tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22212997173337772872024-03-05T13:29:15.344-08:00Creative ExplorerA place to share my various creative endeavors....whatever they may be.Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.comBlogger759125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-43705725526768924102016-11-12T08:57:00.002-08:002016-11-12T08:57:18.246-08:00on hiatus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I realized I haven't posted anything here since the end of August. I've still been joining the Seattle Urban Sketcher group every month and sketching in between. But, I find that trying to keep up with too many social media sources just takes too much time.<br />
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I also realized I spend much more time on Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr. So, for now, that's where you'll find my artistic efforts (and an occasional personal note or photo). I may return to my blog at some point, but for now, please follow me or friend me at one of the other social media sites.<br />
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I still read all my favorite blogs so for those of you who blog but don't appear on Instagram or FB, I'm enjoying your art and sharing via your blogs.<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-22358821582201691842016-08-21T14:37:00.003-07:002016-08-21T14:46:13.224-07:00sketchcrawl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Attended my first ever sketchcrawl - the 4th annual West Coast Scketchcrawl in Tacoma, WA this year. I was only able to attend one session, but it was SO fun seeing all those sketchers spread out over the city (over 100 sketchers from southern CA to Vancouver BC). My 2 hours of sketching yielded these two:<br />
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drawn w/ fountain pen in Stillman & Birn Alpha 9x6</div>
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drawn w/ fountain pen in Stillman Birn Alpha 9x6 (over the gutter)</div>
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both drawn in Canson mixed media notebook w/ ink & watercolor</div>
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The 2 above are from our recent camping trip to Salt Creek near Pt. Angeles,WA. Relaxing & fun but too cold to call it a perfect trip.</div>
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I've been sketching. No earth shattering revelations or epiphanies, just practice.<br />
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at my local beach about 10 minutes from the house - Seahurst Beach:<br />
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haven't added the watercolor yet</div>
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beachcombing finds</div>
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at Seattle Art Museum free evening concerts:<br />
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the iconic Calder sculpture with the city in the background</div>
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Georgetown neighborhood Oxbow park:<br />
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LOVE this tree! sketched in my 4x6 pentalic book</div>
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sketched in my 4x6 pentalic bk on way home from work</div>
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drawn standing in the midst of the pea patch garden looking toward the boots & hat in 4x6 bk</div>
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And, around the yard:</div>
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our sundial but mostly I wanted to practice rocks</div>
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Thanks for looking - all comments, critiques, or helpful tips are welcome!</div>
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-70723955787518832542016-08-01T22:30:00.000-07:002016-08-01T22:30:44.543-07:00practice continues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here's what I've been up to - practicing, practicing.<br />
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A couple more AK cruise sketches - top one, a church in Sitka, next is Creek St in Ketchikan, Sorry the scans come up with all these weird shadows. Someday I'll have to figure out how to fix that! :)<br />
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I recently finished a book on sketching and watercolor by Cathy Johnson (a couple of them actually), so that inspired me to work on trees. I love a beautiful or weirdly deformed or unusually shaped tree so my practice is encompassing some nature practice as well as buildings........<br />
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We took a week long cruise to AK a couple weeks ago. I managed to do some sketching while on the ship and off - the sketching was done quickly, paint added on the ship...<br />
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The atrium in the center of the ship that spanned a couple of floors. This was TOUGH! I spent a couple hours sitting and sketching & trying again on those angles. Not great but I feel a sense of accomplishment none-the-less.</div>
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On the Lido deck for breakfast about 7am. Not many people about which is good.....I could sit at a table and sketch uninterrupted.</div>
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Sketching from on board the ship through a window.... (my shoes the most colorful part of the view)<br />
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Pencil sketch of the famous Red Dog Saloon in Juneau. Dan had his first LEGAL drink here at 19 in 19.......72! Yikes, it's like it was yesterday.</div>
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Creek St in Ketchikan - this street is famous for once being a street of brothels; now it's all tourist souvenirs stores.</div>
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Our last port of call was in Victoria which I'm more familiar with but found this pretty archway at the side of the Empress hotel. You'd think it was spring instead of mid summer.</div>
