Day 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 abstractDay one hundred and seventy-seven: While looking for something to sketch today, I came across a photo that I took in Pompeii in June 2010. I don’t remember exactly where among the ruins I found these broken columns, but I liked the way they were framed against the blue Amalfi-coast sky in the snapshot. Impatient […]
Also tagged ancient, architecture, art on art, stoneDay one hundred and seventy-four: I’m not sure why I decided to paint an egg standing on end this evening. Perhaps because I thought it would be easy to shape and shade. With a little extra space in the lower left, I added the feather. The background evolved because I wanted the egg to sit […]
Also tagged bird, nature, still lifeDay 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 abstract, bird, pencil, self portraitDay one hundred and seventy: When I came to my computer to make today’s sketch, the garlic from yesterday’s still life was still sitting nearby. Tonight I worked on a “color” sketch of the bulb using oil pastel, although I ended up working in all whites and grays. After two days of studying garlic, I […]
Also tagged food, gray, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-eight: Driving home this evening, the night sky was flickering with lightning. As I pulled onto my street, big, heavy drops of rain began to splash on the windshield. Tired, and with little time to spare, this quick sketch is an attempt to capture the essence of a flash of lightning […]
Also tagged nature, nocturneDay one hundred and sixty-six: Strawberries at dinner inspired a simple still life of one this evening. Even though I eat the same strawberries from Costco all year round, they just seem to taste better under the evening sun of long summer days. So after I drew this strawberry, I ate it!
Also tagged food, red, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-four: Since my bird Helo made the daily sketch the other day, I thought my other feathered friend, Caprica Six, should make an appearance too. When Caprica is on me, he loves to pop in and out of the collar and sleeves of my t-shirt. He often settles himself facing out […]
Also tagged birdDay 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, nature