Shells, Etc. Sketches

Another post was due and hey, look at that, it's December already?? As we face the colder whether your mind will, of course, drift to things like shells and starfish; it's only natural... From one of my art group sessions, sketching various natural objects from two minutes, to five, to ten.

This shell/rock/thingy (why didn't I write notes beside?) was a two minute thing, but I wasn't satisfied with it and so have since added more tone and the charcoal around it.

A piece of tree bark? Drew it twice, one a two minuter and the other five (needless to say because it is written on there already). The extra difference is use of pencil in one and charcoal the other, to allow for more tone.

 

Pinecones are rather tricky to get the shape looking right when some of the inside is exposed, meaning you don't just get the straightforward shape. Five minutes of dissatisfaction... but I don't mind it so much now.

 Definitely a shell! It had some pretty lines of colour which I couldn't add in then but nod to now. Think this one was two minutes? Sketched with running out pen.

A large shell, five minutes and a quick attempted angle change in two minutes underneath. Blue pen because who said it all had to be black and white?

 

Sam Starfish is in a rush!

 

And the same starfish again. but on the opposite side which I discovered was a bit more interesting (I could not face drawing it for ten minutes). As you can see, I got a bit carried away and inverted the colours and added a slightly spacey feel.

Let's see if I can get another post in before the new year!