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Saturday, August 03, 2024

Back with a Hand Sketch

It is always hard to get back in a routine when you stop doing art or exercising or ???  David and Lisa were here.  We framed a few of the sketches and a painting for them to take home.  There is never enough time to get everything done.  Time now to get back to painting and sketching ... or at least sketching.  David spent quite a while working on our kitchen table.  The base was very wobbly.

I sketched here at my computer table in the small Canson travel sketchbook with a Sharpie fine line pen that is about out of ink and nib.  For Scavenger Hunt from Life 124  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-124-july-30-aug-7.7120/


Number 1 hand
Number 2 scratchy - back scratcher

The back scratcher was a gift from my friend, Sue.  It is about 8 inches long and extends to 26.5 inches.  It is small for carrying in an art bag and using as a mahlstick.  Cheap and clever.


 
Texas Roots
Pastel on Pastelbord, 9 x 12 inches
Framed in black wooden frame

Neighborly
Pastel on Sanded Paper, 8 x 10 inches
Framed in blue wooden Frame

We framed these two pastel sketches and they went off to Kentucky. 
 
Border Line
Pastel on Art Spectrum Sanded Paper
12 x 24 inches framed in gold plein air frame

This painting was painted in 2016 on the border of Mexico and New Mexico near Las Palomas.  It was interesting to see in the sunlight.  It is an old dance hall or a public meeting place?  Our hotel was right across the road.  This painting went with David.  I will miss it on my shelf in my studio.  It has been there all these years, unframed.
 

2 comments:

Joan Tavolott said...

How great that you got to spend time with David and Lisa and also got some framing done. They must look really nice in the frames. I guess if David took the third painting that means you will have to replace it on your shelf.

Nice sketch of the hand with the backscratcher. I'd use it more for that. lol

Jo Castillo said...

Joan, Thanks. We put the Border Line in a stressed gold frame from Mexico. It did look nice. Maybe I can get David to take a photo. And yes, the backscratcher is a good one. I like that it has rounded tines so it doesn't actually "scratch".


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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