Carolyn A Pappas

©2010 Carolyn A. Pappas, Sketchbook, 10-4-2010. Graphite in 9 x 12 inch sketchbook.

Instead of keeping a wooden egg in my bowl, I now use it as a soap dish at the bathroom sink. The turquoise dish looks very nice with the green bar of olive oil soap I have in there right now. It is kind of rustic.

I’m thinking of setting up a still life with various ceramic vessels. I will probably include this bowl, although I might remove the soap for it. I’ve never done a really big still life before, although I’ve drawn individual inanimate objects plenty of times in my sketchbook. I’m a little bit excited about it because now that I have my own space, I will be able to set up a nice spread and leave it set up until I finish.

I’m going to be on the lookout for info online about still lifes, as well as examples. If you know of any good blogs, etc. please drop me a line or leave a link in the comments and I would appreciate it. Speaking of reading blogs, as of yesterday I have internet access in my house so I will be able to keep up with things again (yay!), although I will have to fight the urge to spend too much time online.  I am thankful for the library, but it was getting kind of old after awhile. In the next few weeks I am also going to be updating some of the pages on this blog as well so stay tuned for that.