So a new sketchbook. The first is carbonicles - it actually does pretty well for that "fog" effect, which is what was going on that day. We also have a house, a curb and some neat tower-y things that are in WhiteMan Bay outside the Oasis bank - all in rootish 4B. Snow escapes me. Also, instruments.
Fog - It is. I knew it before I read your note.
ReplyDeleteHouse - Nice touch on the dark painted exterior with light windows. The opposite of most houses I draw. Wonderful perspective eye! Great tones and pencil handling. In my opinion, this is, at this point in your life, your "voice."
Voices may change over time, but this is so very specifically "Micah" right now, I could pick it out of a thousand.
Don't you like how keeping a sketch book turns out to be a history, not only of your own progress, but of your "Sitz im Leben," where you're "sitting in life." Those houses are not where I live, nor Atlanta. They are Milwaukee. Old Milwaukee. Where you live.
If you keep up your sketch books long enough the "history" part becomes more noticeable. A tree you drew grew. A house you drew got the wrecking ball. Your neighborhood may change it looks, does change, all foliage matures, other things change. Or you may change neighborhoods. Some drawings become triggers--"Ah, I drew that one in the car with Autumn." That kind of Sitz.
Curb - Again, a wonderful line and tone handling, this time of a simplified subject. Is that a green bottle in the gutter?
Towery Things - I thought, at first, it was WLC. The roots seem to be well established.
PS Congrats on finishing the old sketchbook! Be sure to label and date it somewhere. I do the inside cover. After you have a dozen they get mixed up otherwise. There is always a flush of pride to see another finished book on the shelf and the smell of the new one in your hand. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteOne guy (written word art teacher) makes a copy of one of his pix from the book, and then mounts it under plastic on his cover. A bit ambitious for me. But I have noticed that, without making a concerted effort, the books tend to be somewhat thematic. This guy/teacher makes them thematic intentionally. Going on a trip--a new book. That kind of thing.
To each his own.