St. Malo

Another pen & ink from the same book. This is a view of St. Malo harbor.

Looking out to sea

I am very fond of old photos, and enjoy creating artwork from them. For this pen & ink with watercolor (on bristol) , I worked from a tiny black & white photo that I found in a library book printed in 1913 titled With Pen & Camera in Three Continents. Pen & ink is probably my favorite medium. I hear that my artist grandfather was also adept at it. Vive la ligne! (although generally I side with Delacroix over Ingres. The former had the better disposition.)

I would have liked to work larger to get more details in (the baby in the photo is holding a doll)but most of the photo is very vague.

Smokestack Challenge

Okay, here it is. I took so many photos that I no longer remember where this came from. A surprisingly difficult assignment! It's about 4" high on bristol board.

View from Mt. Feaks cemetary

Yesterday I was in Waltham taking pictures for a pen & ink smokestack challenge that I arranged with my brother. I haven't got anything to show yet (it didn't turn out) but I did like this little pen & ink of the bridge over the river with a church in the background. I actually would like to set up and paint this scene in the spring.

lemon

Yesterday I made a still life box, and I spent all evening painting wood panels and foam core to use as bases and backgrounds. I have a variety of colors to choose from. I just need larger collection of drapery and more props- something to look for at flea markets and antique stores. I tested my system out by setting up a lemon and painting it.

Portrait in oils

This is Marjorie, our model for the morning. She liked my painting so I will give it to her next week. I haven't painted a model from life in oils since college so I had no idea what to expect.

Size is 8x12.

Jim

I often subject my good friend James to being sketched. The one I did yesterday evening at his get together is one of my favorites. It was a really fun time, as always.