Reclining Figure

Drawn from life.

Charcoal on 18" x 24" paper.

Dreaming

Drawn from life, today.

Watercolor and ink on paper.

Sleeping in Blue

Drawn from life, last Friday.

Blue pencil on paper, about 10" x 8".

Dreaming in Purple and Pink (iPad Painting)

Painted with Art Rage app.

Woman in Black and Buff

Drawn today, from life.

Tombow marker in Moleskine sketchbook.

Woman in Black Ink

Drawn Tuesday, from life.

Ink and soft graphite in Moleskine sketchbook.

Reclining Woman

Drawn from life, last spring.

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

Seven Mattresses

Drawn from life, yesterday.

Pastel over Tombow marker, on 9" x 12" watercolor paper.

Black/White (iPad Sketch)

Drawn from life last week, in Austin.

Sketch Club app.

Woman in Violet

Drawn from life, this afternoon.

Pastel over Tombow marker, brush and water.  On 9"x 12" watercolor paper.

Woman Bitten by Snake

Drawn from a figure in the Musee d'Orsay.

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

Blue/Lavender; Gestures 4

Drawn from life, this April.

Blue/Lavender is Tombow marker, ink and pastel on highly absorbent watercolor paper, about 6" x 9".

Gestures 4 is charcoal on shopping bag.

PRIZE :  

I won Petrea's 200th Zen Monday contest (okay, I tied with Pasadena Adjacent).  To participate in more Zen Mondays, which are lots of fun, even without prizes, check out Pasadena Daily Photo.

NATURE WATCH:

Bull Creek, beer and ribs.

Seated Brown; Reclining Grey

Seated Brown is pastel over Tombow marker on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Reclining Grey is pastel over Tombow marker on sanded paper, about 9" x 12".

Drawn from life, Tuesday morning.

Austin Summer Blues

Oil on canvas, 30" x 40".

Last summer in Austin, from my memory and imagination.

NATURE WATCH:

Austin goes to the dogs.

Grey Abandon; Red Abandon

Drawn from life, Wednesday morning.

Grey Abandon is Tombow marker on 8" x 8" watercolor paper.

Red Abandon is Tombow marker and pan pastel on watercolor paper, 9" x12".

NATURE WATCH:

First fawn of the season--almost captured in a photo. ( It's there, just blurry.)

Sleeping in Gold and Purple; Artists and Model

This week, I was in Chicago and got the chance to visit Palette & Chisel .

These sketches were drawn from life, at P& C's open studio, May 14.

P&C conducts an outstanding open studio, with natural north light and superb ventilation.   I was traveling and brought only small sketchbooks and a few pens and pan pastels.  But the studio is well designed for oils.

Sketch is on watercolor paper, about 5"x8"

Sleeping in Gold and Purple is pan pastels, ink, Tombow marker, brush and water.


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Nature watch:
I haven't seen any fawns yet, this season.  But here's a snapshot of last year's model.

Pink/Blue

Drawn from life, this morning.

Pastel over Tombow marker on watercolor paper, about 3"x5".

 I just got a few new Diane Townsend pastels, three of which I used here..

This drawing has a watery, swimming feel, which has made me think of going back to painting swimmers in water.  I don't think I'll be suiting up, though, like the painters here.

Brown/Blue 1; Seated Figure in Green; Gesture Orange

These three drawings are each on 5"x8" watercolor paper, sketched this morning, from life.  The middle drawing is cropped to about 5" square.

These are posted in reverse order of drawing, so that the top drawing is the last one I drew, the bottom is the first drawing of the day.  I arrived very late and couldn't stay to the end, so these three drawings were all I did.   I think one can really tell with this group that I got more into it as I drew.

Sleeping Blue; Seated Red; Gesture Red

 "Sleeping Blue" and "Seated Red" drawn this morning, from life.

Sleeping Blue is Tombow marker with water and brush and pastel on 5"x8" watercolor paper.

Seated Red is Tombow marker with water and brush and black ink on about 5"x7" watercolor paper.

Finally, "Gesture Red" was drawn yesterday morning.  A male model.  One minute pose.  Tombow marker with water and brush  and black ink on 5"x8" watercolor paper.

Dreaming Woman

Tombow marker and black ink on watercolor paper, about 8"x12".

I'm just starting to play again with markers, ink and brush--and I am enjoying the experimentation. I like the colors bleeding from the top of the figure, giving some sense of motion and life.

Drawn from life, Wednesday morning.