Lullaby Baby

Sketchbook Art.

13020-sk. LULLABY BABY.

Today's 10-minute sketch. Pen and Ink. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. 

This work took longer to scan and upload than to sketch. I began with a Micron .005 ink pen and drew a quick contour line around the head, then sketched in features. As I sketched features I realized I needed to make corrections on the size and shape of the head. The .005 ink pen draws a very fine line and I keep drawing new lines to get them where I want. Part of the beauty of ink line sketching is no erasing, so every line shows and creates a history of the sketch process. Once I had all my lines and cross-hatching in place, I came back with the Micron brush pen to lay in the darkest darks. All done in a 10-minute sketchbook session. 

Without erasing and trying to be perfect, I can sketch more quickly and end up with a looser, freehand drawing, and that is the beauty of a daily sketchbook.

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.

V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Sketchbook Dogs

13012-sk. Two more ink line sketches, 10 minutes each using a Sharpie Ultra-Fine Point Permanent Marker on archival heavyweight sketchbook paper. 

You need to keep that pen moving quickly. If you need changes, just draw another line. Never try to erase. The quick sketch trains your mind to see. Nothing has to be perfect. You will be amazed at how much information can be communicated with just a few broken lines. 

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.

V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Ink Sketch of Boy with Dog

13011-sk. Pigma Brush, Ink Sketch on Archival Heavyweight Sketchbook Paper, 8x10 inches.

This 10-minute ink sketch is a study for a larger painting to come. 

There is just something really satisfying about doing a quick sketch in ink. Artists must learn to draw without erasing, and ink sketching forces that practice. A quick ink sketch records an artist's first impressions of a subject. My next study of the boy and his dog will be a small watercolor painting. I'll share it in a few days. In the meantime, I am back to commissions and other projects. 

As a child, I was reprimanded for daydreaming. Today my daydreams morph into paintings.

V. Bridges Hoyt — painting the sauce of Texas. 

Postcard Art via Vernita

A new series is in the works, this one a series of images to be shared through postcard art. This image of my sweet border collie Brooke is the first art postcard in the series. The best part for you is they are FREE. This is my way of saying Thank You for collecting my paintings and/or following my blog.

BORDER COLLIE BROOKE IN MOM'S PETUNIAS
watercolor and ink
wash and line

To receive a FREE 4x6 postcard art image, send your address in a private email message to txsauce@txsauce.net. Your contact information will NOT be sold or shared. Postcards will be mailed through USPS.

The postcards are clear of artist's watermark text, professionally printed, high quality and suitable for framing. Your postcard will be mailed inside an envelope to keep it clean in transit. Limited quantity available. Be quick to reserve your postcard art.

This original painting was sold to a private collector.

Thanks for following my Texas Sauce Art Life.
V. Bridges Hoyt

Yorkie Dog Portrait

"Art is much less important than life, but what a poor life without it." —Robert Motherwell.

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I have painted homeless dogs and I have painted upscale dogs. Last week I was commissioned to design two tote bags with a Yorkie on them—my first Yorkie ever.

My client wanted only totes—so the original painting is in my inventory. This small work is waiting for somebody somewhere who will be reminded of their Yorkie and give this painting a home.

• Yorkie jr.  © Vernita Bridges Hoyt 2011
• mixed dry media on Arches 140# cp paper
• 10x8 inches
• artist@vbridgeshoyt.com

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... and then there were totes.

ART. My newest tote bag design ... "Yorkie jr" personalized for the granddaughters of my collector. She is giving them as back-to-school gifts and really liked the way the Yorkie sits on the name. I can very easily personalize the Yorkie design with a different name. You won't find these at Zazzle or Cafe Press or anywhere but here. Email me for more information on the totes—txsauce@txsauce.net

When we look around us, we find art everywhere. Art is on labels of products, in our TV ads, on t-shirts and other clothing items, on all our greeting cards (which are a huge market), on the covers of books, on the pages of children's books, etc.—not to mention hanging on our walls and in our museums. Robert Motherwell was right when he said, "what a poor life without [art]."

Find yourself an artist to follow. There are many of us. I hope your artist will be me.

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