EDM #016 favourite tool
This early 1970's lantern still works. It's a favorite camping tool.
Friday, May 30, 2008
080526 lantern
080519 yearbook photo
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
EDM#008 watch
My swiss army watch. I started the circle a bit big... it didnt fit on the page.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
080425 to Italy
I visited Italy for a week. I was in Venice, Florence, and Bologna. I took my travel-size watercolor kit.
080501 Crucifix feet
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
EDM#087- Lunch
Lunch at the gardens of the Pitti palace in Florence. Prosciutto, Fontina cheese, good bread and local wine.
080426 fruit bowl
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 broken hammer
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
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.
080412 Huckleberry hound
EDM#094- Spoon
Detail of my childhood Huckleberry hound spoon. Pigment liner & watercolor.
080411 black ambrosia
EDM#004-mug
My Tim Horton's mug. I played around with my violet watercolor tube.
080322 renoir the dancer
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
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
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
March 2008- EDM#037. My keys. (Having the EDM list has been helpful when I'm not sure what to draw)
080226 armchair view
Feb 2008- I'm resting at the arm chair wondering what to sketch. So I sketched the view.
080105 by the bed
Jan 2008- EDM#009- organized chaos.
The side of my bed. Usually it's an avalanche of books.
071229 folding chair
Dec 2007- I received Danny's book "Creative License." This is the first sketch following the book's exercises.
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