Day 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, natureDay one hundred and fifty-four: Despite gray skies this afternoon, the sun burned through the haze just enough to cast a shadow on the sundial at Machu Picchu. This drawing is based on a photo I snapped with my iPhone just before sunset. The complex geometry of the sundial appears to have been carved out […]
Also tagged architecture, landscapeDay one hundred and forty-nine: Today’s little sketch is a study of part of a sculpture titled “Paradox” by Kate Christopher. In the sculpture there is a second figure looking down. Tomorrow I’m starting a 10-day trip to Peru, and I’m trying to decide whether I should take my computer and digital drawing pad, or […]
Also tagged figure study, sculptureDay 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, nature, spring, still lifeDay one hundred and forty-five: Occasionally, as I go though my day, I see something and immediately decide it should be the daily sketch. Today I was walking to my car after work, and encountered the orange cones and yellow paint you see here. I really enjoyed sketching in the forms with oil pastel, and […]
Also tagged architectureDay 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, nature, still lifeDay one hundred and thirty-seven: My friend, Dan K, has been making some nice photos lately. This morning he posted one taken at daybreak in Puerta Vallarta. I liked the dim geometric shapes of the buildings in front of the dusky mountain against a sky just beginning to glow with warmth. The spindly radio towers […]
Also tagged architecture, landscapeDay one hundred and thirty-five: This afternoon I visited the National Aquarium in Baltimore, and I snapped a shot of a seahorse with my iPhone. This oil pastel study is based on that photo.
Also tagged art on art, waterDay one hundred and twenty-nine: This little tulip is blooming outside my side door, and I like its coloring a lot. So in keeping the recent flower theme, I thought it should make the sketch of the day.
Also tagged flower, still lifeDay one hundred and twenty-eight: Several years ago I was quite enthusiastic about orchids. Friends started giving me orchids as gifts or to rescue, and now I have more than one reasonably needs. I used to spend quite a bit of time caring for them, but now I give them water and light and let […]
Also tagged flower, pencil, still life