A Short Pause

 

A Short Pause 

A daily sketch. A pause in the day to sketch another stranger found on my laptop screen. 

12”x 9” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and black graphite on tinted paper.

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

Identity

 

Identity 

I did attend a costumed drawing/painting session last Tuesday. It’s been a while. “JY” was posing as a scarecrow, though he became a farmer or cowboy soon after I started sketching him sitting on a stool with mostly a blank staging behind him. 

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

As the Room Disappears

 

As the Room Disappears 

 

Sketching family. Sketched from a reference photo taken by a daughter. 

10”x 9” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Up

Up

Daily Sketching. Another quick sketch of a stranger appearing on a laptop screen.

9”x 11” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Yes, and Know

Yes, and Know

It didn’t take long

for the lines and 

then the wash.

Enough time though, 

to know when and stop.

 

Daily Sketching. Another sketch of a stranger appearing on a laptop screen.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

More Rock to Dance On

More Rocks to Dance On

 

Another view loosely sketched from my photos of a few spots I visited in Sabino Canyon a couple of weeks ago. 

8”x 8” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Much More

 Much More

 

Morning like this 

with much still 

to be enjoyed. 

 

Daily Sketching. Another sketch of a stranger appearing on a laptop screen.

11”x 14” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Entering

Entering

Daily Sketching. Another sketch of a stranger appearing on a laptop screen.

7”x 11” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink

 

More Faces

 

More Faces

More quick daily practice.  Sketches referenced from screenshots of strangers showing up on a laptop screen. 

12”x 9” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Remember Dancing

Remember Dancing

 

Remember dancing over rocky shores.

Crossing over wobbling rocks 

back and forth from one side to the other. 

Young and fabulous.

The steps now are slow, balanced, tentative. 

Calculated uncomfortable motions.

Old and oh so slow.

 

 

Another view loosely sketched from my photos of a few spots I visited in Sabino Canyon.

7”x 7” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point 

Near Water

Near  Water 

Was in Tucson, Arizona over the last couple of weeks. Yesterday I loosely sketched from my photos a few spots I visited in Sabino Canyon. 

5”x 7” ink and watercolor wash

Fountain Pen: Carbon Platinum Fine Point

Attempting Calm

Attempting Calm

Daily sketching. A stranger posing before someone else’s camera. found on my laptop screen.

9”x 6” ink, oil sanguine, chalk and black graphite on tinted paper.

Fountain Pen: TWSBI ECO EF with Carbon Platinum Ink