Day two hundred and four: This busy Saturday was filled with house chores and weekend grocery shopping. I hit the Rittenhouse Square market this morning to buy fruits and vegetables for the week. I found some not-yet-ripe peaches that I put in a bowl with a couple of almost-too-ripe bananas, which should help speed up […]
Also tagged oil, still lifeDay two hundred and two: Keeping it simple this fine Thursday evening, I quickly painted my salt shaker and pepper mill. One is old and short, while the other is tall and new. Yet I think of them as a set because their curved shapes are strikingly similar, and the painted red mill shares affinity […]
Also tagged oil, still lifeDay one hundred and ninety-two: This study is inspired by a Giorgio de Chirico oil painting I saw in a book today. Made c. 1930, the original is titled Still Life with Apollo Belvedere and Fruit, and I love, love, love it. Maybe someday I’ll make it to the Galleria dello Scudo in Verona to […]
Also tagged face, sculpture, still lifeDay one hundred and eighty-five: This morning I found that the remaining cherries I bought at the market a couple days ago were very ripe and needed to be eaten. I immediately thought about making a pie. There wasn’t enough fruit for a full one, so I added some nectarine, blueberries, and strawberries, which is […]
Also tagged oil, pencil, still lifeDay one hundred and eighty-three: Today marks the midway point of what my fellow daily sketcher, Sara W., has called a “possibly doomed” 365-day challenge to make a drawing a day for a year. Some days I’m inclined to agree. This evening I had no idea what to sketch, and stared at a blank white […]
Also tagged oil, still lifeDay 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 gray, oil, still lifeDay one hundred and sixty-nine: Looking for a mini-still life I thought I could easily sketch, I grabbed a head of garlic and a couple of extra cloves. My original intention was to paint the garlic in color, but once I started the study in pencil, I decided to just go with it. Lately, one […]
Also tagged pencil, still lifeDay 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 oil, red, still lifeThis sketch is the one hundred and eleventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day one hundred and eleven: When visiting my aunt and grandmother in Dayton, Ohio, it is customary, whenever possible, to visit Graeter’s to enjoy some of their delicious ice cream. Tonight, my […]
Also taggedThis sketch is the eighty-eight in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-eight: This evening I had the pleasure of attending my friend Dan’s birthday party at the restaurant Buca in Minneapolis. The meal concluded with a rousing song and a delicious carrot cake. I love […]
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