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Monthly Archives: April 2017
Father and Son Night Feeding
We are visiting relatives in Chicago and I had the lucky opportunity to sketch the newest member of my husband’s family while his father fed him. After several sketches that did not come close to capturing the bond between the … Continue reading
Sharing a Laugh with Old Friends
We stopped in Saint Louis to visit with friends from our college days and it was wonderful to connect again. It seems like not seeing people for 30 years ought to have created a huge void but this was not … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Story Creation
Tagged Body Language, Gouache, Saint Louis
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Along Nebraska State Highway 2
The landscape along the Nebraska highways has a storybook quality. Attempting to capture the feeling of its open spaces with its somewhat rolling hills and textured fields is a great way to spend a day driving across this large state. … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Gouache, Landscape, Nebraska
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Action Sketching along I- 80 in Nevada, Utah and Wyoming
Although learning to accurately sketch is a long standing goal, composing pictures from what I see is an important goal too. Action sketching requires a kind of imaginative planning that I find difficult. Drawing real people who move about in … Continue reading
Posted in Deliberate Practice, Landscape, Telling a Story
Tagged Action Sketching, Highway, Landscape, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
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As the Conference Ends
Well, the conference is over. This is a last sketch on an iPad of worn out participants from yesterday evening.
Presenting to the Group, version II
This is based on a black and white sketch I posted two days ago. I used two apps on my iPad, Procreate and Snapseed, to crop it and add color and texture. I notice that it adds more emotional value … Continue reading
Posted in Facial Expression, People Learning, Telling a Story
Tagged Procreate, Snapseed
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Day 3 at the Conference
Today is the third day of the conference and basic pen drawings are all the sketching I can fit in. While I miss using color, I do enjoy just quickly jotting down what I see. These three sketches today … Continue reading
Posted in Body Language, Facial Expression, Groups Interacting, Learning, Story Creation, Telling a Story
Tagged Body Language, Learning
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