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Sunday Sketch Colored Pencil

Posted on by Laura Kate

For today’s sketch, I wanted to try to draw a photograph of a sunset that Bill took during our trip to Italy several years ago.

This is the view from Medieval Assisi, which sits on a hill well above the surrounding landscape. He had shared it with me during our joint “100 Day Project,” back in 2023. I had never quite finished making 100 pieces of art out of Bill’s photos. This one I had wanted to turn into an art quilt. I had even done a fabric pull in anticipation.

It seems like an impossible task when I think about it now. But the first step is always to get a good drawing, from which to make a pattern. For this drawing I used graphite and colored pencils.

There’s no way for pencil to get the lustrous glow of a sunset the way a photograph can. But I did manage to render the shapes reasonably well.

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One of six children, I was raised by a busy mom, who instilled in me a love of fabric. Though I learned to sew and knit at a young age, it was the arrival of my first grandchild that pushed me into action. A long-time knitter, I am now ready to explore all things fiber.

12 thoughts on “Sunday Sketch Colored Pencil”

  4. I like that little colored pencil sketch! Very much! I have been dabbling a bit with colored pencils recently. I have had to take a bit of a break from watercolors (a new puppy with a very short attention span makes doing art with water a bit of a challenge!) I have been thoroughly enjoying colored pencils though! I am using Margaret Renkl’s “backyard” journal, Leaf, Cloud, Crow and have had so much fun with my sketches!

    I am so excited to see how you make magic and use those fabrics to depict that beautiful photo!

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  5. Colored pencil is always a challenge and, IMO, a lot of work for a finished piece. For your quilt, though, I think you have the perfect tool. Looking forward to your project as it moves along.

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