Bad news, good news

The bad news is that I will be bring sketchbook7 to a close.

The GOOD NEWS is that I am gong to combine it with my OnTheEasel.com site.  I'm not sure why I thought I needed two blogs. More is better? Anyway, I have a full summer of outdoor painting and sketching planned so please join me at OnTheEasel.com

I Want To Screw Up Christmas Dinner

Read this article on my One Ambition site

A Few New Oil Sketches

4" x 6"

4" x 6"

4" x 6"

The Warner Foundation

I will be speaking at the Warner Foundations monthly event this Thursday on the topic: The Inherent Value of Contemporary Realism. If You live here in Tuscaloosa and are interested in attending you can contact me for more information.

http://www.warnerfoundation.org/

Art and Influence On Drawing.

Armand Cabrera is doing a series of post on drawing. Here is his latest.

Parrot sketch

This is an example of what I would consider a sketch/drawing. It is specific enough that I have spent a good deal of time on it but not so specific that I would consider it a drawing. There are many areas on the drawing where the big shapes were left incorrect because I wanted to do it quickly. Your average person would not notice but if you were really into parrots you would.

I took progressive photos of the sketch at 5min intervals.

Drawing Materials

Nice post by Armand Cabrera on drawing materials. I LOVE his pencil box and the bottom of the article has a great idea about making sketchbooks.

My Zoo Sketches

It was a little difficult sketching while keeping up with the entire family but at least I came away with something. I look forward to going back to the Birmingham Zoo on my own when I hopefully will have more time..... I was pretty bummed that I didn't get to sketch any monkeys!

The Discipline of Drawing

A drawing on toned paper using
pastel pencil and white charcoal

A Drawing Using Paint
(I Will Explain on October 1 )

Now that our little sketching Journey is finished for the summer, it is time to move on to learning something a bit more complicated. Beginning on October 1, I will be doing a years worth of weekly post on how to go about learning to draw. As mentioned in "Anyone Can Sketch Part 2" drawing is a much more disciplined activity than sketching and takes a lifetime to master. Yet the rewards of being able to accurately render what you see gives you an ability that is useful in many professional fields as well as providing you with a fulfilling pastime. The year long series will cover drawing from life as well as constructing objects from our imagination and will be entitled "The Discipline of Drawing".

Anyone Can Sketch - Adventures in Home making

If you would like to see another families journey into sketching check out The Adventures in Home making Blog!