“The Thumbnail Sketches”-Number Three

“The Thumbnail Sketches”

Number Three

This “Thumbnail Sketch” is one of two thumbnail drawings I did of the same subject.

The Thumbnail drawings are set up as six boxes/thumbnail templates on a 9 x 12 inch paper to accommodate the digital scanning process for prints. I had completed this Thumbnail drawing but had not completed the entire sheet, much less had them digitally scanned. A dilemma occurred when I wanted to give this drawing, as a gift, to a close friend but couldn’t, at the time, separate it from the uncompleted sheet of six thumbnails.

I decided to create a stand-alone duplicate Thumbnail drawing, albeit with slight shape and color variations, as the gift.

Both originals are now in private collections.

See “The Thumbnail Sketches” Number One for a synopsis of this “Series of drawings”

Art notes:

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“The Thumbnail Sketches”-Number Two

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“The Thumbnail Sketches”

Number Two

There have been a few “Thumbnail Sketch” subjects that have, over time, managed to find their way to a larger modified ‘finished’ drawing. This is one of those Thumbnail sketches.

The outlined box is 2 1/4” (56mm) square. The thumb outline measures 2” (51mm) from the bottom border to the tip of the thumb.

See “The Thumbnail Sketches” Number One for a synopsis of this “Series of drawings”

Art notes:

All images and text are copyright Craig L Haupt

Postings of “The Thumbnail Sketches” are every Monday Evening.

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“The Thumbnail Sketches” Number One

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“The Thumbnail Sketches”

Number One

Way, way, back when, I had a small simple sketch (doodle) of a face that I liked. Every time I reviewed my earlier sketch’s, I saw this “face” and as much as I liked it, I couldn’t seem to develop it into a finished drawing.

Over time, I also noticed that I started to accumulate other small subject’s in the sketchbooks that never found a home as a finished drawing.

During my tenure as an art teacher, I created a ditto, called a “Thumbnail Sketch Sheet” (with a drawing of a thumb to one side of the title and a nail to the other side). Beneath were four outlined squares for my students to create four different ideas for the current art lesson. One of which would be used for their final composition. The other three were tucked away in their file folder, also never to find a home.

After years of an ‘on again/off again’ mission to find a home for these doodles, there came an evening, four years ago, when I remembered the Thumbnail sketch sheet and wa-la, an idea, I traced my thumb for a pattern and found a home for my “misfit” doodles.

The outlined box surrounding the thumb is 2 1/4” (56mm) square. The thumb outline is enlarged from my original thumb size to accommodate a small drawing, but it still only measures 2” (51mm) from the bottom border to the tip of the thumb.

While these postings of the “Thumbnail Sketches” will not be in any chronological order, this first post is that initial “face” sketch that started me on this road.

Art notes:

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 27

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 27-Holiday Intermission

As I engage in the Holiday season and a wrestle with a bout of the Flu, I will post a few “Holiday Intermission” images over the next few Monday’s till I get re-involved with “The House That Jack Built” after the New Years celebration’s.

For this intermission, the above Pen & Ink/Watercolor/Color Pencil drawing is entitled “Ladybug Necklace-Butterfly Bowtie”. This image was completed in July, 2006.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, December 22; “Holiday Intermission”.

Art notes:

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Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 25

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 25-”Rain” Delay intermission.

To be completely honest, I am not ready to post the “Fourth Corner” of “The House That Jack Built”. Still being worked on and just not progressed enough that I would be satisfied with putting it out there for you to see.

I am still working on it now as this is posted and feel that it will be ready to post tomorrow, Tuesday.

As I continue work with detail in the fourth corner area of the painting “The House That Jack Built” I will post a past Art image.

My apologies.

To reflect my mood at not posting the Fourth Corner, I will post a Pen & Ink/Color Pencil/Watercolor drawing entitled “Wire Mustache” completed July, 2007.

Art notes:

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 24

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 24-Intermission

As I work with detail in the fourth corner area of the painting “The House That Jack Built” I am posting a past Art image as an “Intermission”.

For this intermission, the above Pen & Ink/Watercolor drawing entitled “Butterflies and Guitars’ ” was completed September, 2005.

As I work on “The House That Jack Built” painting, I also have 3 other paintings in different stages of completion. One of these in-progress paintings is a larger scale remake of this 8” x 8” 2005 drawing.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, Dcember 8; “Intermission”.

Monday, December 15, and following Monday’s; Post continuing progress images of “The House That Jack Built” painting.

Art notes:

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Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 20

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 20-Intermission

As I work with detail in the second corner area of the painting “The House That Jack Built” I am posting a past Art image as an “Intermission”.

For this intermission, the above Pen & Ink/Watercolor drawing is entitled “Fish”. This drawing was completed in December, 2006.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, October 27; “Intermission”.

Monday, November 3 and following Monday’s; Post continuing progress images of “The House That Jack Built” painting.

Art notes:

All images and text are copyright Craig L Haupt

Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 18

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 18-Intermission

As I work with detail on “The House That Jack Built” I am posting a past Art image as an “Intermission” while I am finalizing the porch area.

For this intermission, the above Pen & Ink/Watercolor drawing is entitled “Lawn Vases”. This drawing was completed in April, 2009.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, October 13; “Intermission”.

Monday, October 20 and following Monday’s; Post continuing progress images of “The House That Jack Built” painting.

Art notes:

All images and text are copyright Craig L Haupt

Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week 12

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week 12-Intermission

A “Thank You” to all those that submitted suggestions of items to be included in the “Fourth” and final corner” of “The House That Jack Built” project.

As I have listed in the schedule, I am posting a past Art image, as an “Intermission” while I am selecting items to be used and applying them to the Fourth Corner Pen & Ink drawing. This intermission I decided treat myself to a “now in season” peach pastry from the neighborhood bakery and another cup of tea.

The above Pen & Ink/Color-pencil drawing is entitled “Thick Hair”. This drawing was completed in September 2006. Various colors of the color-pencils were applied to the head in layers to achieve a marbling effect.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, September 1; An intermission, (post a past art image).

Monday, September 8; Repost the Fourth corner with added items.

Monday, September 15: Post an intermission as I work on the painting.

Art notes:

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Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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“The House That Jack Built”-Week Ten

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“The House That Jack Built”

Week Ten-Third Corner with Suggestions

Herein is the Third corner of the Pen & Ink worksheet with suggestions from viewers to “The House That Jack Built” project. This is a camera shot rather than a digital scan so coloring is different from the previous “3rd corner” post.

Thanks to all that have participated so far.

As I mentioned in the first post (June 16) of this project, not all suggestions can be incorporated into the image. However some suggestions I do not include may still find their way into another corner of the house.

An example of this:

A Newspaper was suggested for the Third Corner and I have added this to the First Corner Porch area.

Had two suggestions for wall clocks, one a cat clock with the pendulum tail and one a cuckoo clock, so I used the cuckoo clock design but put a cat in place of the bird.

As I continue to lay out the painting, some shifting, additions, and alterations of suggestions can still take place up to the final strokes of the brush.

Next week I will post the Fourth Corner with areas to be considered and look forward to additional suggestions.

The continuing posting schedule for the project is, as laid out:

Today, Monday, August 18; Third Corner with suggested items.

Monday, August 25; Post the Fourth and final Corner for suggestions of that area

Continue the sequence, and end the project with the posting of the completed painting.

Art notes:

All images and text are copyright Craig L Haupt

Postings of “The House That Jack Built” are every Monday Evening.

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