Scavenger Hunt from Life #14: Feb 22 - Mar 2, 2022
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Joan T
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Joe 1, your page of Donald Duck sketches is definitely making me smile.
EP, good group of sketches. Love the hair comb...reminds me of intertwined fingers when you fold your hands.
Jo, you've been busy taking care of the other things that go with art. They do seem to consume more time than the creative part. Thanks for your comments. Sounds like it is a bit cold down there.
6 - rectangle (building on right) - watercolors and ink
7 - polygon (peaked building in the center)
8 - thick tree trunks
9 - thin rails from the railroad tracks
EP, good group of sketches. Love the hair comb...reminds me of intertwined fingers when you fold your hands.
Jo, you've been busy taking care of the other things that go with art. They do seem to consume more time than the creative part. Thanks for your comments. Sounds like it is a bit cold down there.
6 - rectangle (building on right) - watercolors and ink
7 - polygon (peaked building in the center)
8 - thick tree trunks
9 - thin rails from the railroad tracks
ams - Great sketches of your pencil & computer, and I particularly like the tones on your sketchbook and waterbrush - lovely drawing!
Joan - Two wonderful landscapes - beautiful work on the trees and buildings in both, and love the slightly gloomy, abandoned feel of the second one. Amazing work on your phonesketch pedicure - fab style!
Ai - Beautiful simplicity to the lotus flower, and a lovely find for your visit back to the campus.
Joe1 - Gorgeous drawing of your dog figurine, and lovely lines on your duck sketches! Love all the angles, and your pencil shading on the dog sketches is so charming. Terrific work on all the different angles, and great to see your experiments with the pencil colours. I used to use Painter for digital work a long time ago - I'm sure it's a lot more advanced now. It always had amazing brush creation/control tools, so I hope you have fun with all its features.
EP - Fab item assortment, great linework, and I love the pink accents!
#1b - Fruit. Apples. Charcoal & acrylic inks, A2.
#3 - Flower. Daffodil. Charcoal, conte, acrylic inks, A2.
Joan - Two wonderful landscapes - beautiful work on the trees and buildings in both, and love the slightly gloomy, abandoned feel of the second one. Amazing work on your phonesketch pedicure - fab style!
Ai - Beautiful simplicity to the lotus flower, and a lovely find for your visit back to the campus.
Joe1 - Gorgeous drawing of your dog figurine, and lovely lines on your duck sketches! Love all the angles, and your pencil shading on the dog sketches is so charming. Terrific work on all the different angles, and great to see your experiments with the pencil colours. I used to use Painter for digital work a long time ago - I'm sure it's a lot more advanced now. It always had amazing brush creation/control tools, so I hope you have fun with all its features.
EP - Fab item assortment, great linework, and I love the pink accents!
#1b - Fruit. Apples. Charcoal & acrylic inks, A2.
#3 - Flower. Daffodil. Charcoal, conte, acrylic inks, A2.
Joan T
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Thanks everyone! For some reason buildings along the train tracks often get that abandoned, neglected look with junk and graffiti. I find those spots interesting to sketch if you can get near them safely. lol
Triss, you have such an interesting style for your sketches. I keep going back to them to look at how you did them.
Back during the fall before Covid started I was working on a set of sketches in an accordion sketchbook. All the views were of places found along a particular route on the North Fork of Long Island. With all that was going on with my husband getting ill and Covid hitting I misplaced the sketchbook. I looked for it a few times but wasn't able to find it. I gave up...so you know that was when it magically appeared right where I had been looking all the time. It only had 2 pages left to fill, so I headed out to fill another page. This needs a little more work but it fits the hunt.
10 - outdoor - watercolors and ink
11 - difficult - watercolors and ink (This is another similar abandoned structure near the train tracks. I saw it from far away and had quite a time figuring out how I could get near enough to see the whole thing. I was in and out of a few parking lots and ended up around the back of the storage area/trash area for a greenhouse. All I kept hoping was that I wasn't going to get stuck back there. lol)
Triss, you have such an interesting style for your sketches. I keep going back to them to look at how you did them.
Back during the fall before Covid started I was working on a set of sketches in an accordion sketchbook. All the views were of places found along a particular route on the North Fork of Long Island. With all that was going on with my husband getting ill and Covid hitting I misplaced the sketchbook. I looked for it a few times but wasn't able to find it. I gave up...so you know that was when it magically appeared right where I had been looking all the time. It only had 2 pages left to fill, so I headed out to fill another page. This needs a little more work but it fits the hunt.
