Tuesday, April 17, 2012

#34-36

 Grass is Always Greener
 Flat Out
 My Neighbor's Mare
Bird Watching
The thing about this challenge is, not everything has to be a painting. I was recently hit with a couple of unreasonable deadlines, and I am doing my best to do them. I am working 12-14 hour days and by the evening, I am exhausted. So this weekend I grabbed my sketch book and pencil and did gesture drawings, then came home and used a paper stump and powdered graphite to fill them in as I watched TV and unwound. This is the result.

#32 Calla Lilies


Callas are my favorite flower. If I am in the store and they are there, I will get them. They are hard to come by here in Minnesota as they can not survive the cold, so I keep them in pots and bring them in during the winter.
This is Callas, 5x7, oil on black gesso

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

# 31


#31 My Neighbor's Dog, 5x7,  Graphite




These are 26-30. Because of the holiday, I was unable to paint or even go into the studio. So I decided to keep a sketch book with me at all times and sketch what I saw. It was refreshing to do gesture drawings again. These are graphite and wax pencil.