Day three hundred and sixty-five: Whoops! New Year’s Eve dinner with friends went later than expected, so I only had 45 minutes to make this sketch and post it before midnight. It’s based on a photograph I took in Costa Rica of a white heron (I don’t remember the exact species) that was walking along […]
Also tagged oil, pastelDay three hundred and fifty-one: Nearly every Saturday since I moved to Philadelphia, I have a visited a particular orchard’s stand at the Rittenhouse Square market. First, Caprica and I enjoyed a variety of delicious peaches, followed in the Fall by several kinds of apples. This morning, the farmer who now recognizes me as “a […]
Also tagged food, oil, pastelDay three hundred and fifty: Some days I guess I’m just in the mood to draw. I’ve always liked a particular photograph I took of a juvenile great blue heron at the mouth of the Madrigal River in Costa Rica, but I’ve never managed to sketch it. I’ve considered it several times, but abandoned the […]
Also tagged nature, oil, pastelDay three hundred and ten: While cleaning the apartment today I was listening to inspirational music, and began contemplating themes of fear and faith and despair and hope. The lyrics to one song caught my ear, and remembering the expressionist woodcut I liked yesterday, I thought I would try making up a new picture. After […]
Also tagged animal, face, pastel, pencilDay two hundred and ninety-three: Caprica has almost entirely regrown his primary wing feathers (an annual event), and after bragging at work about how beautiful they are, I thought perhaps I should make a quick sketch before they have to be trimmed. I love the turquoise color, and after they’re cut it’s hard to see […]
Also tagged pastelDay two hundred and seventy: Costa Rica photos are a great source of subject matter. I looked at several in my travel stash before I selected one of an osprey launching from a bare branch. A very lucky snap of the shutter! As I studied each candidate (a landscape, a great heron, a mangrove swallow) […]
Also tagged nature, pastel, pencilDay two hundred and sixty-two: Some of my favorites themes that have emerged over the course of the last 261 drawings include parrots, original prints, and classicism. This sketch incorporates a little of all three. It was inspired by a 1504 engraving of Adam and Eve made by German printmaker, Albrecht Dürer. Made between Dürer’s […]
Also tagged art on art, Dürer, face, figure study, parrot, pencilDay two hundred and fifty-three: Weekends are a great time to give my green-cheeked conure some extra attention. He loves being held in the palm of my hand, and to be given little scritches around his beak and eyes. While he enjoys little bird bliss, it gives me the opportunity to look closely at his […]
Also tagged animal, oil, pastelDay two hundred and twenty-three: August 11th is my birthday, and I had a wonderful time. No big party or special dinner, but I certainly didn’t mind. I got to do everything I love to do: work at my awesome job, eat my favorite lunch, bike around Philadelphia, and enjoy dinner and a TV show […]
Also tagged allegory, animal, food, oil