10 - outdoor - watercolors and ink
11 - difficult - watercolors and ink (This is another similar abandoned structure near the train tracks. I saw it from far away and had quite a time figuring out how I could get near enough to see the whole thing. I was in and out of a few parking lots and ended up around the back of the storage area/trash area for a greenhouse. All I kept hoping was that I wasn't going to get stuck back there. lol)
triss, thank you so much for the nice words, glad you liked them.
you are right about the program, it has many nice features, many brushes, when I tried digital for the first time, 6 years ago, I hadn't tried any drawing using layin yet, I tried you in these weeks. another work that I like about digital, which can be used as an overhead projector,
to practice drawing people, I had thought of practicing some photos, trying to draw on them as seen in the videos or who explains. once I had tried on some pages, magazine advertisements, then I hadn't tried it again.
both the fruit, the flower and the cup are splendid.
Joan, both paintings are formidable.
you are right about the program, it has many nice features, many brushes, when I tried digital for the first time, 6 years ago, I hadn't tried any drawing using layin yet, I tried you in these weeks. another work that I like about digital, which can be used as an overhead projector,
to practice drawing people, I had thought of practicing some photos, trying to draw on them as seen in the videos or who explains. once I had tried on some pages, magazine advertisements, then I hadn't tried it again.
both the fruit, the flower and the cup are splendid.
Joan, both paintings are formidable.
AiArts
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Amazing works, everyone: Joe1, Joan, Triss, EP, Anne ... sorry that I have been missing...and out of steam... but I am smiling seeing all of these wonderful sketches. Thanks all for your kind words.
Jo: No worry, we each have our life to care for ... no worry... do what fit yours schedule and family time too. Thanks for your kind words.
Joan: I definitely can tell that your eye surgery has brought you to a higher level of depth and clarity in making arts. I am so happy for you and us to see your new results.
Jo: No worry, we each have our life to care for ... no worry... do what fit yours schedule and family time too. Thanks for your kind words.
Joan: I definitely can tell that your eye surgery has brought you to a higher level of depth and clarity in making arts. I am so happy for you and us to see your new results.
Jo - Hope you enjoyed the baseball game, and got some sketching done! I laughed at you hating the idea of a manicure/pedicure/massage - I'm just the same.
Joan - Glad you found your accordion sketchbook - I've always wanted to try one of those. Love your idea of using yours to sketch along a route. Great shopfront sketch, the linework for the shutters and tiles is fab. Again, terrific feel for the gloomy, derelict sketch - and amazing trees!
Joe1 - Congratulations on getting the three fruits for the challenge, love how you've captured the shapes and depth. And your biscuit is a fun choice for round. I like your ideas for using the digital tools for practising sketching people. I still really, really miss digital layers!
Ai - Sorry that you're feeling out of steam, hope you recharge and are back in sketching-form soon.
#4 - Man-made. Mug. Acrylics & oil pastels, A2.
Joan - Glad you found your accordion sketchbook - I've always wanted to try one of those. Love your idea of using yours to sketch along a route. Great shopfront sketch, the linework for the shutters and tiles is fab. Again, terrific feel for the gloomy, derelict sketch - and amazing trees!
Joe1 - Congratulations on getting the three fruits for the challenge, love how you've captured the shapes and depth. And your biscuit is a fun choice for round. I like your ideas for using the digital tools for practising sketching people. I still really, really miss digital layers!
Ai - Sorry that you're feeling out of steam, hope you recharge and are back in sketching-form soon.
#4 - Man-made. Mug. Acrylics & oil pastels, A2.
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Joan, how fun to find and sketch a railroad scene. Love all the descriptive lines and touches of winter color. The linen shop is so well done. An adventure to get the water tower or whatever it is. Difficult for sure. Excellent. It has been cold for us. We are back to 60 today so hope our winter is over. Ha.
Triss, your different media always amaze me. The apples in acrylic ink and charcoal are so dramatic. The mug and daffodil are very artistic. The mug with the dafodil in it in acrylic and oil pastels is yummy. Love them all. I'm going to take care of my feet by propping them on a stool! Maybe we are together on that. Ha, ha.
joe1lt, love your ellipses on your biscuit and fruits. Nice shading and hatching.
