The figure drawing session at AWE on Saturday, 2/9/19, went well I thought. I just grabbed some crayola markers, these are some things left over from kids etc. they have been sitting around forever. They are sort of half dried up which makes the nice for sketching I think. I grabbed a few colors and … Read more
This is a quick sketch of a scene in and old barn that belongs to my sister and her husband Dewey out in the country south of the Twin Cities. We often have our family thanksgiving get togethers out there and I usually try to find some time to go out and poke around in … Read more
After worrying that we were not going to have enough people signing up for the winter sessions we ended up with a record turnout, I heard someone say there were 14 artists there. Lots of folks I never saw before. Very cool. I am still working away at this trying learn to see and express … Read more
I have found that a hardboard, or Masonite product with a gesso covering sanded smooth makes a great surface to draw on. The problem is the preparation is tedious and often you discover a rough spot after you start drawing and there really is no way to go back and sand it some more at … Read more
Another great time yesterday at the AWE figure drawing session. I feel like I am improving, or at least I have some better days occasionally. We started, as usual, with 30 second poses and then some one and two minutes. These are very faint, I should have switched to charcoal or a 6b but I … Read more
I added a few more sketches to the sketch gallery… I was listening to My Back Pages tonight and playing Jimmy as Barns tends to do, I heard one of my favorites by him. this is just good stuff:
We had a good model at the Sept 27th Art Works Eagan figure drawing session. Nice young man, very enthusiastic about doing a good job for us. We started again with 30 second poses. I am working here on an 18 X 24 newsprint pad, just trying to get the gestures. 30 seconds goes fast: … Read more
Going through the sketch books again and thinking about what I drew and why. I am mostly just playing around trying to get my pen to flow with my eyes and what I am seeing. Anyway I uploaded a few… I have lots, I will have to try to post them more consistently.
I spent a couple hours one day last week hanging a dozen of my pieces at the cafe at the Landmark Center in St. Paul. I took a few pictures as I was finishing up. These will be on display there through the month of September and August. Landmark Center Cafe Hours: Monday – Friday … Read more
This is a painting I did from another photograph from one of my sons. I find it a powerful idea that depicts a brief time in my life when baseball was what we did. Remnants of brief periods in a life watching four young people grow from new born to adult. I decided … Read more