Blue/Purple

Drawn from life.

Ink and Tombow marker on paper.

Woman in Blue and Orange

Drawn from life, this Monday.

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

Woman in Black Ink

Drawn Tuesday, from life.

Ink and soft graphite in Moleskine sketchbook.

Man in Black Ink; Blue/Yellow Man

Top sketch was drawn from life.  Black ink with soft graphite in Moleskine sketchbook.

Bottom watercolor was painted with watercolor markers on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Profile

Drawn from life.

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

Gold Light

Drawn from life, November 19.

Ink over Tombow marker, water and brush on 9" x 12" watercolor paper.

Green

Drawn from life, Tuesday afternoon.

Ink and Tombow marker, brush and water on 9" x 12" watercolor paper.

Standing Strong

Drawn from life, Thursday afternoon.

Pastel and ink over Tombow marker, on watercolor paper.  About 4" x 12".

Seated Figure in Red 1; Gestures in Gold and Purple

Seated Figure in Red 1 is pan pastels, ink and Tombow marker on approximately 8" x 8" sanded paper.

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Gestures in Gold and Purple is pan pastel over ink and Tombow marker with brush and water on 9" x 12" watercolor paper.

Three-minute poses.   Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.





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NATURE WATCH:

A doe full of promise.

Seated Woman in Ink; Storing Drawings

SEATED WOMAN IN INK

Drawn from life in 2006, ink on 18"x24" white drawing paper.

One of my favorite drawings from life.

                                                 

STORING DRAWINGS

We are scheduled to have a house guest in June, so it's time to organize and stow some artwork away.  That way, our guest gets enough space to be comfortable.

I want to store the papers flat, ideally in portable, sturdy and inexpensive containers. 

My latest idea for portable, relatively cheap storage for my drawings are the acid-free cardboard boxes sold to store things like wedding gowns in.

I bought four archival boxes from The Container Store for this purpose. I've assembled the boxes--easily done, once I  ignored the instructions, with their Tabs A and B and C.   The boxes are fine for the purpose.

But I still need an even larger box, for my widest pieces.  It appears that a business called PrintFile has boxes that meet storage needs for my larger drawings.  And the boxes are sturdier, with metal reinforced corners.  Problem approaching solution, yippee!

                                                                

NATURE WATCH:  

Sometimes, deer bed down in our meadow.

Green/Yellow; Gestures on Brown Paper; Daniela Rossell (Ricas y Famosas)

Drawn from life, different days, different models.

Green/Yellow is black ink over Tombow marker with brush and water, on watercolor paper, about 5"x8".

Gestures on Brown Paper is drawn from one-minute poses.  Charcoal on cut open shopping bag

                                                  

SFMOMA, where I found some Lichtenstein imagery for my last post, has a fascinating feature:  Short video interviews with artists.

Check out  Daniela Rossell, on her book of photographs, Ricas y Famosas and on femininity, to get you started.  Gorgeous photos and interesting genesis for her project.

I now have a copy of  Ricas y Famosas.  The photos are gorgeous and the context of the work is much clearer.  The photos, taken together, are about wealth in Mexico; how the very very rich live.  Rossell is a member of this privileged group.  The photos started with close friends and family and grew from there.  The subjects decided how and where and with what they would be photographed.

Woman In Blue

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Woman In Blue is Tombow marker and ink, on four sheets of 11"x14"  Bristol paper, about 22"x28" total.

Head In Orange And Purple; Woman Reading At Mozart's

From life.

Head In Orange And Purple was drawn this morning, indoors.  Water-soluble marker and ink on 11"x14" Bristol paper.

Woman Reading At Mozart's was painted Monday morning, outdoors by the water at Mozart's, a local coffee place.  Oil on 20"x24" canvas.

Gold/Lavender 1

Drawn yesterday morning, from life.

Tombow markers and ink on sheets of 11"x14" Bristol paper, pieced together to 22"x25" total.

Dreaming In Black And White; Standing Figure In Orange And Blue; Reclining Figure

Drawn this morning, from life.

Dreaming In Black And White is ink on three pieces of 9"x12" drawing paper, laid end to end. (About 28"x9".)

Standing Figure In Orange And Blue is ink and Tombow marker on drawing paper, about 7"x11".

Reclining Figure is ink and Tombow marker on drawing paper, about 8"x12".

Seated Woman; Reclining Woman

 Drawn this morning, from life.

Ink markers on watercolor paper, about 8"x 11"

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Woman Looking Up

Woman looking Up, drawn yesterday afternoon, from life.

Ink on 9"x12" Bristol.

Seated Woman In Green; Green Head; Seated Woman (Ink); Head (Ink)

 Drawn this morning, from life.

The first two are pastel and charcoal on approximately 9"x12" pastel card.

The last two are ink on about 9"x1O" Bristol and 9"x12" Bristol, respectively..

In 5 Minutes . . . More Or Less: A Preview Of My Brooklyn Art Library Sketchbook

I've cut and glued and photographed and processed my little drawings for the Brooklyn Art Library's Sketchbook Project.

The book, with the original drawings, is ready to be mailed off to the library, where it will become part of a traveling exhibit of people's art.

While the sketchbook project is closed for this year, the Library has other projects going. Each project seems to involve filling a small notebook with something like story or photos or . . . and mailing it in to the Library, where it is exhibited with others of its ilk: A fun thing to do for yourself or with a group, maybe with children.

Meanwhile, enjoy the movie of the sketchbook, at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xt9_imvbNtA

This is my first stab at "movie." I tried to photograph the sketches so they looked like part of a notebook--which they now are. The best part of this sketchbook is all the different papers I used; it's tactilely pleasing.

Keeping a sketchbook is good for drawing skills. It's also pleasant to have a little book that records drawings from a particular time and place, in this case, Austin in November 2010.

I am looking forward to seeing all the notebooks, when they come to Austin.

Tuesday's drawings

These are drawings from this past Tuesday, the last uninstructed modeling workshop of the quarter at Art Center. Once again, these were poses in the 5 to 15 minute range. The drawings are on 18"x24" paper, each figure occupying about a quarter of that space. The first two images are of graphite drawings; the last three images are of ink drawings.

I am glad I took this summer to focus on quick drawings from life. In the fall, I want to focus on longer poses from life, the so-called painting poses, where the model returns to the same pose throughout the entire modeling session.