A-to-Z blog challenge: Step I - designing the composition (part 2: incorporating a theme)

Designing a composition based on an existing painting, to incorporate another theme, or style, requires some planning. And artists plan visually – digging out sketchbooks is the next step.

    Thumbnails, ie small drawings or paintings, are typically used to flesh out ideas. I do my version of that. I have a small sketchbook, A5 landscape size, that I use for either experimenting with new ideas or mediums or exploring ideas for a composition. I prefer the smaller size sketchbook to limit myself from getting bogged down in the details. I love to draw, and doing thumbnails is for ideas, not final art, so I need to keep it small.

    Again, sharing is not possible, but here is an example of what I did, and also the final artwork that resulted.

Gouache painting

Sketchbook planning

   

   

Until tomorrow!

📚💜Linzé