Head in Orange and Blue (iPad Painting)

Drawn from life, last month.

Art Rage app on iPad.

Nature update:
The does align.

Torso in Ink

Drawn from life, last month.

Marker on paint sample, about 7" x 11".

Seated Woman

Drawn from life, this month.

Tombow marker, water and brush on approximately 15" x 17" paper.

Reclining Figure; Figure in Profile (iPad Sketches)

Drawn from life, a couple of weeks ago.

Sketch Club app on iPad.

Gesture in Pink; Vectors (iPad Sketches)

Drawn from life, last week.

Sketch Club app on iPad.

Sleeping Man On Plane (iPad Sketch)

I have been taking some quick trips, most recently to Dallas/Fort Worth--I saw the Lucien Freud retrospective at the Modern in Fort Worth--and to L.A.. 

This was drawn on the plane back from L.A.

Sketch Club app on iPad.

Head in Pinks and Blues (iPad Painting)

Drawn this morning, from life.

Art Rage app on iPad.

Listening to Music

Drawn this morning, from life.

Pastel and charcoal on pastel card,  about 9" x 12".

Tilted Head

Drawn Tuesday morning, from life.

Pastel and Tombow marker on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Seated Woman

Drawn Tuesday morning, from life.  Five minute gesture drawing.

Tombow marker, with brush and water, on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Calm Heart 3

Drawn this morning, from life. 

Tombow marker and pastel on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Profile in Purple 2

Drawn from life, Thursday morning.

Pastel, Tombow marker and ink on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Face in Purple

Drawn from life, last Tuesday.

Charcoal and pastel over Tombow marker, on paper, about 14" x 19".

Profile in Purple

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Charcoal and pastel over Tombow marker, on paper, about 14" x 19".

Gestures 1, 2, 3 (IPad sketches)

One minute gestures, drawn last Wednesday, from life.

Suburbia Update:

Mother and child.

 

Figure in Yellow and Purple

Drawn Tuesday, from life.

Ink and pastel over Tombow marker on Wallis sanded paper, about 9" x 9".

Figure in Yellow and Red

Drawn Tuesday morning, from life.

Pastel and ink over Tombow marker on Wallis sanded paper, about 9" x 12".

Portrait in Red

Drawn this afternoon, from life.

Pastel and ink over Tombow marker, on brown paper, about 14" x 14".

Face in Blue and Yellow

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

I used a large (about 7" x 10") paint sample sheet from the hardware store as the support for this drawing.

Tombow marker, ink and pastel on painted paper.

Woman in Pink Chair (iPad painting)

Drawn from life, Thursday morning.

Re-drawn with Art Rage app.

Art Rage app.

Woman on Plane (iPad drawing)

Drawn from life, in August.

On the way from Minneapolis to Austin.

Suburbia Update:

Juvenile males, going stag in the neighborhood.

Woman in Blue and Black

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Charcoal and pastel over marker on very soft paper, about 11" x 18".

Suburbia Update:

Juvenile males, going stag in the neighborhood.

Seated Woman in Red and Blue

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Pastel and charcoal over Tombow marker, on paper, about 13" x 15".

Man on Plane (iPad painting)

From Paris to Minneapolis.

Drawn from life, in August.

One of the flight attendants saw what I was up to--and asked for the name of the app, for his wife.  ArtRage probably is experiencing an uptick in sales.

Head in Purple and Orange (iPad drawing)

Drawn from imagination, mid-August.

Man in Profile (iPad Painting)

Drawn Tuesday morning, from life.

Art Rage app.

Woman in Half Light

Drawn Thursday  morning, from life, at AVAA in Austin..

Pastel over ink on sanded paper, about 9" x 12".

As much fun as the iPad is, I am delighted to be drawing on paper again:  I like the bigger size, the bigger arm and body movements involved in producing the art, as well as the tactile experience.

Suburbia Update:

Two fawns graze in our backyard. 

Breakfast at the Hotel Hammer 3, 2, 1 (iPad sketches)

This month, I spent several days in Mainz, Germany, where my husband was teaching a short course at the university.

After the first couple of mornings, I used the morning breakfast time as my "sketching from life" opportunity.

Each morning I set myself up in a corner, so no one could see what I was doing on the iPad.

These sketches are in reverse order: the first at the bottom, the last at the top.

By the way, should you be going to Mainz, the Hammer is a good place to stay:  nice rooms, breakfast and staff, right across from the train station and easy walking to the old town.

On the Fast Train From Brussels to Paris (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from life a couple of days ago, when this part of the world was having a heat wave.

I am just back from a few weeks in Europe. 

Several train rides and some plane rides were involved. (Superb, if a bit bumpy at times for iPad use.)

At the Austin Airport (iPad Sketch)

Sketched from life, waiting for a plane.

Man in Pink and Orange (iPad Drawing)

Drawn from life, two weeks ago.  Gestures, one and three minutes.

Seated Man in Orange and Blue (iPad drawing)

Drawn from life, two weeks ago.

Woman Bitten by Snake

Drawn from a figure in the Musee d'Orsay.

Water soluble marker and ink on paper, about 6" x 7".

Grandfather (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from photograph.

Child

Drawn yesterday, from imagination.

Water soluble markers and metallic ink on white paper, about 6" x 7".

AUSTIN UPDATE:

An unconventional woman.

Face in Pink and Orange (iPad Painting)

Drawn last week, from life.

AUSTIN UPDATE:

An unconventional woman.

Man Sleeping (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from life, on the flight from San Jose to Portland.

NATURE UPDATE:

In the wrong place.

Summer Light

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Pastel and charcoal over Tombow marker, on watercolor paper, about 5" x 10".

Woman in Pink and Orange (iPad Painting)

Drawn from life on iPad Thursday morning.

At the Art Gallery (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from life, last night.  GrayDUCK Gallery.

It was hot (around 100 degrees F outside) and crowded, last night at the art gallery. 

Sketched quickly, while waiting for the gallery owner to speak.

NATURE UPDATE: 

My first fawn photo of the season. 

At the Bakery (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from life, at the outdoor seating at Cocola in San Jose, California.
 
Cocola is a great place to take your laptop and work, or take your sweetie and talk, or take your iPad and draw.

This is the bakery at which afternoon tea was taken, in my earlier iPad sketch of a man and woman.

And Santana Row is nice:  somewhat like the Grove in L.A., but with  (1) automobile traffic and (2) much greater variety of types of store.

And no canned music or trolley, so less of the Disneyland feel.

Like the Domain in Austin.

Woman in Orange and Blue (iPad Sketch)

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Created with Sketch Club iPad app.

"Use your words, Jean."

Woman in Yellow and Orchid

Drawn this morning, from life.

Tombow marker and water, ink, charcoal, pastel and oil pastel on watercolor paper, about 9" x 13".

Vase with Twelve Sunflowers (iPad Painting)

Drawn from imagination, starting with gray background titled "Vase with Twelve Sunflowers."

Probably started and abandoned by one of my relatives, while I was visiting Portland, Oregon last week.

My brother and sister-in-law grow a fabulous garden, and vases full of flowers fill their rooms.

So I took the title and my memory of the flowers as inspirations and started doodling.  This is the result.

SUBURBIA UPDATE:

An entry in the continuing effort to lower the number of mosquitoes without poisoning them (and us).