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 […]
Also tagged animal, bird, 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 […]
Also tagged figure study, nocturneDay 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 […]
Also tagged faceDay 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 […]
Also tagged faceDay 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 […]
Also tagged foodDay two hundred and forty-two: I started and scrapped several sketches before I decided to flip though travel photos for a subject I could paint. Scrolling through a set from Agrigento, Sicily reminded me of the ancient and very worn sandstone columns in the so-called “Valley of the Temples.” Based on descriptions of the area […]
Also tagged ancient, architecture, art on artDay two hundred and forty: I’m a fan of German Expressionist, Emil Nolde’s, intaglio printmaking, particularly for the sense of layers he achieve when working with etching and aquatint together. My study today is based on a detail from his 1911 print Schriftgelehrte (Scribes), which is one of my many favorites in the Thrivent Financial […]
Also tagged art on art, face, noldeDay two hundred and thirty-eight: Even though today’s sketch is based on a photograph of a real place on Earth that I visited, I’ve always thought this view seemed like something out of a science fiction action movie. It was a delightfully fun study to quickly paint. I’d like to tell you where this location […]
Also tagged landscape, sunsetDay two hundred and thirty-five: Scanning through photos to find a subject for today’s drawing, I came across one I took a couple of years ago while observing lava flowing into the ocean at nightfall in Hawaii. Although it’s a different natural phenomena, the lava reminded me of the earthquake tremor we felt at the […]
Also tagged landscape, natureDay two hundred and thirty-three: I think the moon is half full right now, and waning, although you wouldn’t know it this evening due to storm clouds and rain. The half-moon in this sketch is based on a snapshot I took around New Year’s, 2004. I believe it was waxing at the time. Good night, […]
Also tagged moon, nature