Day 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, oil, still lifeThis sketch is the ninety-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day ninety-nine: I’ve been looking at 16th-century Dutch landscapes all day while working on my paper. The use of a tree to anchor the scenes perspective and direct the viewer’s eye into the distance was […]
Also tagged landscape, nature, pencilThis sketch is the eighty-ninth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-nine: A week or so ago as Spring seemed to have overtaken Winter, I made a drawing of receding snow and budding plants. Then it snowed another foot. Today I noticed some little sprigs […]
Also tagged nature, oilThis sketch is the eighty-sixth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-six: Very simple tonight. I just felt like practicing creating forms. This silhouette of a twiggy, flowering shrub is based on a detail from the place mat sitting next to my computer. The background, […]
Also tagged black, nature, oil, pencil, still lifeThis sketch is the eighty-first in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty-one: I woke up to heavy rain this morning, which came and went all day along with stiff winds. I love the rain, and even though it was cold, was delighted to pull out […]
Also tagged oil, pencil, self portrait, waterThis sketch is the eightieth in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day eighty: My friend Steven suggested I sketch Spring today. I decided to imagine a little landscape where receding snow gives way to sprigs of grass and a handful to tulips pushing up through last […]
Also tagged landscape, oilThis sketch is the forty-seventh in a 365-day challenge to draw a picture a day, every day, for a year… Day forty-seven: Ok, I admit I totally ripped off this type of cartoon character from my friend Sara, who is also a 365-day sketcher, but I have been DYING to try making a funny strip […]
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