Day one hundred and seventy-four: I’m not sure why I decided to paint an egg standing on end this evening. Perhaps because I thought it would be easy to shape and shade. With a little extra space in the lower left, I added the feather. The background evolved because I wanted the egg to sit […]
Tagged bird, nature, oil, still lifeDay one hundred and seventy-three: When I sat down to draw this evening an image of Icarus was on the TV. Instead of a winged figure, I decided to keep it simple and sketch a single feather. I see long tail and wing feathers from my birds all the time, so I tried to draw […]
Tagged nature, pencil, still lifeDay one hundred and seventy-two: The broken bust in yesterday’s sketch gave me an idea for a megalithic stone hand, broken at the wrist. Tonight I sketched my own hand and its shadow in grayscale, and by chance it ended up stretched across a blank square. I went with it, colored in the square and […]
Tagged abstract, bird, oil, pencil, self portraitDay one hundred and seventy-one: I drew today’s sketch out of my mind. A couple of days ago I saw a painting by contemporary German mannerist Michael Triegel that included the head from a broken sculpture. It seemed surreal to me, and reminded me of the work of Giorgio de Chirico. However, the rest of […]
Tagged abstract, art on art, face, pencilDay one hundred and seventy: When I came to my computer to make today’s sketch, the garlic from yesterday’s still life was still sitting nearby. Tonight I worked on a “color” sketch of the bulb using oil pastel, although I ended up working in all whites and grays. After two days of studying garlic, I […]
Tagged food, gray, oil, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-nine: Looking for a mini-still life I thought I could easily sketch, I grabbed a head of garlic and a couple of extra cloves. My original intention was to paint the garlic in color, but once I started the study in pencil, I decided to just go with it. Lately, one […]
Tagged food, pencil, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-eight: Driving home this evening, the night sky was flickering with lightning. As I pulled onto my street, big, heavy drops of rain began to splash on the windshield. Tired, and with little time to spare, this quick sketch is an attempt to capture the essence of a flash of lightning […]
Tagged nature, nocturne, oilDay one hundred and sixty-seven: It’s too bad smells can’t be painted, because the fragrance of the peonies I sketched this evening is glorious. So it the subtle explosion of pale pinks in the hundreds of petals that form each blossom. It would have taken me all night to complete a naturalistic representation of these […]
Tagged flower, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-six: Strawberries at dinner inspired a simple still life of one this evening. Even though I eat the same strawberries from Costco all year round, they just seem to taste better under the evening sun of long summer days. So after I drew this strawberry, I ate it!
Tagged food, oil, red, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-five: When my parents joined the Peace Corps last Fall and I helped them pack up their house, I had no idea I myself would be moving less than one year later. Packing up kitchen utensils and books today reminded me of the time I spent with Mom and Dad in […]
Tagged pencil, still life