Monthly Archives: August 2021
Sketch Book Series: Tree Trunk (September 2010)
With this pen and ink sketch, I was trying to replicate the textures I saw in a tree trunk.
Sketch Book Series: Parking Lot (April 2010)
Sometimes the planned goals of my sketch are not achieved. Below, I got too caught up in drawing the cars, that I could not render the sky, which was my original intention.
Film Shoot with Giant Shade Maker
It took me a while to figure out that the suspension-bridge-looking structure atop the shade maker is a support to keep the apparatus from collapsing.
Sketch Book Series: Ruskin Introduction (July 2010)
I copied a bit from John Ruskin’s ‘Elements of Drawing’ at the beginning of sketchbook number 7 (July) of 2010. I do a lot of reading and looking at artists’ images. I used advice from the masters to learn the basics of sketching and drawing. I continue to be impressed by the myriad of ways […]
Relaxing Before a Shoot
Sketch Book Series: Shading Metal (August 2010)
The object of this study was the center of a sun umbrella: a brass collar in between two large wooden dowels. It was difficult to replicate the elongated reflections.
City Hall from Police Headquarters
Sketch Book Series: Texture and Shadows (August 2010)
I didn’t quite get the texture of the wood, except for reproducing the lines of the grain. There is more texture in the shadowy part of the sketch, but it didn’t quite portray the overlap of the fence boards. More practice sketches should help improve the impression of texture and shadows.
LA Violin Shop
I so wanted to get my violin in shape, but the shop is fenced in.
