Monthly Archives: May 2012

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drawing a day 03182012

drawing03162012

Sur­pris­ing change. Some­times what I’ve intended changes abruptly. This is a much qui­eter moment for me when I draw cir­cles and use dots. I find these to be very restful.    

3 water drawings

3 water drawings

I’m work­ing on fram­ing these three water draw­ings for sale. I’ll scan them and get bet­ter pics up. They will be spe­cially priced for Philadel­phia Open Stu­dios if they aren’t pur­chased before then. They should fit Read More …

wisdom — Agnes Martin

My inter­est is in expe­ri­ence that is word­less and silent, and in the fact that this expe­ri­ence can be expressed for me in art work which is also word­less and silent”. —Agnes Martin

drawing a day 03172012

drawing03172012

I decided to build and adjust the pre­vi­ous draw­ing. It felt like there should be some­thing more repetive on the top level. Some­thing that floated amongs the scrib­bles. This was my addi­tional cou­ple of layers.

drawing a day 03162012

drawing03162012

Using a back­ground again in this draw­ing. Still scrib­bling a bit. Hav­ing fun oblit­er­at­ing pre­vi­ous lay­ers. The only really famil­iar marks are the dots. These repet­i­tive scrib­bles come nat­u­rally. I use the same motions to Read More …

drawing a day 03152012

drawing03152012

Another back­ground color exper­i­ment. The back­ground color is added last which makes for strange and sur­pris­ing halos at times. This is an absolute advan­tage of this dig­i­tal medium. I’m not sure how I could every Read More …

drawing a day 03142012

drawing03142012

Test­ing using a full color back­ground. It’s been a while.

drawing a day 03132012

drawing03132012

Just get­ting into mak­ing some­thing with more busy energy.  Enclos­ing cir­cles with elipses.  

drawing a day 03122012

drawing03122012

What is going on with this color scheme? Maybe only one more in this space. It’s strangely soft.

packing for drawing trip.

Check­ing my art sup­plies. nylon japan­ese water­color brushes — check. aque­ous pen­cils — check. draw­ing pens — check water color mole­sk­ine — check. jour­nal mole­sk­ine — check sketch­book mole­sk­ine — check pen­cil sharp­ener? pen­cil sharpener?

Drawing in the mountains.

I will be away draw­ing in the moun­tains for a few days. So excited to have this time after miss­ing it for the past two years!  Expect­ing to have lots of fun stuff to share when Read More …

drawing a day 03112012

drawing03112012

Still light. Easy. Repeat­ing my lit­tle foot­ball. I really like that form. I’m think­ing of using it more repet­i­tively. I love using the orange. Valencia!