Ai, thanks and you take care of yourself, too. I'm not as busy, it just takes longer to do everything in my old age. Heh, heh.
Hi to Vivien and Joe and other lurkers if you are there.
I sketched on my footstool with watercolors in a Canson watercolor sketchbook. I added a bit of ink at the end, hard for me to leave the blurry edges. I know that is part of the watercolor experience. Maybe as I learn more. Grinning.
Number 2, fruit, oh and now I see Number 3 rectangle - the board.
Triss, your different media always amaze me. The apples in acrylic ink and charcoal are so dramatic. The mug and daffodil are very artistic. The mug with the dafodil in it in acrylic and oil pastels is yummy. Love them all. I'm going to take care of my feet by propping them on a stool! Maybe we are together on that. Ha, ha.
joe1lt, love your ellipses on your biscuit and fruits. Nice shading and hatching.
Ai, thanks and you take care of yourself, too. I'm not as busy, it just takes longer to do everything in my old age. Heh, heh.
Hi to Vivien and Joe and other lurkers if you are there.
I sketched on my footstool with watercolors in a Canson watercolor sketchbook. I added a bit of ink at the end, hard for me to leave the blurry edges. I know that is part of the watercolor experience. Maybe as I learn more. Grinning.
Number 2, fruit, oh and now I see Number 3 rectangle - the board.
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Anne, you draw so well. I love the clothes pin. Wow. Yummy apple. Pink thread, don't think I've ever had pink thread in my house. Neither of my girls liked it. Ha.
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Triss, thanks. I like using the accordion sketchbooks if I have a particular theme. I may end up adding pages to this one since there is only 1 blank page left unless I want to paint on the backs. Your daff in the mug is so bright and cheery...just what I need to brighten this morning.
Jo, thanks. The tower can barely be seen because it is hidden by so many trees. I probably shouldn't have been where I was when I was sketching it. Your apple and knife on the cutting board came out really well. I don't see any problem with your edges. I'll have to buy some fruit so I can add them to my sketches for this hunt.
Anne, thank you. I don't think you can get something thinner than that thread. lol Good thinking! Your sketches are always so neatly done.
Jo, thanks. The tower can barely be seen because it is hidden by so many trees. I probably shouldn't have been where I was when I was sketching it. Your apple and knife on the cutting board came out really well. I don't see any problem with your edges. I'll have to buy some fruit so I can add them to my sketches for this hunt.
Anne, thank you. I don't think you can get something thinner than that thread. lol Good thinking! Your sketches are always so neatly done.
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#2 veggie ... a kind of Thai eggplant ... done in cp about 15 minutes, size about 3x4 inch.
Below set done using a brown ball-point pen... in an A4 size of a sketchbook page...
#3 square -- a kind of Thai sweet in pandan woven square container
#4 brought me smiles -- a happy cup of hot tea or coffee or chocco.
#5 odd shape -- a case of Lindt choccolate
#6 round -- a piece of chocco candy
Below set done using a brown ball-point pen... in an A4 size of a sketchbook page...
#3 square -- a kind of Thai sweet in pandan woven square container
#4 brought me smiles -- a happy cup of hot tea or coffee or chocco.
#5 odd shape -- a case of Lindt choccolate
#6 round -- a piece of chocco candy
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Jo Castillo
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Ha, Joan. Sue and I went sketching in NM and went up on a hill close to where they were building something so we could get a good view of Camelrock. Turned out they were building a casino and the security people ran us off. Guess they thought we were stealing secrets of their security!
Ai, your eggplant is so cool. Fun brown ink sketches. Love the mug of course! Candy ideas make me want chocolate. Wonderful lines and hatching/shading.
Thanks all, back later.
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Did a few sketches on one page. Numbered wrong even with them right there. That is the kind of day I'm having.
Number 4 thin, chain - #5 thick, lamp pole - #6 round, golf ball - #7not round, card reader - #8 slow, me - #9 simple, pencil sharpener -#10 man made and #11 flower, poppy from Veterans Day
Number 4 thin, chain - #5 thick, lamp pole - #6 round, golf ball - #7not round, card reader - #8 slow, me - #9 simple, pencil sharpener -#10 man made and #11 flower, poppy from Veterans Day
