Day three hundred and thirty-four: A discussion among students visiting the study room this afternoon about self-portraiture in prints reminded me that I haven’t sketched a proper self-portrait yet this year. At least not that I remember being any sort of serious attempt at a realistic representation of myself. This self-portrait was made in brown […]
Tagged pencil, self portraitDay three hundred and thirty-three: For the last few days leading up to this seemingly momentous number, I’ve been thinking that I would create some special picture to commemorate the 333rd drawing this year. But I forgot all about it until I logged in to post this quick sketch of an Athenian vase. It’s based […]
Tagged ancient, oil, pastel, pencilDay 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 […]
Tagged landscape, nature, oil, pastelDay three hundred and thirty-one: I liked the way the trees I finger sketched the other day turned out, and so I thought I would try a more complex tree with the digital drawing pad. I was delighted to find myself able to make a branch that didn’t split out to the side, but rather […]
Tagged landscape, pencil, treeDay three hundred and thirty: Last night of finger painting on the iPad before I’m back in Philly with my computer and the digital drawing pad. I started by playing with a strange brush setting in Sketchbook Pro that made the background look like granite. I thought about trying to make a face carved in […]
Tagged face, iPadDay three hundred and twenty-nine: Late November in Minnesota can be so delightfully melancholy, especially when it hasn’t yet snowed. Bare trees, the last rake-missed leaves scattered and rustling beneath a low, overcast sky. Honking geese have left behind cawing black crows. Damp grays and browns settle and wait to be cloaked in a sparkling […]
Tagged iPad, landscape, pencilDay three hundred and twenty-eight: After a lot of cooking and visiting on a fine Thanksgiving day in Minneapolis, I am grateful that a simple doodle on the iPad is all that is required of the daily sketch. The figure and the blue burst flashed in my mind this afternoon, and when I sat down […]
Tagged figure study, iPadDay three hundred and twenty-seven: Finding myself at the iPad with nothing to sketch, and with Thanksgiving recipes on my mind, I started doodling Brussels sprouts from memory. I love drawing on the pad directly with my fingertips because it seems easier to make both fluid and straight lines than with my digital pen. It […]
Tagged food, iPadDay three hundred and twenty-six: Thinking about this pending holiday of gratitude, I had the silly idea of Caprica acting in a Thanksgiving play, wearing a tall pilgrim’s hat. Of course, he should offer something delicious for the meal, and so I gave him a pumpkin. Perhaps there’s more to the story, but all that […]
Tagged cartoonDay three hundred and twenty-five: About the time I put the digital pen to the pad, my good friend, Dana, called from Minneapolis. As we chatted, I started doodling away, and by the time I hung up, half the white space was filled in. The face and surrounding shapes I had drawn looked a little […]
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