# How are your waves (gettin sketchy 2/15) **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [February 16, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784 "2023-02-16T12:50:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/1 "2023-02-16T12:50:00Z")
This certainly was a challenge! I can’t say I love what I did but had fun trying! Hope to see how successful others were. ![IMG_1316](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/b/b26b1094e3e6b9941dbc4e6d16bb65cf44838dad.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![wren07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@wren07](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/wren07)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 4:41pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/2 "2023-02-16T16:41:28Z")
So pretty! Good job! I especially love the subtle lavander it adds so much to the piece! ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/3 "2023-02-16T17:28:47Z")
I haven’t started, but I did cut a piece of paper to size. 😃 Yours looks beautiful. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/4 "2023-02-16T17:38:28Z")
Thanks - I’m going to do again. Can learn alot from this one. Can’t wait to see yours! ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 5:39pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/5 "2023-02-16T17:39:11Z")
Thanks! Well - it was me following Matt - I’d like to think i would have lavender on my own but I’m not sure! ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 6:31pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/6 "2023-02-16T18:31:54Z")
I hope to get mine started today. 🤞 you’re absolutely right about learning a lot from this one!! ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/7 "2023-02-16T21:56:20Z")
I love this. I think you did a great job. ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/8 "2023-02-17T03:52:36Z")
Well!!! I did a practice piece on scrap Ingres paper. I tried to do it with Pan Pastels, and it is now in the garbage can next to my desk. LOL!! I kept smoothing out the bottom layers and wiping out highlights and got pretty frustrated at the end, which wasn’t really the end, because I stopped before finishing it. 🙂 Tomorrow, I will use my Rembrandt soft pastels and the properly cut paper and see what happens. It is a wonderful exercise not only in value and texture and form, but so much more. Patience for one. I will eventually have something to post, hopefully. LOL!! Brenda ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/9 "2023-02-17T13:10:36Z")
Brenda, You made me laugh this morning! I don’t know if you did the bee with Ashley (with gauche and orange paper) gettin sketchy? I had a similar experience and I crumbled up and threw mine away. Can’t wait to see your second attempt! ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/10 "2023-02-17T18:32:05Z")
I always seem to want to trash my work until I get past a certain point. There was no getting to that point with the wave! It was a disaster from the point I began applying more layers. It WAS great practice with the pan pastels though. I think a combo of stick soft pastels and pan pastels might be the answer. I didn’t do the bee with Ashley, but I thoroughly enjoyed watching his process. Gouache is a medium I’ve never tried. I think his choice of orange paper was brilliant! Have a great day, June. Have you started your marketing plan for your Air Junes? 😃 Brenda ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2023, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/11 "2023-02-17T18:50:33Z")
I’m sure it will look amazing! Hmmm…maybe I should market my Air June’s to support my art habit! ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:51am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/12 "2023-02-18T02:51:32Z")
Here it is! It’s certainly NOT the outcome that I pictured in my mind!! However, it was great practice, and I feel like I pretty much got the colors if not the values! I had the most trouble with wiping out my lower layers again, but the very most trouble with the spray and seafoam. ![IMG_0615](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/a/a7d9c9380ab98241417756f513236e7f86284caf.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:03pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/13 "2023-02-18T14:03:52Z")
Wow - that is impressive! Especially the lower right - such movement! I found this such a fun gettin sketchy and I will do again ---
**Author:** ![Migster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/migster/32/2524_2.png) [@Migster](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Migster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/14 "2023-02-18T14:18:24Z")
Here’s my attempt done digitally in Rebelle. ![GettingSketchyWavePastel](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/2X/0/000771ecde45df2b358d8288f0ef1a8decd431d8.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 3:11pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/15 "2023-02-18T15:11:23Z")
Oh wow! Love that! I have just started playing around with procreate. Maybe I shall try this digitally! No messy fingers from the pastels then ---
**Author:** ![Migster](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/migster/32/2524_2.png) [@Migster](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Migster)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/16 "2023-02-18T16:34:59Z")
@junenez One of the reasons I prefer to work digitally is that there is not much setup or cleanup! lol ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/17 "2023-02-18T17:49:06Z")
That’s awesome! I’ve never tried digital drawing or painting. As a graphic designer, web designer, and photographer I did lots of vector images and photo manipulation, but that’s a whole different arena from what you’ve done here. I love it! Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/18 "2023-02-18T17:52:28Z")
Regarding setup and clean-up, it can be messy, especially with soft pastels. They also dry my hands out terribly! I’m finding I don’t have that problem with Pan Pastels. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy seeing all the different ways the subject is interpreted. Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Brenda](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/brenda/32/3459_2.png) [@Brenda](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Brenda)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/19 "2023-02-18T17:55:05Z")
June, my granddaughter loves Procreate! And Posca Markers. I think I’ve instilled the art-supply bug nicely. 🤪 Brenda ---
**Author:** ![junenez](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/junenez/32/4004_2.png) [@junenez](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/junenez)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784/20 "2023-02-18T19:38:40Z")
that’s a great point! I am hoping to learn so I can do a traveling “sketchbook” on my ipad. [Next page](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/how-are-your-waves-gettin-sketchy-2-15/2784.md?page=2)