Minis October 23, 2011 at 2:19 am #

    Awesome sketch…looking forward to seeing her in the next stage too!

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  4. portgas.d.ann October 23, 2011 at 5:37 am #

    she’s beautiful..

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  5. Lisa WrightStuff October 23, 2011 at 6:10 am #

    Looking like it’s going to be a beautiful piece. I think I can hear the wind rustling the palm trees!

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  6. Carol October 23, 2011 at 7:39 am #

    She’s wonderful! Well done~thanks, namaste, Carol (A Creative Harbor) link w/Sunday Sketches

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  7. Jennibellie October 23, 2011 at 8:12 am #

    what a fab sketch, love the bird, thanks for sharing much love Jennibellie x

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  8. Helen Mills October 23, 2011 at 8:42 am #

    This is such a lovely sketch and great to see the colour on it too! Happy SS x

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  9. Sophia October 23, 2011 at 11:28 am #

    She is lovely, Melisa. I like the sketch but the colours really add feeling and emotion to it. Nice job. :)

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  10. Melissa Liban October 23, 2011 at 11:44 am #

    How lovely. If it looks this great and it was done quickly it will look awesome when fully done. Love the color scheme you have in mind.

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  11. Robin October 23, 2011 at 1:13 pm #

    Well this is just absolutely beautiful! Happy Sunday Sketches Melisa!

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  12. m7 October 23, 2011 at 1:47 pm #

    wow…how do u do dt digitally? the sketch is lovely btw. :)

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    • admin October 23, 2011 at 7:42 pm #

      I use GIMP for digital stuff. It’s free and open source. I scanned in the sketch and used the airbrush to add color, them moved the sketch to the top layer and set that layer to Multiply to let the colored layer show through.

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  13. juliachristie October 23, 2011 at 3:19 pm #

    Great start! I’m jealous of your knowledge of digital media…wish I knew how to use that for some of my backgrounds!

    Smiles
    xo

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  14. Anonymous October 23, 2011 at 3:36 pm #

    lovely– reminds me of my favorite place! i’m impressed by the digital coloring. i need to learn more about that. what program do you use?

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  15. sasifricious (molly) October 23, 2011 at 3:38 pm #

    lovely– reminds me of my favorite place! i’m impressed by the digital coloring. i need to learn more about that.

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  16. Christine October 23, 2011 at 9:15 pm #

    I should learn how to do digital colouring, it looks great!

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  17. laurie October 25, 2011 at 12:44 pm #

    so beautiful,, so elegant,,

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