Woman; Big Hand (2005)

Woman and Big Hand are a couple of drawings from life that I did in 2005.

These are conte pencil and colored chalk on paper.

SUBURBIA UPDATE:

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

Artichoke in Flower (iPad Painting)

Drawn from memory and imagination, this past week, in Portland.

We drove out to Sauvie Island for fresh fruit and found some flowering artichokes.

Drawn with iPad, using Sketch Club app.

I'm discovery a lot of fun features of this app, like the capability of making a photo into a "brush stroke,"  something I have done in the lower left.  (Magnify to see.)

Barista on Cell Phone; Barista Talking (iPad Sketches 12 and 10)

Drawn from life Wednesday and Thursday mornings at the cafe. 

Different baristas.  Same cafe, same order.

Triple espresso, over ice.

(It's hot.  Don't judge.)

Sketch Club app, single layer each.

Seated Woman in Charcoal

Drawn from life, in Spring.

Charcoal on 18" x 24" paper.

Afternoon Tea (iPad Sketch 11)

Drawn Wednesday afternoon, outdoors at the bakery.

This was the first time someone asked me what I was doing.

The man seated behind me asked me about what I was drawing.  We talked for awhile, until I got too self-conscious and fled.

At the Gym (iPad Painting Number 9)

Drawn Tuesday night, at the gym.

Still using Art Rage app, still using one layer. 

Fairly heavy use of three of the virtual palette knives, in this painting. 

Also several brushes, paint right out of the tube, pastel stick, some watercolor and markers and a couple of erasers.

And I started with an underpainting, which in this case means I had already painted an abstract painting on the screen before I painted into it and over it with the figures.

Woman Sleeping in Chair

Drawn from life, last Spring.

Charcoal on paper, about 7" x 12".

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Still a good day for a swim, if you don't mind the chance of thundersorms.