{"id":1115,"date":"2023-11-25T15:43:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trulyclaire.com\/test\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2023-11-25T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T21:43:48","slug":"sketchbook-color-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trulyclaire.com\/test\/sketchbook-color-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketchbook: Color Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After a particularly sleep deprived week, all I could muster for my sketchbook practice this week was doing color practice. I\u2019m working on the designs for the top I want to make for the burgundy leather look fabric from my <a href=\"https:\/\/trulyclaire.com\/test\/stitching-the-stash-fabric-stash-challenge-round-i\/\">Fabric Stash Challenge: Round I<\/a>. The only way to get more comfortable with color is to use it. So broke out the watercolors, colored pencils, ink, and alcohol markers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I primarily wanted to test out how I liked using watercolor to lay down the base colors for an object. Then using colored pencils and ink to add dimension. I played with skin tone colors, the burgundy color for the fabric, and one attempt at gold that I decided not to push further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My sketchbooks are devoid of color usually because I run out of steam or I don\u2019t want to \u201cruin\u201d a sketch I like, but I found in this practice I was really enjoying the process. It didn\u2019t have to be perfect and I was looking forward to making mistakes. Or in the words of the great Bob Ross: happy little accidents. Even though there isn\u2019t much going on for this page section I find it encouraging. I\u2019ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea that accomplishment begets accomplishment; consistency begets consistency. It\u2019s a lot easier to do when those things don\u2019t require perfection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What I realized was that my fear of \u201cruining\u201d a sketch came from the belief I had that I could only be that successful getting the lines on paper once. Or that it was so hard fought to get there that it would be a waste of my time for me to fumble at rendering it. I know that I couldn\u2019t move forward if I didn\u2019t give it a try, but fear isn\u2019t always rational. Approaching it with lower stakes makes it easier for me to try and, I believe, inevitably improve. I have internalized that if I could do it once I can do it again. It\u2019s funny how I didn\u2019t need this lesson in other endeavors where I had to work to improve. I don\u2019t know what it is about illustration in particular that rattles my insecurities, but I\u2019m pushing through and am feeling good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, I just got in a new to me fashion illustration book, <em>Fashion Illustration and Design<\/em> by Manuela Brambatti, that at first flip through is hitting a lot of the points I was looking for in a guide. I\u2019m thinking of setting up a more structured practice to improve my artwork and will use <a href=\"https:\/\/trulyclaire.com\/test\/my-favorite-fashion-illustration-techniques-resources\/\">the references I\u2019ve gathered so far<\/a> to help me through. Adding color to my work again is long overdue. 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