sketchbook thursday

The kid and I attend Art After Dark events at our local art museum the Norton on Thursday nights. One of our favorites are when they feature art workshops, like Sketchbook Thursday.

The kid took a photo of me hard at work, sketching from a model from the Norton's spiral staircase (I'm at the far right).

This qualifies as a Throwback Thursday post in that it happened last Thursday, and that I am actually sketching and drawing again, which certainly feels like a throwback, albeit a good one, to me.

Playing with different pencils

The kid came up with a drawing game - to close our eyes and draw something, and then the other person tries to guess what it is. This is her rendition of a ... Can you guess?

why i stopped painting (and drawing)

I love drawing, especially intricate line drawing. It's what I am immediately drawn to in a piece of art and what I loved most to do as an artist. But now, when I look at nature, it's hard to get excited about making marks on paper that can compare to these beautiful lines ...

I was always attracted to color in my work. Nature, of course, has plenty to offer in this regard as well ...

I am still composing, I still have an eye, but now my primary visual artistic medium is an iPhone.

Art is everywhere, not just in the galleries or museums.