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.