Day 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, natureDay one hundred and thirty-eight: After three full days of apartment hunting I’ve narrowed it down to a couple places near Rittenhouse Square. Both are in brick buildings similar to the one I’ve quickly sketched here, but neither is as crooked! The apartment I’m leaning toward is in this particular place on the south side […]
Also tagged architectureDay one hundred and thirty-six: After a long day I just needed something – anything – to sketch. What you see here is a study of a very worn medieval sculpture (I believe 12th or 13th century), which can be viewed at the Cluny museum in Paris. The headless king has been posing at the […]
Also tagged art on art, medieval, sculptureDay one hundred and thirty-three: Making these daily sketches has become such a quotidian routine, that when I’m traveling it really shakes things up. Did I bring the digital drawing pad? Will I have internet? Where will I set up my computer? What will I draw? Tonight I made this sketch in a Baltimore hotel […]
Also tagged nocturneDay one hundred and thirty-two: I have no idea why I thought I should try making a collage, but somehow there it was. Before starting to sketch, I decided I would use pencil to incorporate artworks that appeared on certain pages of three museum guide books: page 20 of The National Gallery (London), page 30 […]
Also tagged art on artDay one hundred and thirty: Today I was cataloging prints at work, which means I get to look at amazing works on paper while I key data about them into a computer database. A sweetly sleeping cat on a pillow in the lower left corner of an intaglio print by the 16th-century artist Federico Barocci […]
Also tagged animal, art on art, pen and inkDay 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, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the one hundred and twenty-fourth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-four: I’ve been meaning to attempt a sketch of my sun conure, Helo, for several weeks. His primary wing feathers are very long right now, so he’s particularly […]
Also tagged animal, birdThis sketch is the one hundred and twenty-third in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-three: This evening I was talking with some friends, and couldn’t take my eyes off an acquaintance’s fantastic shirt with a large angel and serpent-person creature. It appeared […]
Also tagged art on art, figure studyThis sketch is the one hundred and twenty-second in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and twenty-two: I was all ready to attempt a magnolia blossom from the backyard in a Chinese painting style, when I received some photos from my parents. They attended […]
Also tagged art on art, figure study, oil