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The one thing I realized at the end of the cruise is that I didn't sketch or even photo any of the food! What an oversight! But, there was plenty of delicious and well plated food. And some mediocre meals. Overall, a great, relaxing week.<br />
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My sketching practice continues:<br />
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A random building on Las Olas Blvd, Ft Lauderdale (watercolor painting, 2nd for #worldwatercolormonth)<br />
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On my walk I passed a house with these wonky, beat-up, old birdhouses poking up out of the front hedge......a perfect sketching opportunity! And those angles! Oh my......<br />
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The train yard on 4th Ave just south of Costco.....perfect sketching place with a railing to prop my sketchbook!<br />
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I went to my 4th monthly urban sketcher get together last weekend. We celebrated the 7th anniversary of the first Seattle USk meeting by gathering at Fisherman's Terminal again, like the first time. There were about 35-40 of us spread over the area. Once again some absolutely beautiful sketches were created. I'm in awe.<br />
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Here are my efforts (boats are HARD!), Drawn across the spine in Stillman & Birn Alpha with Platinum pen, carbon ink, watercolors.<br />
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After completing the above one, I had a little time so did a couple smaller ones in my 4x6 Pentalic bk.<br />
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A sculpture of an eagle (my somewhat sad attempt) and a beautiful tree on the marina walkway.<br />
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Participating in #worldwatercolormonth, here's a couple recent urban sketches of my neighborhood walk with watercolor added......<br />
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Drawn in 4x6 Pentalic sketchbook, platinum fountain pen, carbon ink, watercolors.<br />
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A local church that I drive by every morning on the way to work. A front yard swing on my evening walk.<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-57842433415649188322016-06-29T18:59:00.001-07:002016-06-29T18:59:34.801-07:00world watercolor month<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Join in! Begun by Charlie O'Shields of <a href="https://doodlewash.com/" target="_blank">Doodlewash</a>, he managed to get July officially designated as World Watercolor Month. To sweeten the fun, he's joined by The Dreaming Zebra Foundation, a charity supporting the exploration of art for children.<br />
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<a href="https://doodlewash.com/world-watercolor-month-july-2016/" target="_blank">WWM (world watercolor month)</a> can be found on instagram, twitter, and, of course, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldwatercolor/" target="_blank">facebook</a>.<br />
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Everyone is encouraged to experiment, to play, to try out, watercolor. Make one a day for the month of July, or one whenever you can. One or 31, it's up to you. The goal is to encourage people to connect with art and their own creativity.<br />
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I love watercolor painting. Sure, it's challenging and doesn't always turn out the way I'd like. That happens with ALL my art! :) But, I love the way colors move and blend with the water. If you haven't worked in watercolor before, watch a couple you tube videos, buy a few inexpensive colors and give it a try!<br />
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Looking forward to seeing your efforts (and I'll share mine here!)<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-15051725842554187542016-06-18T16:33:00.000-07:002016-06-18T16:33:21.390-07:00week 2 of vacation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our second week of vacation found us in Pompano Beach, a small community sandwiched between Boca Raton and Ft Lauderdale. We stayed at a Wyndham resort which was lovely - a beautiful room, gorgeous grounds and lots of on-site activities. We went to the beach once and it looked just like Myrtle Beach (long strand of white sand), so our relaxing time was spent pool-side. Most of my sketching was done around the resort.......<br />
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This is definitely an example of how sketching helps you focus on your surroundings. In previous years, I would have admired a tree or two and gone back to reading. This time I really LOOKED at the trees, figured out how they were similar or different, attempted to capture them. I love that aspect of embracing sketching. </div>
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Once again I attempted people - we went to see a horse race - trotters - one evening and between races I tried my hand at capturing these guys..... You can see I gave up on one of the faces; but the bodies are okay....<br />
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It's been almost a month since I shared here. Sheesh! Where DOES the time go? Well, I was on vacation for a couple weeks, so that might be part of it. And, I took my sketchbooks and pens. I did post a few things here and there on FB while on the trip, but I'll share a bit more here for those of you interested to follow along.<div>
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Week 1 was spent in Myrtle Beach, SC. Our timeshare was on the beach which was good - just a trip down the elevator and walk on the short boardwalk to the beautiful white sand beach. Dan and I walked 3 miles every morning up and down that beach - alternating north one morning, south the next.</div>
