Posted in Everyday Sketches, Travel Sketchbooks on April 30, 2008 | No Comments »
Any vacation worth its salt centers at least partially around adventure-eating. The new Museum of the American Indian in WAshington, D.C. features a lunchroom like no other I’ve ever seen. Indian cuisine from various Indian cultures in the Americas, prepared native-style and fit for the table of any four star restaurant. I [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches on April 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
On the weekend Janet and Leon (my hosts for the week) do a crossword puzzle together and so, Saturday morning i found them at the breakfast table, heads together, immersed in word puzzle. Thinking “how lovely, how intimate, how mind-expanding” (mindless enthusiasm is my natural state) I solicited Leon’s help to do the above [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches, Travel Sketchbooks on April 28, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Just returned from a 10 day vacation to visit old friends and make some new ones, have a break from my routine at home, attend art museums and sketch. When I was in my 20’s and 30’s I lived for eleven years in the Washington, D.C. area and have longed to go back for [...]
Posted in Contemplative Sketchbooks on April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
ink, acrylic, collage on sketchbook paper
It’s been a while since I’ve been on a trip. I leave tomorrow for 9 days back east in the Washington, D.C. area where I’ll be visiting old friends, going to museums and sketching. Nine days away from family, chickens, garden and familiar routines, including blogging! Reminds me of pulling [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches, Travel Sketchbooks, Workshops on April 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
by Bettina Armstrong
This little frog sculpture stands right outside my studio door. But never has he had so much personality as when Bettina (who’s sort of a beginner with watercolor) sat down to do this 15 minute color sketch. I timed them you see, so I know how long it was. A [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches on April 13, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Susan and her goat model
I wasn’t having much luck at capturing the likeness of this sweet goat lady, who along with her sister (I think they were girls! but they had goatees - does that make them boys??) charmed me with their sweetness. The workshop attendees all met at the famous Wild Flour bakery [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 12, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We left our home and families today - with their homework crunches and gardens to weed and houses to renovate, etc. and entered the world of garden and paint and drawing and the excellent company of other weekend “escapees”. And I, as teacher, had the most relaxing imaginable day, a lovely warm day - [...]
Posted in Figurative Abstracts, Figure studio sketches on April 12, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Conte crayon and charcoal, 5 min poses
Sometimes you get a model who has so much soul that every pose captures something profound about the human condition. This describes Walter. You don’t have to search for a way to make an interesting drawing, but can just abandon yourself in the pose and the feeling [...]
Posted in Everyday Sketches, Workshops on April 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »
How many people do you know who want to do art but say they don’t have time for it? Most of the people I know actually (including myself, only that’s because I’m so greedy and always want more time for it) I’ve adapted to this time starvation by constantly seeking and discovering ways [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Charcoal, watercolor, pen on w/c sketch paper
I recently picked up a new book, Spirit of Drawing: A sensory meditation guide to creative expression by Connie Smith Siegel, Watson-Guptill 2007 One of the exercises starts with eyes closed and hands on your blank paper, sensing it through touch. Eyes still closed you pick [...]
