Sophie Peanut is an illustrator from Halifax, England. Her work is mainly created from a rapid sketching technique using watercolours and ink, which I find really interesting.
Her series on 'Sketching People at Work', is very fascinating to me. I love how she used a concertina style page to capture various corners of the workplaces she chose.
I can relate to her wanting to try to capture the 'feel'and 'smells' of the place as this is something I would be interested in portraying myself in my own sketches. I like the way Sophie added text to her sketches to describe certain things within the drawing.
I am sure I will find her tips very useful for my own rapid sketches as this is something quite new to me and I'd like to pick up some new techniques to improve.
Sophie's work has a lot more atmosphere and depth than my simple line sketches. I'm dabbling in adding watercolours but have not yet achieved the quality I would like. I am very interested in learning techniques to create detail without taking a long time to do it.
I found this blog post about rapidly sketching people, which is something I am interested in so will leave this link here for reference:
Peanut, S. (2019). Quick People Sketches - A Lesson in Letting Go by Artist Sophie Peanut. [online] Sophie Peanut - Illustrator. Available at: https://sophiepeanut.com/quick-people-sketches/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
Merits and pitfalls.I found this blog post about rapidly sketching people, which is something I am interested in so will leave this link here for reference:
Peanut, S. (2019). Quick People Sketches - A Lesson in Letting Go by Artist Sophie Peanut. [online] Sophie Peanut - Illustrator. Available at: https://sophiepeanut.com/quick-people-sketches/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
I think there is a lot of merit to working quickly and learning techniques to do so effectively. You can create a big body of work and also sketch across a range of subject matters, like landscapes, people, still life.
However, I would not want to solely focus on rapid sketching as it's nice to take your time and lose yourself in your drawings sometimes.
Other Artist's Using Rapid Sketching:
The first artist that comes to mind is Danny Gregory. Danny Gregory. (2019). Danny Gregory. [online] Available at: https://www.dannygregory.com/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
I came across his life sketching many years ago when I was trying to find my way with drawing. He has a similar style to Sophie Peanut and I like that both of these artists document life in a very vibrant yet simple style.
Quentin Blake. (2019). Quentin Blake. [online] Available at: https://www.quentinblake.com/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
Similar in terms of medium to Sophie Peanut and Danny Gregory, Quentin Blake uses simple brush strokes and intentional lines to create his characters and their environments.
However, I would not want to solely focus on rapid sketching as it's nice to take your time and lose yourself in your drawings sometimes.
Other Artist's Using Rapid Sketching:
The first artist that comes to mind is Danny Gregory. Danny Gregory. (2019). Danny Gregory. [online] Available at: https://www.dannygregory.com/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
I came across his life sketching many years ago when I was trying to find my way with drawing. He has a similar style to Sophie Peanut and I like that both of these artists document life in a very vibrant yet simple style.
Quentin Blake. (2019). Quentin Blake. [online] Available at: https://www.quentinblake.com/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
Similar in terms of medium to Sophie Peanut and Danny Gregory, Quentin Blake uses simple brush strokes and intentional lines to create his characters and their environments.
E.H Shepard En.wikipedia.org. (2019). Winnie-the-Pooh. [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
His illustrations for Winnie the Pooh remind me of Quentin Blake in that they are created with simple marks and paint strokes but have a more gentle feel to them.
His illustrations for Winnie the Pooh remind me of Quentin Blake in that they are created with simple marks and paint strokes but have a more gentle feel to them.
I was trying to find artists who use other mediums and who also use the principle of rapid mark making. I had a look online and then in my art book - The art book. (1997). London: Phaidon.
Erich Heckel Arthive. (2019). Windmill in Dangast by Erich Heckel: History, Analysis & Facts. [online] Available at: https://arthive.com/erichheckel/works/198140~Windmill_in_Dangast [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019].
Erich Heckel has quite a rapid style, especially in his painting 'Windmill, Dangast'. He uses the paint in bold marks and uses bright primary colours.
Erich Heckel has quite a rapid style, especially in his painting 'Windmill, Dangast'. He uses the paint in bold marks and uses bright primary colours.
Cy Twombly Nga.gov. (2019). Untitled (Bolsena). [online] Available at: https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.93392.html [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019]. is another artist who uses rapid marks in his work. 'Bolsena' is a good example of this.
'The Art Book', made reference to Jackson Pollock, https://www.jackson-pollock.org. (2019). Jackson Pollock: 100 Famous Paintings Analysis and Biography. [online] Available at: https://www.jackson-pollock.org/ [Accessed 23 Aug. 2019] which is another famous artist who uses striking mark making techniques to create very vibrant pieces.
All these artists use a similar technique but have a very different outcome for the final piece of work.
I would like to experiment further with this style and see where it takes me.
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