© Carolee Clark, "Quarry Hills," 10" x 10", acrylic
“Quarry Hills” 
sold
by Carolee Clark
10″ x 10″
acrylic on wrapped canvas
Since I had a minute to take an extra photograph, I thought I’d show you my sketch for this painting. I always sketch to determine how I’m going to compose the painting and get a feel for my subject. It is done in black ink so I can get dark, medium and light values (the pen I used for this was a Faber-Castell Pitt pen which uses India Ink). I don’t spend a lot of time on the sketch, this one took only a few minutes.
Sketch for "Quarry Hills" by Carolee Clark, ink
This is a submission for the Virtual Paint Out blog. Their area of concentration this month is New Zealand.
Carolee S. Clark, Painter 
More and more I have been doing a pencil sketch as a value guide while painting.
As always, I love the simplicity of your forms and the colors always get my attention.
I feel a small sketch helps in getting your mind ready for the painting. Thank you Libby!