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All of these sketches are from around our resort area - the beach umbrellas and chairs were set up every morning by the lifeguards about 8-8:30a. You could rent 2 chairs and an umbrella for $35/day. We went and bought 2 low folding chairs for a total of $25 and just left them at the end of the week - a much better use of $$$.</div>
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We thoroughly enjoyed our relaxing week of sitting on the beach, drinking on the beach, sunning on the beach, talking and walking and relaxing on the beach.</div>
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We did take a day trip to the Georgetown area (about 1 hour away) where we visited historic homes and a historical rice plantation house (Hopsewee Plantation) and another half day trip to Brookgreen Gardens & Pawley's Island. The garden is the largest sculpture garden in the US with over 500 sculptures placed throughout a huge garden. Gorgeous!</div>
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I attended my second get together of the Seattle urban sketcher group on Sunday. We met at the King St train station which has been SO beautifully restored. There's a wealth of detail, lighting challenges, and most of all, perspective challenges.<br />
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After spending a chunk of time on the interior, I decided to head outside even though it was drizzly and wet (such a typical Seattle spring day). I found this undercover waiting area and wanted to see if I could correctly capture the row of planters AND actually include a person. Moved back inside to add the watercolor. <br />
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The sharing time is SO interesting as you get to see what everyone else drew. There was everything from beautifully rendered interior sketches (including one that focused on the flooring pattern!) to grand outdoor vistas, to sketches focusing on the people in the station. So much fun!<br />
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If you have any interest at all in sketching with a supportive group (it helps reduce the pressure of sketching in public when there are others around), look for the urban sketcher group in your city - they are everywhere!<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-6995340458604970682016-04-30T22:36:00.002-07:002016-04-30T22:40:02.317-07:00sketches for last week of April<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I only did a couple on-site sketches this week - stopped at South Seattle College and wandered around & discovered this clock tower. Man, it was hard!<br />
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The black smudges are because my fountain pen leaked and made a big black blob on the shirt I was wearing so I was trying to press some of the ink out. Hopeless. Ruined. Oh well.....in the name of art, right?<br />
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Neighborhood house sketch done on my way home from work in my new Stillman & Birn book - that sure is great paper but I haven't decided if I like bound or spiral yet. Also tried a new brush pen and discovered the ink isn't waterproof.<br />
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drawn from a photo - Whistler Village from vacation a couple years ago.<br />
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I purchased the book The Art of Urban Sketching - it's a wonderful book filled with contributions from sketchers all over the world, and so full of a variety of styles. Since copying is some sort of form of flattery, I thought I'd practice on some of the sketches from the book:<br />
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I particularly like the food truck on the top - it's the first time a vehicle drawing of mine doesn't look cartoony. I'll have to pick just the cars out of some of the others from the book to try to understand drawing vehicles better. The colored sketch is a Cape Cod lighthouse from my photo.</div>
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I love that I'm continuing to work without penciling in anything first and yet shapes still seem to appear, mostly correctly!<br />
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This practice sketch is copying a Pinterest image - we'll be headed to FL in a few weeks for vacation so I wanted to get an idea about how to draw palm trees. This is one effort - more will show up next week. I also want to practice a few ocean / water scenes since we'll be on the beach. I don't want to get there and have no clue about how to capture what I'm seeing. :)<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-82414207065794588572016-04-21T14:45:00.001-07:002016-04-21T14:45:22.482-07:00sketching continues<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Didn't do as many sketches last week - will have to try to do better this week. I did finally invest in some artist quality watercolors for the first time so was eagerly awaiting my Dick Blick shipment this week. I changed up my palette and added the new colors, then had to draw it!<br />
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I also ordered a couple of new sketchbooks - ones that seem to be favored by most of the urban sketchers I've been reading. I got a Pentalic small 3x5 one (below) and then a larger one with heavier paper more suited to watercolor, a Stillman & Birn, alpha series (above).<br />
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I sat on my deck after work and drew this little sketch of my yard into the neighbor's. We have a gorgeous red maple shrub that dominates this viewpoint.</div>
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We went to Virginia City to visit family - Dan's mom will be 93 in a couple weeks. We stayed with his brother and wife and they have this lovely yard - tough to sketch, but I gave it a shot. First time I painted on site in real time. And, I did it all with no yellow - I totally ran out of yellow paint so couldn't get some of the greens I wanted, but.......the overall capture is fine.</div>
