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Additional Evening Skies

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Here are some more of my sunset sketches, drawn while sitting on my back deck. I’m glad I took the time and braved the mosquitoes to sketch them. They really capture a lot of memories from this past summer.

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Morning Sketches

Monday, August 20, 2012

I’ve started to keep a small sketchbook in my car so I can make sketches before work, and when I am out and about. I haven’t branched out into color yet though.

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I love sketching in ink.

Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Sketching in ink has become my favorite method to practice in my sketchbook. It really forces me to be confident in my observations and marks. Here, I took a couple of minutes to sketch some lilies on the kitchen table.

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Evening Skies

Monday, August 13, 2012

I’ve been paying attention to skies lately. In New England, we don’t have big wide skies like in the West because of all the trees and buildings that block the view. Some of the only places to see a lot of sky are over a lake, or on top of a mountain. I once read […]

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Colored Pencil Exercises

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Last week I attended the first class of a four part colored pencil workshop at the Worcester Art Museum. We sketched in the museum (European galleries) after hours, which I’ve never done before. Then we went back to the studio and sketched some simple still lifes. I will have a review of the whole class […]

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Mini Petunias

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Last week I did some pen sketching on my front stoop. My goal was to sketch quickly with confident strokes and I think I succeeded. It was very hot and I was in direct sunlight, so I came inside after about fifteen minutes and colored the blossoms yellow.

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Filling the Page

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

When I was younger I used to make many small drawings on one sketchbook/journal page. One day my art teacher was looking through my book and suggested that I make my drawings bigger, to “fill the page.” Ever since then I’ve been making larger drawings, and I’ve noticed that they have more impact. Even so, […]

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New Find

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Today I found a brand new small moleskine watercolor journal mixed in with my art supplies. I must have bought it years ago because I don’t remember where or when I got it. I took the opportunity to paint a quick watercolor sketch of some fresh organic radishes from the CSA. I love the way […]

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Relay

Monday, June 11, 2012

I spent some time at the Franklin County Relay for Life this past weekend. I would have loved to do even more sketching, but there was so much going on that I couldn’t manage. My husband’s family gets really involved in the Relay every year, so I hope to sketch some more next year. Above […]

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Tree Leaves

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

I spent an afternoon with the trees, sketching on and off and getting interrupted many times. Sometimes I find it interesting to see how my impression compares to the actual scene. My drawing doesn’t look very much like the photo, but I think I will remember it pretty accurately years from now when I flip […]

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