Ai -- That nocturne is great! Those roots are wild on the arched tree ( are those creeping figs or Banyan? ). I really like the St. Joseph's Church outside view... it seems to capture something of what it's like to be there ( and made me want to be there! ) The reclining Buddha is excellent, why do I think you had fun painting that
Joan -- The paintings from the museum are great, I like the colors. The "makes a sound" one made me laugh, so it really did make a sound
The sheep is very cute.
Pine Cone --- positive vibes from me to you too. I hope things turn around for you soonest.
Jo -- You did good with the multiple workers, and a sense of action in that on,. Ha ha the wood chipper made me laugh too... those really do make a lot of noise! February is too far away but we'll have one more year to enjoy Pac 12 baseball out here.
Joe -- Your wisdom about retirement has been spot on so far. Today I kept having the feeling "the weekend is almost over" and then had to remind myself that it's not. After 35+ years of working, I guess that's going to take a while to go away. I like weekdays best now anyway!
I'm glad I got out and drew today, it reminded me how meditative it is, and how I always feel peaceful afterwards. I re-read Betty Edwards instructions before I went out today... she calls it "pure contour drawing". Mine was a 5 minute blind contour drawing, but near the end I didn't want to creep little by little along the contours... I wanted to draw more expressive lines with more feeling and energy... not really a "blind gesture drawing" but something more
Maybe I'll try that another time.
This is my favorite arch along the Sonoma Coast. I don't think many people know it's there because the only place you can see it from is out of the way and hard to get to. My little camera's battery was dead, so I tried to use my phone but you get the idea.
1.a Arch ... blind contour
1.b Arch ink and inkwash
