Sketches

Sketches

I have always liked making exercises and sketches in order to establish ideas and to handle the painting tools with ease, it is also a divertimento. I usually use different paper board, water colour paper and diverse colour cards. There is a further advantage too: these works can be done onto a lot of supports. It is better to work quickly as the exercises have to be solved just in a few minutes so the paint-strokes are firm and both the shape and the lines are merely suggested.

Usually, these sketches are either forgotten in a folder or discarded in the wastebasket, but as simple as these can seem to us, sometimes it is so really instructive to have a look at them from time to time. They tend to be inspirational as they keep the memories alive.

The collection:

Un rincon de Folkestone (somewhere in Folkestone). Watercolour and charcoal, 22 x 30-cm

La acequia (the ditch). Watercolour and charcoal, 17 x 25.5-cm

Piedras en el agua (stones in the water). Watercolour and charcoal, 17 x 34-cm

Apunte de desnudo 1 (naked body). Watercolour and pencil, 22.7 x 27-cm

Apunte de desnudo 2 (naked body). Watercolour and charcoal, 30 x 24-cm

Apunte de desnudo 3 (naked body). Watercolour and white pencil, 29 x 22-cm

Apunte de desnudo 4 (naked body). Watercolour and white pencil, 22 x 30-cm

Apunte de desnudo 5 (naked body). Watercolour and charcoal, 29 x 22.5-cm

Apunte de desnudo 6 (naked body). Watercolour and felt-tip pen, 29 x 24-cm

Apunte de desnudo 7 (naked body). Watercolour and white pencil, 26.5 x 21.5-cm

Apunte de desnudo 8 (naked body). Coloured watercolour pencil, 30 x 21.5-cm

Apunte de desnudo 9 (naked body). Watercolour and white pencil, 28 x 22-cm

Apunte de desnudo 10 (naked body). Watercolour and white pencil, 29 x 19-cm

El pequeño juego de café de Sara (Sara’s small coffee set). Watercolour and charcoal, 20 x 33-cm

Bodegón 1 (still life). Watercolour, 25 x 30.5-cm

Bodegón 2 (still life). Watercolour and charcoal, 23 x 30-cm

Bodegón 3 (still life). Watercolour, 19 x 21-cm

Bodegón 4 (still life). Watercolour and charcoal, 25 x 25-cm

Morandi. Watercolour and charcoal, 24 x 38-cm

Morandi. Watercolour, 35.5 x 27.5-cm

Apunte de desnudo 9 (naked body) | Guillermo Coll

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