Garden Grounding: Watercolor on exhibit

 

Drawings from sketchbooks

Working in the Studio

 

Small Artist Books

I am putting together my one of a kind books. 

They are painted, collaged, printed and sewn together from watercolors,

 mixed media collages, vintage sheet music and ephemera.

 That includes vintage buttons, jewels, calligraphy, and pages of old books.

 

Continuing the Drawing

 

Floral Drawing: Adding More

I work with color and charcoal at the same time, 

switching from one to the other as needed. 

 

Inspiration for a Drawing

First I take pictures of my subject that I am planning to draw.
Especially flowers that sometimes do not last very long!

I take them from many different viewpoints: closeups, birds eye views, side views, among many others.

I also take pictures of my subject at different times of the day and in different light conditions. You can see the difference in color, size, and shadows.  

Starting the drawing on paper, I pencil in where I will place the first flowers. In this way the composition is established more or less intuitively. Balance is achieved by size, color and shape. 

 

Details of the drawing

 

More Drawings: using Pastel, Charcoal and Pencil

 

Drawing with Pastels, Charcoal and Colored Pencil

 

Making a Mandala!

 Hello Everyone!

    Happy Spring! During this time when we are all practicing social distancing and trying to keep busy with some positive activities I am going to post some art projects in the coming weeks that I hope you find interesting and helpful.

   The first is one that I myself needed to do and a very helpful one for centering: 

    So here are the steps! There is no right or wrong way to do this. Use your favorite materials: colored pencils, watercolor, markers, acrylics, ........ 

• First draw a dot or circle in the center of your paper. I used a pen to do this. Then create a shape around that circle or dot
• Next, draw lines, curves, shapes or anything that comes to mind, like doodling. 
• Continue out to the edges of your paper, either symmetrical or off center a bit
• Color the shapes in as many colors as you would like OR continue drawing
• Have fun!   .  .