Man in Hat
Another reader. I really liked this guy’s hat.
Tag Archives: books
Feet and Books
I was sitting here wondering what to draw. My feet were sticking out and I had a couple of books (Charlie Martz… by Elmore Leonard and Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling by Ross King) and my sketch book on the bed. I figured, what the hell, and drew them. It gave me some practice drawing […]
Reading Break
One think I like about my new job is, if I forget to bring along the book I’m reading, I can go to where it resides on the shelf, pick up a copy and read it during my break. However, the job is not without its ethical challenges. For instance, a customer asked me to […]
Books to Start the Year
Here are the books that will be keeping me company on my night stand until I finish them one-by-one.
Abstract 100317
I had no plan for this composition, except perhaps, to see the interaction of the pigments. There is a suggestion of pages of a book stacked upon each other, or bowed, one end attached to the spine, the other free. This might be creative bleed-through from my painting posted the other day. Another quick glance […]
Information Container
I’ve been reading more lately (books, that is; I haven’t yet become accustomed to electronic books). Some books are information sparse, yet enjoyable and others are densely packed. The pleasure extracted from the latter case must come from decoding the interlocking and perhaps foreign ideas and adding them to one’s own wisdom.
Book Case
I have a few book cases in my studio. Over the years, the contents have changed. They used to be heavy with books about human anatomy; the brain (human and other vertebrates); math and science essays. I’ve moved some of these into the Garage of Dorian Gray, to keep the studio perpetually young and productive. […]
Bookstores, NYC
I love books. During my time in New York City, I frequented many of them, amassing quite a library. I also loved the way they looked. I continue my photography showcase a couple of bookstore photographs from NYC.
House Painting
This post was supposed to be another painting lesson with my ten year old granddaughter, Sidra. We painted side-by-side the other day. I drew a little sketch of her home and did a bit of an underpainting while she was at school, hoping to engage her in adding to it later in the day when […]
To Read, Perchance To Dream
Today’s watercolor experiment: I took my own advice from yesterday and tried to combine the square, frame-like organization with a more organic (meaning smooth or natural), looser composition. I began painting today, as yesterday, with simple, flat brushstrokes. Today, I allowed the horizontal ultramarine blue and Winsor red swaths, painted at the top of the […]
