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mountains with snowed-over truck

It has seemed a little odd not to be sketching for the last 11 days, and this evening after dinner I thought it would be relaxing to get out the digital drawing pad and do a little painting. So while I won’t be making a picture every day, there’s no reason not to post a […]

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barn and silo, Chester County, PA

  Day three hundred and fifty-nine: This is a very quick sketch of a snapshot I took during a walk after Christmas dinner. I know it’s a pretty sloppy study, and the original is much more complex, with additional trees and shadows. However, I wanted most to try and capture the bright bronze colors created […]

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silent night

Day three hundred and fifty-eight: Tonight, on Christmas Eve, I pray that all people everywhere, no matter what they believe, find love, joy, hope, and peace. Pass it on!

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nighttime landscape after William Blake

Day three hundred and fifty-seven: There were several little prints by William Blake (English, 1757-1827) in the study room today. One nocturnal landscape caught my eye in particular, both for the gnarly tree and the crescent moon wrapped around a black circle. When I began to imitate the print, I started sketching with black, but quickly […]

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study for an Amalfi Coast landscape

Day three hundred and fifty-six: In the mood for a quick landscape, and thinking it would be nice to do something Italian, I found a snapshot I took from a bus from Sorrento to Amalfi in June, 2010. This simple study is an attempt to organize shapes and colors to create the effect of a […]

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study of a Japanese landscape

Day three hundred and fifty-two: A day filled with the usual chores along with additional holiday tasks and planning left me little time or energy for a complex drawing. This very rapid sketch is based on a view from a hill overlooking the rooftop of the Golden Pavilion in Kyoto Japan.

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tokyo bay, 2004

Day three hundred and forty-nine: In 2004, I was snapping pictures of Tokyo from a tower near the center of the city. I’ve always been particularly fond of one distant view of Tokyo Bay that I photographed near sunset. Tonight’s sketch is based on a detail from that snapshot, and includes a giant Ferris wheel […]

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earth

Day three hundred and thirty-seven: I’ve been watching Stephen Hawking’s “Into the Universe” series on Netflix, which gave me the idea of sketching something galactic and fascinating. Nebulas the size of several light years seemed too complicated to begin with, so I decided to start closer to home. Today’s drawing using oil pastel is an […]

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gnarly tree

Day three hundred and thirty-six: Ever since I studied 16th-century Italian woodcuts intensely about a year ago, I’ve been enchanted by the bark-crusted trunks of twisting trees and stumps. I have a theory that every great artist has made one or two during the course of their career. This evening I visited the Pennsylvania Academy […]

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Colorado landscape

Day three hundred and thirty-two: It occurred to me the other day that although I’ve sketched many landscapes this year, I hadn’t made one of Colorado mountains. Tonight’s quick study, in oil pastel, is based on a photo I took of a sunset near Vail in late June, 2005. I loved sorting out layers of […]

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