I've been sketching a little to get some art time in. Someone on the Hunt mentioned that I sketch quickly. Sometimes you can tell that more easily as you can see my perspective is out of whack. If you follow my blog, you know that I sketch with a pen and do not do any pencil lines. I try to look/see well and put it down the first time. I have convinced myself that this will help with my painting. If I can put the stroke down right the first time, I will have fewer strokes, less muddy color and an accurate description of my subject. Now I have to practice the painting part!
For Scavenger Hunt 63, #1 Big chair or sofa. Gene's recliner wit the Micron 005, 15 minutes.
#2 Wall clock. One of Gene's clocks that he got in Bolivia. It got wet on one of the moves and came apart in many, many pieces. It had been glued with something that was not waterproof. Gene put new veneer and glued it back together. Looks beautiful now. My sketch does not do it justice.
#3 Computer screen open to wetcanvas.com. This is open to
Joan's sketches, she does sketching with the fewest lines of any of us and they are so good. My copy is not! Ha. She is a watercolor artist. Micron 005 pen, 20 minutes
#4 Something metal. A pewter vase from Bolivia. 20 minutes with a Micron 005 pen.
#5 Camera. My camera that replaced the one I closed in the tailgate. :) About 15 minutes with two Micron 005 pens.
You can tell on these sketches that I was not working too hard on the perspective and ellipses. So .. does it help to sketch, just to sketch? I guess any practice is good.
For Scavenger Hunt 63, #1 Big chair or sofa. Gene's recliner wit the Micron 005, 15 minutes.
#2 Wall clock. One of Gene's clocks that he got in Bolivia. It got wet on one of the moves and came apart in many, many pieces. It had been glued with something that was not waterproof. Gene put new veneer and glued it back together. Looks beautiful now. My sketch does not do it justice.
#3 Computer screen open to wetcanvas.com. This is open to Joan's sketches, she does sketching with the fewest lines of any of us and they are so good. My copy is not! Ha. She is a watercolor artist. Micron 005 pen, 20 minutes
#4 Something metal. A pewter vase from Bolivia. 20 minutes with a Micron 005 pen.
#5 Camera. My camera that replaced the one I closed in the tailgate. :) About 15 minutes with two Micron 005 pens.
.... and Now
Sadly, I only finished nine out of the twenty-six for this Hunt. #6, 7 and 8. Something from the fridge - my favorite white wine, Doña Isadora from Chile along with a measuring cup and measuring spoons. Challenge to paint them together. I used the Micron 005 pens, black and green. About 20 -25 minutes in my sketchbook.
#9. Something you don't like to eat. This is Micron 005 pens, too. About 30 minutes. To find something I don't like to eat in this house is hard because I don't usually buy anything I don't like and as you might suspect, I like most foods. I was digging around and found this box of Jell-o. I don't like Jell-o very much and this low calorie stuff must be worse. It must have been there for a few years for one of us that was sick and couldn't eat solid food. Uuuuuu. When we were kids we used to swipe Jell-o from the cupboard and go eat it dry. I could eat it that way. :)
This is David when he came home after bootcamp, and the rest of us except Gene. Was he taking the photo?
A nice photo of me. I REALLY DISLIKE photos of me and this one is great as far as photos of me go!. Thank you Joanna!
This is another shot of the paintings above the telephone bank at the reception. Can you believe it? Maybe if you were 10 feet tall you could see them and who can read the cards? I'm disappointed for whichever paintings the persons that hung the show decided to put there, and even more so that they are mine and Rosie's. :( The show over all looks so nice and they did such a nice job on the reception. Joanna and I did see one lady writing down the name of my painting to vote for the Peoples' Choice, another lady was reading it for her on her tiptoes! Sigh....
