I haven't posted anything is quite awhile, so instead of spreading all these posts out over several days, I decided to share everything at once.
Please check out my "other" blog for a couple of new paintings too. There is an ATC sized one from a beach on PEI and one of "Lulu" that was done for a gift. I've started painting again since I've got a lot of photo reference material from our trip last summer to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. I have a piece of 300# watercolor paper stretched on a board and will start the preliminary drawing soon. The photo I'm working from is the one from an earlier post of these lobster shacks on PEI (Prince Edward Island).
And...This Saturday, June 7 is DRAWING DAY! See the link to the right for more details. I'll be drawing in a Moleskine that I bought months ago and haven't touched because it's all nice and new and clean. But now I have this new idea (new to me at least) that I'm not going to save my sketchbooks, I'm going to USE them! What good are they if they are kept on the shelf?
I've started participating in Life Drawing sessions again. Our Holland Area Arts Council started offering the sessions in June. The cost is $8 and they are every Tuesday night from 6-8:00 p.m. I've gone three times now and am really enjoying it. I looked back in my sketch book at the first session and realized I hadn't done any life drawing since 2001 and before that I hadn't done life drawing since I graduated from college in 1987. There are generally six people there or so and the model is quite good. This time, I've decided to use those two hours to experiment with different techniques and materials. Now, none of these are masterpieces, but I've been quite pleased with the results.
