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 ©2012 Carolyn A Pappas, Ashtrays. Graphite, colored pencil and marker in 8.5 x 11 inch sketchbook. I sketched it twice. The sketch on the left was first and I was off quite a bit. I came closer to the actual object on my second sketch (right). Elipses were never my cup of tea (whose are they, anyway?). I could fill up a sketchbook of practice sketches and still be improving.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Whippet Sketch 1. Sanguine Pitt pen in large handbook journal. I did some multitasking one evening, alternating between reading, listening to the TV and sketching Ruben (whenever he changed position). I felt so productive.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Whippet Sketch 2. Sanguine Pitt pen in large handbook journal.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Cate (12-27-2011). Graphite in 8.5 x 11 inch sketchbook. My girl is two months old. I’m looking forward to getting to know Cate better over the upcoming year. I hope all my readers also have a year full of blessings.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Rose Sketch (12-9-2011). Graphite in 8.5 x 11 inch sketchbook.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, 12-17-2011 (Triangles). Ink in large handbook sketchbook. I’ve been posting to Pinterest for the past few months, whenever I find an interesting image that I want to save. Pinterest is a great site for finding online inspiration, and I love to browse through other people’s pins. If you use Pinterest, feel free to follow me, and leave a comment so I can follow you.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Small Katie Sketches. Pen in large handbook sketchbook. Above are some small sketches of Katie, and not very good ones at that, done over the course of a few days. Whenever I sketch Katie, or any animal, most of my sketches are no good and only a few really please me. It is such good practice and so much fun that I keep doing it though.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Privacy Curtain. Ink in large handbook sketchbook.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Skyline. Ink in large handbook sketchbook. I was always suspicious when I heard women say that childbirth was their most creative act. In my case, the only creativity involved was making some sketches from my hospital bed while waiting for the contractions to set in.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, Katie in the AM. Pen in large handbook sketchbook. Sketching is such a nice “warm up” for the day. Whenever I sketch in the early mornings, I feel like the day is productive, no matter what I end up getting done. I sketched Katie the other day when she was still sleepy and feeling cuddly. In the mornings she loves to get pets and curl up on the couch like a fox. Hurricane (tropical storm) Irene proved to be a real non-event for my family other than our power going out for one hour. There was a gentle, steady rain with almost no wind. I’ve seen the lake more choppy on a sunny day in fact. It was generally just a gray, yucky day. Thankfully, I baked up some tasty whole wheat blueberry-oat scones that morning.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, 8-28-11 Sketchbook (Hurricane Irene). Watercolor in large watercolor moleskine. Unfortunately, my friends in Franklin County didn’t fare so well. I was so sad to hear about the covered bridge on the Green River and the flooding in Shelburne Falls, including the idyllic Bridge of Flowers. Below is a watercolor I made last year of the Deerfield River as seen from the Bridge of Flowers. It is so sad to think of it as such a destructive force. I still have some reference photos of the bridge itself from that trip and I’ve been thinking of making a painting to remember it like it used to be. I’m sure they will fix it all up at some point, but it will be a long time and will take a lot of money.  ©2010 Carolyn A. Pappas, Deerfield River. Watercolor, 5 x 7 inches.  ©2011 Carolyn A. Pappas, 8-16-11 sketchbook (Garden Sketch). Pitt pens in large handbook sketchbook. Today was the first time that I sat down to do sketching of any sort in the past week and a half, because of various things that came up, namely: a death in the family I’m not going to have my drafting table anymore or a separate studio space, and I have had to make some hard decisions about my art supplies. I had already decided not to delve into any new media because I didn’t want to buy new supplies. Now, I had to make decisions to get rid of things that were nice and that I had spent good money on, but I probably wasn’t going to use for awhile and couldn’t store. Thankfully my ink and watercolor supplies don’t take up that much room, but I had to donate a lot of paper for lack of space. Also, I’ve gotten rid of a number of things that are nice to have, but not necessary because I don’t use them too much. These things have left me stressed out to say the least, not to mention that I am expecting at the moment (due in late October). I am very excited about it, but I wish I had a better handle on things right now. Wish me luck because I think I am going to need it in the next few months! |
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