Unfinished Sepia Tree

This is one I started yesterday.  It is going to take a lot of frisket to finish.  I wonder if there is a better way.

Escape from Traffic

People who live near me might recognize this spot.  Our area has had lots of traffic issues lately.  Wouldn't it be nice to just pull off the road and sit by the water for awhile?

I finally used the new jar of frisket I bought about a week ago.  Love it.  No more trying to paint around things.

Leaves on a glass table

The leaves on the glass tabletop cast a shadow on the cross bar a few inches below.  The stick looks like a person to me.  

I put drawing ahead of my job today.  Finally.  I was in the car on my way to school to try to get some things done.  It was such a beautiful day.  I drove past school to a park and found a lovely spot near a bridge over a stream.  I stayed there until I was good and ready to go to school.  I only worked at school for about an hour.  I will deal with the consequences on Monday.  I plan to start ink drawing with 5th grade.  I have taught the lesson before, but I will need to prepare the supplies when I get to school Monday morning.  All will be well as long as I remain healthy and no crisis arises that causes me to need to call a sub.

A little tea pot

I've said it before and I'll say it again.  If I wanttobe a person who exercises and creates art I need to exercise and create some art.  

October 23, 2013

No words today

Throw Away

The volume of clutter in my house has been an issue for some time now.  I am making an attempt today to get rid of as much as I can.  This is something I made in architecture class in about 1988.  I really enjoyed making it and I still like how it looks but it takes up space.  Now I have a photo of it and that is enough.  

Hopefully others in my family will be inspired to also get rid of clutter.  It is not all mine, but I can make a positive impact.

San Francisco de Asis...again

Not quite sure what material this is either.  Some color sticks I had around the house.  Colored pencil, I think.  I promised myself I would draw today.  Kept that promise.

San Francisco de Asis Church in Taos

I worked from a photograph I took when I was there in June.  Light and shadow on simple forms is fun for me.  I'm still working out the texture and how the edges come together.  I found that the two colors do not behave the same.  The black is charcoal.  The brown is some sort of conte crayon.  I do not have the cardboard from the package anymore, just the plastic tray that they both came in.  Why package them together if they do not work well together?  

Trying this again in another medium would be a good thing.

No sketchbook handy

I can only do what I can do.