My latest colored pencil class was a bit unusual for me, as we worked on abstracts. Although I have made abstract drawings in my sketchbooks before, it’s rare that I have the desire to dabble in them. We started off by sketching in the Contemporary Gallery, featuring the exhibition Carrie Moyer: Interstellar. We were to choose a single painting that inspired us, make notes about our observations and impressions and make a sketch (on the left). The painting I liked most was The Tiger’s Wife.
Back in the studio, we wrote down our observations, exchanged them, and made an abstract drawing based on what we randomly chose. I got the words underwater, seaweed and feminine voluptuous shapes. I didn’t get very far in my drawing because I was trying to build up many layers of saturated color. I chose a color scheme that I’ve been using a lot of lately, partly because I wanted to test out how the colors looked on this orange toned paper.
 ©2012 Carolyn A Pappas, Abstract Sketch. Colored Pencil in sketchbook, 3 x 6 inches. |
 ©2012 Carolyn A Pappas, Blue Green Abstract (unfinished). Colored Pencil on toned paper, 7 x 3.5 inches. |
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