mOrning , mourning

Looking with a sad eye this morning,

seeing all we have,

but also remembering all that is no longer.

mum & carns on iPad

Two drawings I did of one of my daughters' bouquet of

Chinese mum and carnations on the iPad:

a few more ipaddings

ORCHIDS

Phrosty photos

the SKY!

A photo of the infinitely paintable sky! 

Goose Creek Bridge

It was an unusually warm and springlike November Sunday. I spent a couple of hours absorbing the view from, and drawing from Goose Creek Bridge today. The land is mostly umber, sienna, and ochre, crunchy looking ground and bare trees. Lots of possibility.

photographing older works

 Starting to sift through some older work... wondering, to sell or not to sell, to show, or not to show:

"meditation"

self-portrait bending over to fit in the mirror

 John, Muse & Cat

ipadding

More from the Ipad! 

I have to admit, I'm hooked, now. There's a sense of freedom when you don't have to worry about ruining a sheet of paper with your ink. One touch, the line is gone...one touch, a shade is painted... but the surface... still thinking about the final result sometimes. This surface will be printed flat...no history in the paper. More like a xerox than a drawing or painting. Just thoughts.

Storm clouds off Rectortown Road

16" x 20" acrylic on canvas

Ipadding

First few attempts on the Ipad. 

"Afternoon Rythm"

acrylic on canvas  16" x 20"

foggy morning

Walking toward the rising sun

and the rising curtain of fog

Trees and walls, drawings vs Ipad renderings

Above is a detailed charcoal drawing of a tree, finished today. I've looked at this tree many times over the past three years, wanting to do a painting of it. I hope to start the painting tomorrow.

Below is an earlier phase of the drawing.

Above is a photo of an Ipad "Paint" rendering of the same tree, done with my finger. Just starting to learn the ups and downs of the this tool.

Below is an earlier comparison sketch of a wall on the farm The black and white is a photo of an Ipad rendering, and the sepia drawing is done with a home-made feather quill and ink. The jury is still out on the Ipad for drawing, in my opinion, but it's starting to win me over. It's very convenient: small, easily transported, and very neat (no charcoal smudges on the clothes and face, and no ink spills, etc.) 

We'll see.

October, pumpkins, frost

Frost defined the edges of each leaf and blade of grass this morning.

This years pumpkin, inspired by an outing to Hollin Farm, where we picked our pumpkins and sunflowers the day before an early snow.

AND, this afternoon's nearby sighting:

New directions

I can't ignore the sky anymore. It has to go on the canvas. Every day, there are new theatrics... remember, I moved from the city to the country. The spiders, the snakes, the grasses, the sky, the everchanging haystacks, all seem intriguing. I have several pieces in progress, but decided to post only this one. I still don't consider myself a landscape painter.

Showing at Three Fox Vineyards

Preparing to show work next Saturday, October 8th, at the "Alpaca Lunch" event 

at Three Fox Vineyards!

http://www.threefoxvineyards.com/events.htm

Passion Flower finished

Passion! Flower!

Finally bought a passion flower vine... this is the piece I've worked on today and tonight. I hope I'll get it finished before I have to plant it.

Fingerlings in A Mushroom Pattern Dedham Bowl

Final watercolor of fingerlings:

Stages along the way to the final:

Detail of watercolor