Saturday Sketch

For the second week in a row I attended the Saturday morning drawing group at Argos Gallery. As usual, random conversations made the 3-hour pose go by very fast. After the drawing session a small group of us walked to the Back Street Bistro for lunch (a regular event for some of the Saturday group regulars). Good soup, good sandwiches, and more good conversation.

I sketched with a red Conté pencil. When I got home I made a color scan of the sketch, then used Photoshop to add color and white highlights.

Original sketch
24" x 18"

Chair and Two Stools
Red Conté pencil on newsprint
Digital print 30" x 24"

A Gallery Somewhere

Whenever someone asks “What are you going to do with your art?,” I reply “I hope to someday put it in a gallery somewhere."

Introducing aGallerySomewhere.com

Alone

Alone
40" x 36"

AloneDetail

Turquoise Miner

Experimentation inspired by an old photo I ran across. I started with a quick felt tip pen sketch on watercolor paper, splashed on some watercolor, then scanned the image and digitally added a background texture and other enhancements/adjustments.

The Turquoise Miner
28" x 20"

Two Models

A model-scheduling mistake resulted in having two models show up for the drawing session last Tuesday. Since attendance was good enough to pay both models, we asked them both to stay. Multiple-model sessions have been requested by several of the regulars in the past, so there ya go. It could become an occasional event.

Two Models
Charcoal on newsprint
Digital color and texture enhancement