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A Thirty-Seven Year Old Idea
Two old scholars, working together on an idea that has eluded them for thirty-seven years, notice it is a delightful day and decide not to waste a moment of it. They take their notes and computers outside, sit along the … Continue reading
Posted in Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Colleagues, Denmark, Gouache, Learning, Spring
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Danish Fields of Yellow
I started a second sketch at Nivå yesterday, from the same spot as the one of the jogger, but looking 90 degrees to my right. I like it because the immense field of yellow extends across the full page, practically … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Denmark, Gouache, Nivå, Rapeseed Oil, Urban Sketching
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Jogging along a Danish Byway
I was tempted to call this ‘Jogging along the Blue Roads of Denmark’ since blue roads read like water, and the title would alert the viewer that these blue areas are roads, not rivers. But this sketch is more about … Continue reading
Posted in Landscape, Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Bikepaths, Black Bristol Paper, Denmark, Gouache, Nivå, Urban Sketching
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A Redo of Homework under a Tree
Yesterday evening I posted a sketch, ‘Homework under a Tree,’ a painting with a message about friendships, youth, and spring. This morning, I looked at it again and saw that I got way too much of it wrong. I wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Telling a Story, Uncategorized
Tagged Denmark, Friendship, Gouache, Spring, Værløse
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Homework under a Tree
I can’t be sure that the project these three were working on so seriously was their homework, but whatever it was, it had their full attention. I wonder, in 50 years, will these three girls look back and remember a … Continue reading
Posted in Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Denmark, Gouache, Homework, Plein Air, Spring, Urban Sketching
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Along a Path
It was a perfect spring day today in this part of Denmark, with intermittent sunshine and temperatures warm enough for comfortable sketching. This is from the nearby Hareskov woods, and I wanted to show the cheerfulness of the day in … Continue reading
Posted in Plein Air
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Denmark, Gouache, Hareskoven, Spring, Urban Sketching
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A Dock Leading to Adventure
I was drawing at Søndersø Lake in Denmark when some children came along and began to play in front of me. In an instant, the sketch changed from being about a spring afternoon along a lake to being about three … Continue reading
Posted in Plein Air, Telling a Story
Tagged Black Bristol Paper, Denmark, Gouache, Kids, Plein Air, Sóndersó Lake, Spring, Urban Sketching
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