Marks and Happy Treat Sketches

Well, I got a couple of sketches done for the new Hunt.  I sketched at Gene's  PT with a Sharpie fine line marker in the Canson travel sketchbook, small.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 171  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-171-sep-23-oct-05.8279/

 

Number 1, use to make mark - Sharpie marker and pens on the counter

Today I sketched on the porch waiting for the hummers to come back after the feeders were empty and then refilled.  I think the migration is getting near the end.  They are so much fun to watch.

Number 2, happy treat - Gene's apple pie.  Sketched in the Conda Sketchpad with a Micron 02.  You can see the pen makes finer and lighter marks than the marker.

 

Empty Red Garlic Pastel Sketch

I played in the pastel dust a little today for the Scavenger Hunt from Life 170. Three items from the Hunt list: empty container (oil bottle), red (apple) and garlic.

This is on wiped off Pastelbord and just about an hour from brush off to photos, 9 x 12 inches.

Item numbers 2, 3, and 4. Click to see larger images.

Setup below:

I like to look at a painting in black and white to check my values. You can see a lot of mistakes that way.

The painting/sketch was a bit darker than I planned on the dark board after the wipe off so I played with it in Photoshop and changed the colors and lightness of the background. Fun just to see how the background affects the colors.

I doubt I will change it in real life, but fun to see.  It was fun to get my hands in the dust.  (I did wear latex gloves.)

We put the flag at half staff for Charlie Kirk today.  I'm not that religious but I liked that he let anyone speak regardless of opposing views.  He would give them the microphone and lay his down and listen.  We need more of that kind of debate in our country.  We aren't that different in core values.  If congress would do the same, our government might actually work.  There is no give and take in conversations anymore.  

 

Light Double Sketches and Smoke

I managed a couple of small sketches at Gene's PT today.  The lights is about 1/2 page and the water bottles about 1/4 page in the Conda Sketchpad with an Ohuhu Pen .5.  The ceiling there has so much stuff it is hard to get the lines going in correct directions. 

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 170  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-170-sep-11-sep-23.8239/page-4 

Number 2 - light
 

Number 3 - double

I think art is personal and artists should do the things that make them happy, be it painting, crafting, cooking, etc.  I really enjoy painting and sketching from life.  I have more or less dropped out of the forums that use photos.  Once in a while I can find something in a photo like a cow or other animal that it is hard to capture in real life as they won't be still.  Otherwise I like to have hands on information.  I like still life for that reason and also plein air painting.

I'm missing my pastels.  Maybe coming soon.  It is still too hot to paint outside except very early morning.  It is still 87º now about 10:00 p.m.  Not good.

Here is a clever sketch "easel" for standing and using watercolor or ?? On James Gurney's page.

https://open.substack.com/pub/jamesgurney/p/claytons-paint-rig?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

There was some sort of fire across our ponds/lakes today.  They are dry and it looked like some of the grass was on fire.  The fire trucks and emergency vehicles were on the other side, but a couple of the pickups drove down the path to check.  They were only there a couple of hours so I guess it was taken care of.  We drove around but couldn't see if it was just trees or one of the houses.  Maybe someone will let us know.

 

You can see how dry the grass is.  We do need lots of rain.  It will take several good rains to put water in the lakes.  The clouds were beautiful, wish they brought the rain.