I’m thinking that continuing to post without a scanner is just silly. The first image here is along a road I can remember doing pastels of years ago; the layout of the more contemporary homes along the hillside is unique. The entire rendering is satisfying, but lacks the feel the more ornate buildings provide. IT’s …
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Morning haze
I sat in the park early this morning, intent on drawing the interesting skyline dark against the morning sky. The variety of spires and trees in this view really grabs my imagination. As I’m focusing on the drawing I’m surprised when I see a large fog bank has drifted down the stream with the morning …
Evolving plan
I posted several of these sketches in Facebook, but this is new this morning. The air traffic is subtler, barely a part of the visual field. I still need more practice, but I really love the direction. I should find a scanner, too; shots done with Photo Booth just don’t come close. There are many …
Beginning
I use ring binders to hold sketching paper. When I’m out and about, it doesn’t look much like I’m sketching – I could be doing a survey (“Stay away!”) or writing notes. I hate the performance aspect of sketching outside. I don’t relish working in front of people and will always move to the edges. …
why make marks?
My books are packed in boxes, so I have no easy access to Malraux’s Voices of Silence; I’m left to my own speculation. So when, and maybe more importantly why, did early man start to make marks? Shamanism is important, and the cave paintings in Europe are clear milestones, but before that, someone discovered they …
new stuff
I’m still feeling my way through this. This is a drawing of one of the characters in my current facebook header. I just finished several, and it was handy. I’m thinking that the blog will be a good spot for new work, but I currently lack a way to convert hardcopy work to digital or …
contagion
We have a ban on killing children and it’s failed. People have reacted, after a fashion; some think we need a more granular banning, others think we need to meet violence with violence. I think both approaches miss the point. People are killing children. Why? Society is changing. As I write this, NPR is talking …
Changes
I’m about to enter the market for a new place to live. About is relative in a college town: with the freshman search for housing and the departure of graduates there’s a cycle that requires a decision on staying or leaving seven months before it happens. So I’m in the market for July. Everything happens …