Scavenger Hunt from Life #169 - Aug 30 - Sep 11
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Jo Castillo
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Ai, yes the tulip tree flowers look delicate and soft. How nice that the hotel shares with the public. Lovely area to sketch in. Thanks for the photos, too. Your painting is so lovely.
Joan, the vehicle and buildings are so well done. Love the Main Street scene. Lively plants in the other. Your digi of the fence and beach is just swimming. Love your flag and umbrella scene, you know I would.
Hi Fletch, art when you can. Beautiful work on the apple. It looks more edible than the real one. I'm smiling, you know I love to paint apples.
Hi Jade. Great landscape and birdie. You were full of energy today.
joe1lt, your Eyeore and friend is so nice. Always makes me smile. Your upcoming studies will fill your time for sure.
txomsy, oh what fun to share your trip with us. Great job on the dome and home seating. I like the textures and style on the trees. Great hatching on the brown ink sketches. Nice lines and tiles and a yummy pear!! Hospital waiting is always a bore, you found some stuff! Lonely person and pretty landscape. A very nice selection of sketches. You have made my day.
Hi Pine Cone. Hope you are finding some sketching opportunities.
I sketched in the PT waiting area. A man fell as we were arriving and I had some time getting him some help from the PT place. He was just coming out of a store and stepped off the curb badly. They patched up his arm and helped him back to his car. He was not a client but may be now. Austin was telling him to come to help his balance. I sketched in the Canson travel book with a Sharpie marker.
Number 1 zipper - purse with 3 zippers
Joan, the vehicle and buildings are so well done. Love the Main Street scene. Lively plants in the other. Your digi of the fence and beach is just swimming. Love your flag and umbrella scene, you know I would.
Hi Fletch, art when you can. Beautiful work on the apple. It looks more edible than the real one. I'm smiling, you know I love to paint apples.
Hi Jade. Great landscape and birdie. You were full of energy today.
joe1lt, your Eyeore and friend is so nice. Always makes me smile. Your upcoming studies will fill your time for sure.
txomsy, oh what fun to share your trip with us. Great job on the dome and home seating. I like the textures and style on the trees. Great hatching on the brown ink sketches. Nice lines and tiles and a yummy pear!! Hospital waiting is always a bore, you found some stuff! Lonely person and pretty landscape. A very nice selection of sketches. You have made my day.
Hi Pine Cone. Hope you are finding some sketching opportunities.
I sketched in the PT waiting area. A man fell as we were arriving and I had some time getting him some help from the PT place. He was just coming out of a store and stepped off the curb badly. They patched up his arm and helped him back to his car. He was not a client but may be now. Austin was telling him to come to help his balance. I sketched in the Canson travel book with a Sharpie marker.
Number 1 zipper - purse with 3 zippers
Joan T
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txomsy, welcome! It sounds like you are well-prepared to sketch wherever you go. You did a good job when traveling...catching a few minutes to capture what is around you. The ones from the hospital I consider "sketch waiting" as a friend and fellow sketcher always calls them. Nice work!
Pine Cone, thanks so much for your comments. I'm still learning how to use Procreate and don't really have enough time to devote to really practicing and learning. A lot of what I can do is by sheer luck. lol
Hi, Jade. It is good that people here share their knowledge and recommendations. This group is good that way. I like your vehicle. It reminds me of the red VW that was my first car...oh, the stories it could tell. lol The cute "pair of pants" has me chuckling. I like the inking on the trees and shrubs.
Joe, thanks. Good luck with your classes. You still have a bit of time before they start up again, so I hope we'll continue to see you until then.
Hi, Jo! Yikes...a fall right by the PT place. Good balance is so important. I like the hatching on your purse. You included the zipper pulls too...fun. I have several purses with a few zippers and then can't find which section I put things in. lol
The doctor sent me for an MRI of my spine and we're still waiting for the results. He said no PT until he sees the results, so it's a good excuse to sit somewhere and just sketch and not move around. lol This time I sat in the parking lot at Captree State Park. It overlooks the bay and the Fire Island Bridge.
10 - trees and shrubs - watercolors
11 - something with wheels - Procreate
Pine Cone, thanks so much for your comments. I'm still learning how to use Procreate and don't really have enough time to devote to really practicing and learning. A lot of what I can do is by sheer luck. lol
Hi, Jade. It is good that people here share their knowledge and recommendations. This group is good that way. I like your vehicle. It reminds me of the red VW that was my first car...oh, the stories it could tell. lol The cute "pair of pants" has me chuckling. I like the inking on the trees and shrubs.
Joe, thanks. Good luck with your classes. You still have a bit of time before they start up again, so I hope we'll continue to see you until then.
Hi, Jo! Yikes...a fall right by the PT place. Good balance is so important. I like the hatching on your purse. You included the zipper pulls too...fun. I have several purses with a few zippers and then can't find which section I put things in. lol
The doctor sent me for an MRI of my spine and we're still waiting for the results. He said no PT until he sees the results, so it's a good excuse to sit somewhere and just sketch and not move around. lol This time I sat in the parking lot at Captree State Park. It overlooks the bay and the Fire Island Bridge.
