Day one hundred and fifty-six: Watching the sun break over the mountains and illuminate the Inca city of Machu Picchu is a spectacular experience. After checking in at the sun temple to confirm that it is not quite the winter solstice, I took this photo of the eastern ruins casting shadows across the grassy central […]
Also tagged architecture, landscape, oilDay one hundred and fifty-five: After hiking straight up about 941 feet via a steep and twisting series of stone steps, squeezing through a narrow tunnel, and tentatively perching myself on the the knife-shaped summit of Waynapicchu Moutain (altitude 8,924 feet), I snapped an aerial view photo of the Machu Picchu complex below. I had […]
Also tagged architecture, landscape, oilDay one hundred and forty-six: I think Spring into early summer might be my favorite time of year. The flowers are just stupendous. This study of an iris gave me a little trouble though: sometimes the Corel program seems to go mad, and my layers don’t work they way I think they should. I’m sure […]
Also tagged flower, oil, spring, still lifeDay one hundred and forty-three: Yesterday when I started my lily of the valley drawing, I had intended it to be in color. But once I started sketching with pencil, I decided to stick with the graphite. Tonight I started with oil pastel because I still wanted to try and capture the colors, and more […]
Also tagged flower, oil, still lifeDay one hundred and forty-two: It’s great to be back in Minneapolis, and enjoy all the Spring flowers. The lily of the valley smelled especially lovely after the rain storms today. This incomplete study could have used a little more time to blacken the background and sculpt the most important part: the flowers! Still this […]
Also tagged flower, pencil, still lifeDay one hundred and forty: When I move to Philadelphia, I’ll be living about three blocks from Rittenhouse Square. It’s an utterly charming park, and a perfect place to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee. Today’s sketch is a study for an etching depicting the little glass gazebo that stands in the center of […]
Also tagged architecture, landscape, pencilDay one hundred and twenty-seven: It’s a special time of year! The magnolia tree in the back yard has been slowly blooming the last several days, and I’ve wanted to sketch a few blossoms. It’s in full bloom today, and I thought I had better sketch it soon, as the warmer weather will push the […]
Also tagged flower, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the one hundred and fourteenth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and fourteen: Easter weekend has been very wet in Dayton, with overcast skies and long showers prevailing over sunshine. Unlike the Twin Cities, however, Spring has certainly sprung, and […]
Also tagged oilThis sketch is the ninety-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-nine: I’ve been looking at 16th-century Dutch landscapes all day while working on my paper. The use of a tree to anchor the scenes perspective and direct the viewer’s eye into the distance was […]
Also tagged landscape, pencil, springThis sketch is the eighty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-nine: A week or so ago as Spring seemed to have overtaken Winter, I made a drawing of receding snow and budding plants. Then it snowed another foot. Today I noticed some little sprigs […]
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