Friday, May 30, 2008

080526 lantern


080526 lantern, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM #016 favourite tool
This early 1970's lantern still works. It's a favorite camping tool.

080525 lure


080525 lure, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

While canoing I found this lure. It was well labeled.

080519 yearbook photo


080519 yearbook photo, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

I found this book with high-school portraits of famous people. Not sure why I chose Lionel Richey. The book was staying open to the page with his picture

080516 watch face


080516 watch face, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#008 watch
My swiss army watch. I started the circle a bit big... it didnt fit on the page.

080511 zipper


080511 zipper, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

a pair of jeans

Thursday, May 22, 2008

080425 to Italy


080425 to Italy, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

I visited Italy for a week. I was in Venice, Florence, and Bologna. I took my travel-size watercolor kit.

080501 Florence Duomo


080501 Florence Duomo, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

The Duomo in Florence is beautiful.

080501 view from hotel


080501 view from hotel, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#018- view from window
Nice hotel, not so nice view

080501 Crucifix feet


080501 Crucifix feet, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

In one of the side chapels of S. Croce there was a gilded crucifix. I found the detail of the feet interesting.

080430 Florence Lunch


080430 Florence Lunch, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#087- Lunch
Lunch at the gardens of the Pitti palace in Florence. Prosciutto, Fontina cheese, good bread and local wine.

080427 Venice roof


080427 Venice roof, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Sitting at a street cafe snacking, I sketched the roofline. Ah what a life!

080426 JFK phone


080426 JFK phone, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Waiting lounge at JFK.

080426 fruit bowl


080426 fruit bowl, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#024- fruit
Breakfast before driving to the airport. Can I take a banana in my carry on?

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

080423 two shells


080423 two shells, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#061- grouping of two
These two shells sit on the shelf by my work table. I didn't feel up to drawing them because of the curves and difficult shapes. I took it slow.

080422 newspaper story


080422 newspaper story, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#162- Newspaper
The front page of the local paper caught my eye. Clay is a small town. I still had to do a double take "Clay man set fire to his property..." An interesting headline for a sad story.

080421 Linden Hall


080421 Linden Hall, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#029- architectural
The facade of a local girls school (the oldest one in the US, the sign says).
I was cold & wet while sitting on their lawn. I finished up quicker than I would have wanted.

080419 Silvertone


080419 Silvertone, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM #021- something vintage
The sign on this old console radio sitting on the side of the street sign said "FREE." I couldn't resist. Now it sits in the back porch Giving me music While I try to draw.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

080418 sparrow


080418 sparrow, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#090- something with wings
I had been hearing a bird this spring, but couldn't see it. After a week or so of hearing it in the morning I was able to see it on a branch. Once I figured out it was a white-crown sparrow I started hearing & seeing them everywhere. I'm pretty sure they migrate to Pennsylvania every year. I never had notice before.
White-crowned sparrow. Watercolor

080417 harmonica


080417 harmonica, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#017- musical instrument
It was late at night & I was having a hard time falling asleep. Instead of playing the harmonica, I drew it.

080416 bluefin tuna


080416 bluefin tuna, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.
EDN#166- a fish
a tuna from the pages of National Geographic.

080416 broken hammer


080416 broken hammer, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#167- Something that needs fixing
I found this broken hammer while turning the soil in my garden.

Friday, May 16, 2008

080415 Zooks Mill bridge


080415 Zooks Mill bridge, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#083- body of water
One of the covered bridges in the county. I bought a compact watercolor set. This was my first go at painting with watercolors in the field.

080414 Christ icon


080414 Christ icon, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

I copied this image from a small orthodox icon.

080412 Huckleberry hound


080412 Huckleberry hound, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#094- Spoon
Detail of my childhood Huckleberry hound spoon. Pigment liner & watercolor.

080411 black ambrosia


080411 black ambrosia, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#004-mug
My Tim Horton's mug. I played around with my violet watercolor tube.

080410 Myron


080410 Myron, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#19 something you've made
Myron the sock monkey.

080408 Minolta hi-matic


080408 Minolta hi-matic, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#164- camera
An old camera that doesn't work

080402 warehouse


080402 warehouse, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

The warehouse by the bike trail. Bitterly cold; too cold to finish up.

080401 fence n tree


080401 fence n tree, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#133- fence

080322 renoir the dancer


080322 renoir the dancer, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#036- in a museum (national gallery of art, DC)

I tend to move quickly thru museums. I decided to choose a piece and sketch it, forcing me to appreciate the art.

080322 Lincoln Memorial


080322 Lincoln Memorial, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

EDM#036- in public
I was in DC for the day, so I took my journal along. Instead of furtive sketches I was brave and sketched out in public. Among the mobs at the Lincoln memorial I was quite self-conscious as people looked over my shoulder. A teenager said to her friend "Look. A real artist." Felt a bit proud (after looking around for the real artist and finding out it was me they were talking about).

Sunday, May 11, 2008

080311 arm chair


080311 arm chair, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

March 2008- EDM#030 chair.
Chairs are easy, cooperative subjects. I've been using pens instead of my pencils and charcoals. Not being able to erase has forced me to "let it go" and accept what comes out.

080308 keys


080308 keys, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

March 2008- EDM#037. My keys. (Having the EDM list has been helpful when I'm not sure what to draw)

080226 armchair view


080226 armchair view, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Feb 2008- I'm resting at the arm chair wondering what to sketch. So I sketched the view.

080105 by the bed


080105 by the bed, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Jan 2008- EDM#009- organized chaos.
The side of my bed. Usually it's an avalanche of books.

071229 folding chair


071229 folding chair, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Dec 2007- I received Danny's book "Creative License." This is the first sketch following the book's exercises.

070526 henlopen


070526 henlopen, originally uploaded by PBNJ smurf.

Sitting by the breakfast campfire I sketched the table & van.