This sketch is the sixty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day sixty-seven: D. Y. Cameron was a Scottish artist who painted and made etched prints of landscapes in his native country. My drawing here was inspired by a picture of Ben Ledi by Cameron in […]
Also tagged art on art, cameron, charcoal, landscapeThis sketch is the sixty-fifth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day sixty-five: My friends Dori J. and John D. each sent me a link to http://www.thejohnnycashproject.com, a site where anyone can draw a frame from the video “Ain’t No Grave” by Johnny Cash. This is […]
Also tagged art on art, figure study, johnny cash, landscapeThis sketch is the fifty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty-0ne: This sketch was inspired by my own study of water yesterday, but more importantly a print in my collection by late 19th-century artist Alphonse Legros. He used drypoint and the impression has quite […]
Also tagged art on art, landscape, nature, pen and inkThis sketch is the fiftieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day fifty: Wasn’t sure what to draw, but wanted to work on a study of still water. Started in oil, but wasn’t in the mood to mess with color. Pencil was just the thing to […]
Also tagged landscape, nature, pencilThis sketch is the forty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-seven: Ok, I admit I totally ripped off this type of cartoon character from my friend Sara, who is also a 365-day sketcher, but I have been DYING to try making a funny strip […]
Also tagged cartoon, springThis sketch is the forty-fourth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-four: This morning when I went outside the unexpectedly warm air smelled like Spring. It reminded me of early season rowing when the air is warm, the water is dark and cold, and there […]
Also tagged athlete, oil, self portraitThis sketch is the fortieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty: I’d like to say this was a plein-air painting, but that would mean I wasn’t in Minnesota today, which I am. Not that winter is really so unbearable, but I must admit that […]
Also tagged landscape, nature, oilThis sketch is the thirty-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day thirty-two: This sketch was inspired by the rocky Pacific coast of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica between the point south of Serena and the Madrigal River (south too of the shipwreck). A fun […]
Also tagged landscape, nature, seascapeThis sketch is the third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day Three: It’s not about line, it’s about color. Extra points to anyone who can tell me what the salmon-colored line represents. On a side note: I’m totally humbled by this guy’s iPad finger painting. […]
Also tagged art on art, moran, veniceThis sketch is the first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day One: got Corel Painter 11; desperately need digital drawing pad (wacom). If James McNeill Whistler had to learn Corel in 30 minutes (and paint with a mouse), I’m sure he’d have done better. (Do […]
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