Sketching.

I  have picked this up from another thread as it’s something I’ve noticed over the last month or two , sketch’s seem to get less attention and acknowledgment on the gallery than paintings . Even if it’s an artist who also produces good paintings their sketches tend to be less popular, why I wonder.  I recall sometime back when a comment was made as to why sketches were on the gallery, yes it’s Painter on Line  we know but surely sketching a a fundamental part of any artwork.  I would be interested to hear from a anyone who have an opinion about why or why not sketches should be included on the gallery. It was this post by Robert that prompted me at last to posting this thread .

Definitely not your  bit of a moan Alan , it’s something I’ve noticed and felt that it should be brought up quite some time ago . What prompted me to do it now is down to two things, first I noticed the lack of comments on your work second was Roberts post . What I’m definitely not doing is moaning about not getting enough comments or feedback, I would really like to know why sketch’s are often seen as second best when they are an art form and take a lot of skill to get them looking good. 

Both you painting and sketching has developed so much in the last few years Denise , I remember chatting with you about painting and sketching a long time back when you first started you incredibly journey and became a first rate artist. I’ve always sketch but like most people my teens, early career, having a family etc take priority, it sketch spasmodic throughout my working life, it only since retiring that I seriously began to paint . What I did do like most people I kept sketching separate from painting, I have difficulty painting loosely it just doesn’t come naturally to me but for years I tried to paint without actually drawing hopefully that it would look like a painting not a drawing . That frame of mind coup,Ed with have quite serious problems with my hands just made it more difficult, in the last eighteen months I have had a have dozen or so operations on my hand and without the last year I have become more able to hold a pencil and brush much better, still a few issues but nothing I can’t deal with. That and accepting that I am wasting my time trying to paint loosely has made me look at my artwork and start to incorporate more sketching into it , successfully I hope . I will give an example by using a paint I started this afternoon, i sketched out more thoroughly the boats and the outline of mountains and will the draw the rest in paint ,  similar process to a watercolour I’ve just posted on the gallery. I have also started sketching more using a dip pen and ink , this has been of great benefit as I need to work a bit slower and there think about how it developing, this has certainly benefited my painting skills. Sorry for the long winding post.