Dining Room in Vermont
I continued today to use photos as the basis of my sketch. This is from the dining room of friends who live in Vermont. I liked the look and feel of the room and thought the way the sunlight entered the room from the lower left side set it off nicely.
I have been doing more analysis of the photos I draw from than I do of a scene when live sketching. There is something about looking at the photo that makes me worry about placing the objects down in a way that conforms to the photo. The photo has one point of view and that is all I see. When live sketching I turn my head and shift my view as I develop the composition from the range of what I see.
This is a pastel and gouache sketch.
Deliberate Sketching 
Utterly FABULOUS!
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Thank you Sheila!
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Sally, this is really very cool. It’s such a shame you won’t give it to me! 😉
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I just might!
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This one gives me a feeling of something a bit surreal, like a tinge of being inside a storybook or Coraline. Maybe something about the room’s self-containedness.
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Hi Anna, I think the brushstrokes on the carpet, which move on the diagonal, might be what gives it a surreal feeling. Had the brushstrokes moved side to side horizontally, it might be more grounded. Thank you for the comment, it helps me think about my work.
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