VanGogh also did hundreds upon hundreds of drawings. He understood how important drawing is, and teaching the eye to see shapes, light and mood.
This little sketch is from a photo I took last summer. It had lots of shadows and highlights so I decided to use it as a little exercise this morning. I feel like I lost the line a bit, but I’m fairly pleased with the shading. I’ll just keep plugging along…
Love this one. All three, the paintings a la VanGogh and this sketch very instructive and encouraging to keep our pencils moving, paint looser, breathe, let go, learn. Not sure how you organize so well that you can farm, ride and paint but perhaps it takes a village? I forward many of these doodles to my twin granddaughters who own a mini an pony and train at an everybody-rides-everything barn. I gave them one of your paintings for Christmas!