10 - trees and shrubs - watercolors
11 - something with wheels - Procreate
Jo Castillo
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Joan, scary about the back. My foot is taking ages to heal, but I'm out of PT. Try to stationary bike at home and walk as much as I can. Nice bridge and sand. I need to get with it . The car is very nice. You captured the colors well.
Everyone take care of yourselves! Later.....Jo
Everyone take care of yourselves! Later.....Jo
txomsy
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Thank all. Yeah, I'm OK. It's my wife, she broke a shoulder skying and had to undergo surgery and subsequent rehabilitation. But she's already OK (more or less, at least good enough).
As for quick drawing... I can't emphasize enough how useful it is.
I tend to lean on the side of perfectionism, but I know it is a bad habit I should control. When I went to Paris in August I was determined to expend one day at the expresionism section of Musée d'O (it was so crowded I couldn't endure it), mainly to look in more detail, closely at pictures. It is surprising how some master works are made with just very loose and rough traces or scribbles, and yet when you see the whole they seem perfect. A couple of details stuck: one was a sea scene where waves were thick dark blue brush brushstrokes (sort or 1cm x 6cm rectanlgles), the other was a detail in one of Monet's nymphéas at M. de l'Orangerie that was a few dark squiggles (sort of 5cm diameter circles) that looked amazingly like vegetation.
Long story short: by forcing me to do very quick sketches I force myself to get the essentials (idea, composition, overall shapes) and learn to capture the feeling with a few traces.
And when I discover that often that can be enough for a masterpiece (not that I produce any), it teaches me the humility I need to restrain from perfection (which I won't ever attain anyway).
As for quick drawing... I can't emphasize enough how useful it is.
I tend to lean on the side of perfectionism, but I know it is a bad habit I should control. When I went to Paris in August I was determined to expend one day at the expresionism section of Musée d'O (it was so crowded I couldn't endure it), mainly to look in more detail, closely at pictures. It is surprising how some master works are made with just very loose and rough traces or scribbles, and yet when you see the whole they seem perfect. A couple of details stuck: one was a sea scene where waves were thick dark blue brush brushstrokes (sort or 1cm x 6cm rectanlgles), the other was a detail in one of Monet's nymphéas at M. de l'Orangerie that was a few dark squiggles (sort of 5cm diameter circles) that looked amazingly like vegetation.
Long story short: by forcing me to do very quick sketches I force myself to get the essentials (idea, composition, overall shapes) and learn to capture the feeling with a few traces.
And when I discover that often that can be enough for a masterpiece (not that I produce any), it teaches me the humility I need to restrain from perfection (which I won't ever attain anyway).
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Jo, thanks for your comments. Sorry your foot is taking so long to heal. Our bodies don't bounce back too quickly anymore.
txomsy, sketching gives me a lot of practice and helps when I'm doing other pieces of art. We (or I) tend to want to create a "masterpiece" but that can't happen every time...especially if you don't practice. An instructor I once had said that we artists want to sit down and create a masterpiece immediately. But other artists like singers, dancers, etc practice for hours before they perform. We don't. lol
I hope everyone has a good day. Hoping to get out to sketch outdoors at some point, especially since rain is forecast for tomorrow. See all of you later.
txomsy, sketching gives me a lot of practice and helps when I'm doing other pieces of art. We (or I) tend to want to create a "masterpiece" but that can't happen every time...especially if you don't practice. An instructor I once had said that we artists want to sit down and create a masterpiece immediately. But other artists like singers, dancers, etc practice for hours before they perform. We don't. lol
I hope everyone has a good day. Hoping to get out to sketch outdoors at some point, especially since rain is forecast for tomorrow. See all of you later.
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Thanks Jo! Thinking of you and for your foot healing 
take care of yourself.
Joan - glad you got an MRI and making the best of things but I know pain is hard.
I'm glad you liked the cheeky sketches and the red car.. I love VWs.. very cool first car! 
txomsy - yikes! Glad she's on the mend tho. I like your approach to drawing and tackling perfectionism.. spot on.
your sketch style is great. I came here hoping I'd sketch like that but ended up more suited to slower drawings, which is ok too. 
take care of yourself.Joan - glad you got an MRI and making the best of things but I know pain is hard.
I'm glad you liked the cheeky sketches and the red car.. I love VWs.. very cool first car! txomsy - yikes! Glad she's on the mend tho. I like your approach to drawing and tackling perfectionism.. spot on.
your sketch style is great. I came here hoping I'd sketch like that but ended up more suited to slower drawings, which is ok too.
Joan T
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Jade, I loved the VW but can't imagine scrunching myself up to get inside it nowadays.
I saw these sailboats as I was driving in Bayport today. I did a u-turn and parked. It was either a race or a class. A larger motorboat was there in the middle but I left it out.
12 - free space #2 - watercolors and prismacolors on Strathmore blue toned paper. It is about 3 x 5.
I saw these sailboats as I was driving in Bayport today. I did a u-turn and parked. It was either a race or a class. A larger motorboat was there in the middle but I left it out.
12 - free space #2 - watercolors and prismacolors on Strathmore blue toned paper. It is about 3 x 5.
Lovely composition Joan. Your pictures makes me feel summery. 
