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Memorial Day Weekend Sketching

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Northampton Garden, ink and wash in 10 x 7 watercolor sketchbook, 5/24/09 Mall Starbucks, ballpoint and marker in moleskine, 5/25/09 I went to Northampton on Sunday and made the top drawing of the garden while sitting outside the back entrance to Thorne’s Market. I wish I had done more actual sketching but I got really […]

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Evening Sketches at Snow Farm

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Drum and Table, ink and white colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/27/09 My Evening Companions, ink and white colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/28/09 While I was at Snow Farm, I tried to fill all my awake non studio hours with sketching. After dinner we usually had an evening activity of some sort, like a guest artist […]

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Fruit and Flowers

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Fruit Sketch, graphite in sketchbook, 5/3/09   Pink Rose Sketch, colored pencil in sketchbook, 5/4/09 I haven’t had the time to do a lot of art projects since coming back from vacation. In fact, I only just finished unpacking my suitcase today. Here are some small sketches I made from things that I happened to […]

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Cubicle Sketch

Friday, May 1, 2009

I often come to work early because the place is quiet and I can get myself situated. Sometimes I write in my journal; sometimes I sketch the contents of my cube. If you can’t tell what the contents are, the are (from left to right): my pop up pen holder that I got in India, […]

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More Panera Sketches

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

These are some sketches that I’ve done at Panera, on different occasions. I am going to have to find another weekend sketching spot pretty soon. The staff is starting to recognize me and I need to change things up. However, there are no independently run coffee shops, only chain stores like Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts or […]

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Japanese Maple on a Rainy Day

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

It was a rainy Friday afternoon and I had come home from work to an empty house, relieved that the workweek was through but uncomfortable that I had nothing to do that weekend. I sat in my kitchen and sketched this while listening to Pink Moon by Nick Drake and generally feeling very melancholy. Nick […]

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Another Justin Sketch

Monday, April 27, 2009

Here is another (unfinished) sketch of Justin. I was concentrating on the mouth and nose here. I’m starting to wonder if I’m avoiding doing the final piece because I enjoy sketching it so much.

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I’m Off!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Backyard Tree Sketch, pen and colored pencil in moleskine, 4/24/09 On Friday I went down to Jerry’s Artarama and picked up some supplies for my class this week. When I got home I couldn’t resist trying them out. I was using my new Staedtler pigment liners and trying my new pencil sharpener on some colored […]

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My Second Easter

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Sketch of Three Red Eggs, colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/19/2009 Today is Orthodox Easter, or Pascha, as it is called in Greek. The meaning behind it is the same as regular Easter, but the Orthodox calendar is different, that’s all. I always loved that because it meant that I got to have Easter twice. This […]

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Lying Low

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Swan Sketch #2, colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/13/09 Swan Sketch #1, colored pencil in sketchbook, 4/5/09 These are some sketches I made from some photos that a friend took for me. I did both of these in colored pencil and I tried to keep my color selection to a minimum. I did enjoy myself and […]

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