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Hope you're in the midst of a creative week! Practice, practice, whatever your interest ---- do more of it! :)<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-66975277957964323392016-04-10T19:53:00.000-07:002016-04-10T19:53:08.612-07:00seattle skyline & taking a walk<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Continuing my sketching. After work on Friday, the weather was so pretty I decided to go to west Seattle and try a broader cityscape type sketch. It seemed like it should be easy cuz it's all rectangular shapes. Well.......<br />
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then a touch of color & some darks<br />
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I cropped out the fence in the photo, but actually it was easily half my view. Also, I made a major error in scale calculation so totally ran out of room to get all the buildings. However, the exercise was good, it was fun to do, and I was so engrossed that time just flew by.<br />
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Then I stood up and focused on a single element of the scene.<br />
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This weekend I went for a walk & did 2 quick sketches. My goal with both of these was to draw them quickly, while standing, pretending I was short of time but wanting to capture a view. I just read a <a href="https://citizensketcher.com/2015/09/13/the-hand-drawn-snapshot/">Marc Taro Holmes</a> blog post where he talks about the value of being able to simplify and sketching quickly that I found inspiring. (this boat below hasn't moved from the yard in the 3 years I've been walking this route) The dark shadows are the blacks showing through from the other sketch.<br />
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(color added when I got home) - funny, I don't even remember seeing that arrow sign, yet I drew the tree behind it. :)<br />
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Marc also wrote about <a href="https://citizensketcher.com/2016/04/04/sketching-tip-seeing-darks/">seeing & using darks</a> which I tried to keep in mind with this sketch. By the way, his website has all sorts of tips and instructions about urban sketching - definitely a valuable resource.<br />
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Paint & shadows bleeding through from other side. Guess I shouldn't be so cheap and not draw on the back of the pages......<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-91811803408822663702016-04-04T19:51:00.001-07:002016-04-04T19:51:25.117-07:00a little urban sketching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Okay, here's a first. Sketching in public with just Dan (not part of the urban sketcher group). We went to the Rhododendron Botanical Garden last weekend and I took my sketch stuff though I wasn't sure what there would be to draw. We absolutely loved the bonsai museum (garden) that adjoins the botanical garden and there was lots to sketch there so I gave it a go......FUN and not so scary after all.<br />
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Here are the photos I took after the sketching:<br />
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A few days earlier Dan and I went to our fave local beach and I sketched a bit there.....<br />
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Added a touch of color at home....<br />
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A couple more sketches through the week from travel photos. I'm trying to work on being quick and representative rather than slow and exact. <br />
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Montreal, Notre Dame (furthest back bldg)</div>
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St Augustine, FL, Flagler College</div>
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-64988453294466264352016-03-27T21:30:00.000-07:002016-03-27T21:30:11.497-07:00some watercolor practice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
No serious sketching this weekend - had a family day with the boys & their girlfriends Saturday but I managed to squeeze a bit of paint playing today. Rough sketches were just to practice with paint.<br />
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Practicing a tree and its shadows.<br />
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Different tree & leaves technique (funny little boat shape needs some work :))<br />
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It's trying to be spring and I have some tulips on my table, so........makes sense I would try my hand at a touch of spring.<br />
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I tackled a couple of complicated looking scenes (for me) over the last couple days. This first one is the view out my kitchen window. It's interesting that when I look out it seems all I see are houses, but in the drawing it seems like all fences. Guess it's both.</div>
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Then, yesterday I drove around after work looking for a likely subject. I headed to West Seattle and discovered this cafe on the corner, right by the freeway. It was raining, so I found a good parking spot and sketched from the car.<br />
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Then I added my watercolor - the bright yellow wall is what caught my eye, but not sure I love it in the sketch....it's SO dominant. Need to work on my evergreen trees and that fence doesn't translate well as a fence......so more practice ahead!<br />
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The reference photo taken just as I started - cars came and went so as I was finishing up this is the car that was there (that needs more work too!) Anyone have any car drawing tips?</div>
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Their window sign says they have the 'best' milkshakes, hamburgers & beer. Told Dan we'll have to go eat there now that I've drawn it! :)<br />
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Here's what I've been working on the last week or so. Still sketching - seeing some improvement but mostly just enjoying the process. I feel a sense of satisfaction when the perspective comes together and I'm loving playing with my watercolors again. It's been so long since I painted with them, I have to relearn most of the techniques and when I screw up, I think "oh, I remember that now!"<br />
