sketches, now with foliage

summer is good. less detail, i think, with all the green about. or am i just learning to exclude that high-frequency noise?

FF Mirado 2

Was in the car with my book but forgot my regular drawing pencil--a Twist Erase mechanical pencil with .09 2B lead. All I found in the car was an old Black Mirado 2. I rejected it, but since it was all I had--

Drew two pix with it. The one in the rear-view mirror attracted me because of that wonderful lop-sided house with the door askew to the gable.

The top picture was an interruption, but done with the Twist Erase. It is becoming apparent that the tools mean much. And become the determiner of a "voice."

FF Pastel Pencils

Don't like 'em.

GLEANINGS ON THE WAY

"Tone value is the commonest problem in drawing." Norman Battershill Draw Trees

roofs? was it roofs?

cause i got one. and a tree. gee look, i left some white spots, an accomplishment!

LINKS - 1 "Artist's Tool Kit"

New feature: web links of value and interest. Here's one for art teachers. It demonstrates artistic principles and then shows them used in actual art works. I love the cat and negative space.

http://www.artsconnected.org/toolkit/explore.cfm

Add your own links.

FF Roofs & Gables

The bottom one was an attempt to draw a Victorian roof. But a tree blocked enough of the view that I couldn't get it right. So I drew the tree instead. And the neat two-height fence.

Two was breakfast at Kwik Trip. Instead of my favorite Kwik Trip drawing-house, I spotted this old beater garage in the back. Loved it. Never got out of the car to look at what that peek-a-boo gable might be.

The next up is a fourth drawing after three not fit for public eyes.

Top pic: Same parking lot space at the bank as the last one, different view. This is part of the Elroy Fire Department building. The shed is a bit of a museum with an old horse-drawn hose carrier.