Sketching the negative shapes (the shapes between your subject matter) can be easier than drawing the thing itself. Drawing is an activity that demands that you to be fully present, pay attention, make moment by moment observations of shapes, lines, textures and lighting, and swiftly transfer these impressions on to paper. Learning to sketch the negative speeds up this process. Since our ... continue reading...
Play Days
Somedays, are play days. Before “getting down to work”, I experiment with different papers, brushes, and materials. Otherwise, I can so quickly get too fussy, too absorbed in drawing it "right". Subject matter comes from some object on my desk, a collection of old "Golden Nature Guides", a "New Yorker" cover, a book about old wire kitchen implements, favorite picture books, a garlic bulb from the ... continue reading...
Drawing in Overwhelm
I haven’t written a blog or posted an image on social media for quite some time. That part of my life got submerged for a few years. 2021 was a year of debilitating mystery headaches and leg problems for me, a year of unexpected heart surgery for my husband. It was a series of seven hospital stays for my 100 year old mother, and driving and visiting for me. My mum died early the next year. ... continue reading...
Color Scheme Days
Some days arrive with a color scheme. You wake up and there it is. It starts with a pale pink and creamy yellow carnation resting in a glass on the oak brown table and then all day long, effortlessly, you see those colors repeating, in the blouse of the women in front of you at the grocery till, in the hair and leather collar of a small dog tucked in the arm of its owner at the coffee shop. The ... continue reading...
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