it's amazing when a group of people get together that have zero things in common except one simple thread that holds them together. we all have different backgrounds, different ages, different ethnicities, yet drawing for 3 hours together brings strangers together. i would have not met some of these people, nor spent time with them if it wasn't for art-making.
this past sunday a few of us from the sketching group got together and did a coffee shop sketchcrawl on park avenue.
[pilot falcon w/noodler's black eel ink, white gel pen, PITT warm gray markers, Tri-Tone colored pencils, Derwent inktese watercolor pencils all in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
just a quick sketch at a local establishment while i waited for a delicious burger. (yes, that is a smurf taped to the top of a 1988 phone)
[pilot V5 pen, white gel pen in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
i was informed that if you want a great cup of coffee, get a Chemex brewer. so i did. and come to find out it is a beautiful piece of cookware--it's design is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Modern Art in NYC.
[pilot falcon, white gel pen, PITT brush pens-warm gray all in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
i had some friends inquire about the "boathouse on canandaigua lake" painting i did for my mother--they wanted one! so i bought some canvases and set to work. i wanted to give it to them before they made the trek home, but at 10:30 at night, once i was finished, i was far from happy with it, so i gessoed over it and started over. but i made a "sketch" that i was really happy with that will be there finished painting shortly!
[acrylic paint on cardboard, shaprie marker]
whoa! whoa! whoa! this was way cool. another sketch group admin posted a sketch outing at the greenhouse cafe for their "bluegrass jam". the video below gives you an idea that it wasn't 2 hippies banging on bongo drums in a park. this was about 20 musicians that blew my mind. i am always impressed by people who are very good at a task. if someone didn't know the song they would watch another musician for a second, think, bounce the beat with their foot and jump in!
I also had an art teacher friend join me and an art geek friend of hers. we were sketching and sketching and sketching! we didn't even have time to catch up!
wicked.
xmas presents are fun to make!
[acrylic paint on 8"x 8" canvas, oil based markers]
what better way to take a break from xmas shopping than a little sketching time at B+N.
pilot V5 pen, pitt warm gray markers in a toned strathmore sketchbook]