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The last day of my perspective class we went to King's St train station. A challenging venue, but everyone's sketches were so very good and each with a different view (or perspective, if you will :))<br />
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A Vermont covered bridge from a few years ago.<br />
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Dan's family farm in Rockfield, IN. Made another one for his mom who thinks I'm a genius! :)<br />
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Ucluelet BC lighthouse.<br />
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A street in Arcos, Spain.<br />
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Luxembourg Palace & garden, Paris last fall. I attempted to add a few people and they got kind of blobby.....definitely have to work on that. Tried to use my watercolors more randomly and drop in spots of accent colors on those big wall expanses to mixed results (ha, get it, "mixed")</div>
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Some quick 5 minute sketches to see if I can capture the essence of something quickly. Will practice this more as I think it will be especially helpful when traveling.</div>
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A Vermont church drawn in about 10 minutes during my lunch break at work, looking at my photo on the computer screen - proportions are difficult to gauge from that format, but when that's what you have.....<br />
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So, as you can see, I've been keeping busy. I've had a miserable cold for the last 3 weeks and haven't had the energy to venture outside. Hopefully, I'll be well someday and will get back to trying to sketch in person. It's definitely a different challenge.<br />
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I'm back to reading all your blogs and following your creative journeys on FB or Instagram or wherever you are - and lovin' seeing all that wonderful inspiration. Every journey is SO different!<br />
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Yesterday I joined in on my first Urban Sketcher (USk) adventure! The group meets monthly around the Seattle area to sketch and share their efforts. I have to admit I was more than a little intimidated, but there were a couple of familiar faces (Stephanie, instructor at the workshop I just took, and Barry, a classmate) in the 25 or so people who turned out. You can read more about the Seattle chapter of <a href="http://seattle.urbansketchers.org/">USk here</a> and see sketches some of the participants did. There's also a <a href="https://www.flickr.com/groups/1943172@N21/">flickr group</a> if you want to see more.<br />
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We met at UW Suzzallo library and since it was pouring rain and super windy outside, everyone headed indoors to sketch. The building has a few beautiful, dramatic rooms.<br />
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I decided this was much too complicated for me yet.... so I kept looking.<br />
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I decided to try this view. I spent the most time figuring out the proportions and getting the "big" shapes in, in pencil. Then switched to ink to do the actual drawing ...... learned a couple things about watercolor when I added that step that I hope I remember next time - I need to work a little wetter so my colors blend better and my shadows don't have such hard lines. But, for today, a good effort.<br />
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Looking at all the great sketches at the end. There is SUCH a range of styles and paper sizes and abilities..... an amazingly talented group! I'm looking forward to the next one.</div>
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On the way back to my car, the rain let up a bit so I wandered thru the quad to look at the cherry trees, soggy though they were. </div>
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-58472954806129635042016-03-13T20:54:00.000-07:002016-03-15T09:36:34.545-07:00learning perspective drawing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I took a perspective sketching workshop last weekend and loved it. The instructor, Stephanie Bower, was so clear and full of good examples and tips that I actually had several "aha" moments in being able to "see" vanishing points and angles. She was great! She also offers a really good class on Craftsy.com (and they never expire so you can watch it over and over) which hits the high points covered in her in-person class. I highly recommend it.<br />
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So, we primarily focused on one point perspective in the class. After a morning of instruction and practice, we went "out into the world" and sketched in the atrium at Pike Place Market. I was actually able to create something in perspective - hooray!<br />
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Stephanie has broken down the beginning steps of a perspective drawing to three things: define the main shape (usually a square or rectangle), establish your horizon or eye level, find the vanishing point. After doing those 3 things, I got my 2 walls in perspective (ignore my funky looking people). (see my vanishing point pretty much right in the middle, lower half?)<br />
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The 2nd day of the workshop was about adding watercolor to a sketch to bring it to life - then we went out into the market again and sketched during the afternoon. This was much harder - there were lots of people milling about in and out of view and each of us picked our own area to draw. I picked this hallway:<br />
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That's a store front and restaurant entrance on the right, elevators on the left. This took me forever, but I'm pleased that I was able to complete it. The white space in the center is actually open to the outside and I had trouble with that, so left it blank for now.<br />
