Whoops! I forgot about these guys!
The first painting was an edit to a painting of the Canandaigua boathouses that I started a few weeks ago. I was unhappy with it and edited some of the shadows and pushed some colors. Much better!
The second was a small plant in the corner and I decided to make an impromptu still-life. 30 minutes later--Voila!
[Oil paints on 8x10 gessoboard]
Below are a random assortment of some one-off sketches from the past week.
From top to bottom:
-A pile of creamers while I ate a lonely breakfast at the local diner's counter
-My favorite local haunt and their interesting customers. This one was difficult because the lights were soooooo low that I couldn't see what I was drawing. Sort of like a forced blind contour drawing!
-same place, same night
-nobody is safe! especially at staff meetings!
-one of my favorite USK artists did a cool sketch/collage at an antique shop and I wanted to give it a try! Of course his is a lot cooler, but I dig the idea.
[copic .25 pen, white gel pen, PITT warm gray markers in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
[pilot falcon, w/noodler's black eel ink, watercolor in a S+B gamma series sketchbook]
While waiting for my professional development to start I sipped on my over-roasted coffee and sketched some teachers chatting. I made them as blind-contour drawings (thus the weird look on the woman on the left), but took more time with the beautiful birch trees that seemed to be peaking into every window. There is a very big difference between private school campuses and public!
Get used to this sight: a student taking a test--and more tests, and more tests. I was asked to cover a class and they just so happened to be taking a test. There wasn't much to do except sketch these zombie-students clicking away. More wasted time to see if teachers are good at what they do or not.
[#2 pencils in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
Just some more France inspired sketches. She has a ton of sketches of small, mundane things that end up looking cool. One that sticks out a lot is her drawing of a simple rubber band.
[copic .25 black pen, in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
[oil on gessobord<--yes that is spelled correctly]
these were some sketches i made while demo-ing to first grade today! what a fun day!
[copic .25 black pen, PRANG student colored pencils in a strathmore toned sketchbook]
