Day 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 […]
Tagged animal, bird, oil, pastelDay two hundred and fifty-two: Exhausted after a long day at work, followed by the exhibition opening of “Here and Now” at the art museum, and then dinner, I had to keep today’s sketch as simple as possible. All my tired mind could muster was an image I saw walking home of a lone man […]
Tagged figure study, nocturne, oilDay two hundred and fifty-one: More playing around with media today: this time a mix of black pen and dusky watercolor washes to create an imaginary mountain lake at nightfall. This study was inspired by my memory of landscape etchings by D. Y. Cameron.
Tagged cameron, landscape, pen and ink, watercolorDay two hundred and fifty: When I was a kid, around fifth grade or so, watercolors were my favorite way to paint. When I started this blog, and began using the Corel Painter 11, it was one of the first “brush categories” I tested. And I hated it. The colors diffused all over in a […]
Tagged animal, art on art, watercolorDay two hundred and forty-nine: Not much time today for an in depth study. The subject matter in this silly scribble was triggered by an exhibition that’s being installed at work. Called “Here and Now,” it is a show of prints, drawings, and photographs by contemporary Philadelphia artists. It is going to be fantastic with […]
Tagged cartoonDay two hundred and forty-eight: An indirect request from a colleague at work steered me toward sketches after photographs by Paul Strand. I wasn’t very satisfied with the final product of yesterday’s study of “Rebecca,” but I did enjoy applying and blending color to create shape and surface. I thought I’d try one more, so […]
Tagged face, oilDay two hundred and forty-seven: I’ll be the first to admit that, aside from the pose, the woman in my sketch doesn’t look like the woman in the photograph I used as a model. The original is a Palladium print at the Getty Museum of a photograph taken by Paul Strand in 1923. It’s titled […]
Tagged face, oilDay two hundred and forty-six: When I started reading a section on homemade pasta in an Italian cookbook, I didn’t realize I would be making some a few hours later. But with some extra time on a long, relaxing weekend, it was the perfect thing to try. Without no pasta machine, I decided to follow […]
Tagged food, oilDay two hundred and forty-five: Today a visiting artist asked to study a painting on paper by the Swiss artist Paul Klee (1879-1940), whose work explored cubism, expressionism, and surrealism at different times. My sketch here is inspired by Fermata, painted by Klee during a brief period in the early 1930s. The original is much […]
Day two hundred and forty-four: I woke up from a dream last night, and couldn’t fall back asleep right away. I remembered dreaming of a giant oracle that looked something like this. She originally appeared as a beggar on the sidewalk who would not let me pass. When she trapped me and spoke I realized […]
Tagged allegory, figure study, surreal