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Here's my class watercolor efforts - we painted from a slide.....it's always so interesting to see how people interpret the same information so differently!</div>
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-47716653124172853232016-02-25T12:56:00.003-08:002016-02-25T12:56:47.689-08:00still sketching<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Stopped after work last night and sketched my local Mormon church.....a couple of funky angles continue to show up, but it's looking pretty much like a building!<br />
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Then I worked on a couple more at home from photos....these were taken on a trip to Victoria Island, BC a couple years ago. I use chromecast to put the images on our TV so they're nice and big and it's almost like I'm looking out a window at a view. I get a little more sense of scale and distance than when I'm just looking at a real photo or my laptop.<br />
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As my notes say, I drew these with pen (no pencil first!) ala Marc Taro Holmes and used his suggestion for adding darks for emphasis. Not entirely successful, but will work on it. It's interesting to see such different styles between the classes from Stephanie and from Marc. Stephanie uses predominantly pencil and is pretty precise in her perspective representations. Marc draws only with fountain pens and markers and is more casual with his perspective treatments. However, both are proponents of "it doesn't have to be perfect, just believeable"! I like that!<br />
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I signed up for Stephanie Bower's perspective workshop next week. I'm excited to go and see if some in-person instruction will help my "seeing"!<br />
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Working on the 'homework' for my Craftsy perspective class by Stephanie Bower - sketch a door or window in elevation....So I went into my photo stash and came up with these:<br />
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Top sketch is a door from Montpelier, VT, the lower one is a Paris window.<br />
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This next sketch is from Art & Art Magazine on FB. Scrolling through my feed this image caught my eye and since I was in sketch mode, I gave it a try - took about 15 minues maybe.... fun to try some techniques I saw demonstrated on the video. Dan was car shopping (came home with a new Rav4) and I stayed home sketching from FB. HMMMMM.....<br />
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I feel flashes of understanding as I find my way....... Continuing....<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-75748939879113982782016-02-19T09:12:00.000-08:002016-02-19T09:12:05.469-08:00urban sketching 3<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Another Georgetown area in-person sketch. This is the Georgetown City Hall - I remembered this building from exploring the area years ago and wanted to give it a try. Perhaps too much perspective stuff going on to get it quite right, but......<br />
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Pencil sketch - about 45 minutes .....till I got too cold.<br />
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Watercolor added - the side columns are not really so gold - I need to work on my color mixing (sheesh, yet another thing to work on!). The circle areas are problem angles that I'm asking my Craftsy instructor about. - In looking at the photo I realize I totally didn't notice the steps to the front door when I was there - I guess that's the "in the moment" stuff - more the impression than the exact replication - that would be a photo, wouldn't it? I obviously simplified it a bit by leaving out all the signs and lightpost, but should have put in some greenery to anchor it. Well - still learning.<br />
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A photo for reference/memory.<br />
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This is a challenging path for me but I'm thoroughly enjoying it so far - in spite of the frustrations. Thanks for checking in to see what I'm up to....<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-84321628547949834022016-02-16T22:00:00.000-08:002016-02-16T22:00:43.381-08:00urban sketching 2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My second effort at on-site sketching - stopped on the way home and found another interesting building in Georgetown.<br />
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I saw something online about being sure to sketch/draw the thing that caught your eye in good detail for later project reference. So, I started with the window and the detail at the columns then drew the elevation view of the building. Ran out of time to draw in all the bricks - might add them later.<br />
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Here's a quick photo of the building from my car across the street.<br />
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Here's the detail I can't figure out how to draw.....that pesky roof overhang corner.....<br />
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Urban sketching adventure continues................<br />
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Terriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11989512064950173723noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2221299717333777287.post-67184714789962385282016-02-16T09:31:00.001-08:002016-02-16T09:31:33.362-08:00struggling with perspective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My sketching last night was frustrating - trying a bit more difficult drawing (difficult for me anyway) with the arches and angles of the columns. Gave up at this point and will go back and watch Stephanie Bowers' video lesson again. I'm missing something......<br />
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