Today was sketch day during Gene's PT. It was cold this morning but warmed up to about 55º by 11:15 am or so when I was sketching. I did sit in the car for comfort. The cacti is by the entrance to the shopping area. I hadn't really noticed them before. The intersection is pretty busy turning off the frontage road to the mall. Today there was no traffic. The plants are well tended and look very nice.
The sketch is in the Ohuhu Mixed media sketchbook sketched with an Ohuhu .03 pen and watercolors.
In the class with Enid Wood we were talking about developing texture with pastels. I remembered the class I had with Tom Christopher in Arkansas. I went with my art buddy Lou Baggett. She, Toby, Gene and I shared a house for the workshop. We had a great time and learned a lot. David and Lisa came too for the visiting part. (You can put Tom Christopher in the search box at the top of my home page and see about the workshop and his techniques.
I did this painting using his stumbling technique to build texture. I like it and his use of color. Good memories.
Twilight Pines
16 x 20 inches
Pasteboard
While looking for a good link to Tom, I rediscovered the videos on the website of the New Mexico Pastel Society. They have a large collection of videos by some of my favorite artists that have given demos there. They include demos by Enid Wood, Tom Christopher, Natasha Isenhour, Karen Margulis, Desmond O'Hagan, Michael Chesley Johnson, Doug Dawson and more that I haven't seen in person. You should check it out and I will do the same. I might discover some new favorites.
I laughed today. The "kids" and I still do Wordle, Wurdle and other word puzzles. Today the 6 letter word in one of them was sketch. You get 6 tries to get the word. On my 5th try I had the S and the T in the right position and had the E in the wrong position. I stared at it for the longest time and tried so many ideas in my head and on the iPad. When I saw it, I couldn't believe that word hadn't come to mind after seeing and talking about it every day for the Hunts and just sketching. Crazy. Maybe that is why I like puzzles.
2 comments:
I'm glad you are still getting out for a little sketch time. It is so important for your soul to be able to do something as simple as that. Life can and does easily get in the way. The pastel of the tree in the field is gorgeous!! I love the play of light in it.
Joan, thanks . You inspire me to get out....
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