Day one hundred and eighty-six: When I decided to make a sketch based on the style of a drawing I briefly saw at work today, I forgot that straight lines are not my strength. I even tried changing the diagonal angle to the opposite side to see if being left handed might have had something […]
Also tagged art on art, pencilDay one hundred and seventy-nine: The U-HAUL trailer is packed and ready for the long two-day trek to Philadelphia. Filling it efficiently is like a giant puzzle, and it seems like all I’ve done today is fit boxes next to each other. Why stop while sketching? Tonight’s simple drawing was inspired by the U-HAUL. The […]
Also tagged oilDay 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 […]
Also tagged 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 […]
Also tagged art on art, face, pencilDay one hundred and forty-eight: This last-minute sketch was inspired by a church spire I noticed on my way home from a dinner party. I used pastels and started playing with color because my friend Mary and I are starting a challenge that marries the styles of Munch and Magritte. This isn’t a particularly thoughtful […]
Also tagged allegory, architecture, nocturne, pastelDay one hundred and forty-four: Many days I’m copying the art or style of another artist, but I’ve been thinking lately that I’d like to find my own style. This spontaneous sketch works the surface of the sheet, which is a theme that I find very compelling. I also like using apparently sporadic lines in […]
Also tagged art on art, face, pencil, woodcutDay one hundred and thirty-nine: I made a couple attempts to sketch concrete subjects this evening, but my mind was simply too drained to concentrate on choosing and mixing colors, or working out a comprehensive subject. So I just started putting color on the canvas, and this is what happened. It seems incredibly flat to […]
Also taggedDay one hundred and thirty-four: I had to get something in under the wire tonight, so I grabbed the business card of an artist and mimicked the charcoal style on the back as quickly as possible. Kay Fenton is a senior at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, and this sketch imitates a […]
Also tagged art on art, black, charcoal, grayDay one hundred and twenty-six: Riding instead of driving tonight, I had the pleasure of really looking at the shapes and lights formed around an urban highway. This abstract gathers a few of those forms in an attempt to relate the aesthetic essence of that experience. I imagine this idea to be in line with […]
Also tagged oilThis sketch is the one hundred and seventeenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and seventeen: This afternoon, while carefully adhering pieces of paper to matte board using double stick film, I quickly learned that working with gravity gave the best results. Along […]
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