Sunday, July 19, 2015

Sketching at the Brooks

Seven sketchers showed up at the Brooks Museum of Art last Saturday. Mike and Judith were new to our group. Typically, I forgot my camera so I didn't record our gathering. Here are my sketches in pencil.

Brooks Museum

Waiting outside the Brooks

Guarding the gallery

Sculpture by Jacques Lipchiz

Some small sculptures by regional artists

Saturday, July 11, 2015

Sketching at the Dixon in preparation for an Open Studio in the Garden drawing session scheduled for Friday, July 17

Young artists in the Cutting Garden  (Noodlers pen and ink and ink brush)
I have always enjoyed making line drawings with pen and ink. But it can take some time to add textures and shading.

Cutting Garden fountain ( ink wash)

Another technique is to make shapes with a brush.  This can be quicker but involves more equipment.


Europa  and the Bull (ink wash)

It's a painterly approach.

Hydrangea ( Lamy ink and water-brush)
I have found a hybrid technique, useful for quick sketches, that uses both lines and shapes.
  
Fountain detail ( blue Lamy ink and water-brush)
It involves very little equipment: a pen with water soluble ink, a water-brush and some sturdy paper.


Fountain detail   ( brown and blue Lamy ink and water-brush)
If you use a warm and a cool color ink, you have more possibilities and still need only minimal equipment.

Fountain detail ( brown and blue Tombow brush pens and water-brush)


Fountain detail (blue and brown Stabilo  Fineliner pens and water-brush )

Food truck at The Dixon  (brown and blue Lamy ink and water-brush)
I often use this technique for quick sketches.

View from the Conservatory ( several colors of  Stabilo Fineliner pens and water-brush)
Stabilo Fineliner pens come in an assortment of colors and are water soluble. 

The Cutting Garden at The Dixon   ( several colors of  Stabilo Fineliner pens and water-brush)
Meet me at The Dixon Gallery and Gardens with one, two or several Stabilo Fineliner pens and a water-brush  at 4 p.m. Friday, July 17, 2015, and try out this drawing technique.
Fountain in the Cutting Garden   ( several colors of  Stabilo Fineliner pens and water-brush)

Thursday, July 2, 2015

More Sketching of Jun Kaneko ceramic sculptures at the Dixon Gallery & Gardens


Jun  Kaneko ceramic sculpture at the entrance of the Dixon Gallery and Gardens
The other side of the ceramic sculpture at the entrance

Ceramic sculpture by Jun Kaneko

Another view of the cutting garden


My favorite raccoon dog ceramic sculpture in the Woodland Garden

Several Jun Kansko sculptures on the south lawn



Part of a ceramic sculpture and part of the Hughes Pavilion

Looking up the south lawn at the east gallery