Plein Air day at park in Maryville Tn.

PleinAir outing to Harmony Family Center at Montvale

Sketched with pen and then watercolor of Twin House at old Camp a Montvale . The structure was the counsellors lodging...boys on one side..girls on the other.

Sketching with contour

Kay, your sketching from the Swenson workshop inspires me!!  After looking at your story page in sketch I did a sketch in the salon from objects in the room.  I tried to limit my time spent on each aspect, though I didn't use a timer.  I like the way it came out...but I'd like to have a better grasp of how to use the negative space around the subjects to connect the work.  This time I drew part of the netting we have holding fresh fruits and veggies...but I ended up covering more of the page than I like.  I'd like to transition from one piece to another without being so obvious.  

So...the next day we were traveling up the St. Mary's River from De Tour, MI, to Sault Ste. Marie, MI.  What a perfect time to do some sketching on the move.  What with our going only 7.5 mph anyway...and add to that the current from the river pushing on our bow...I had just enough time to sketch in a few objects.  I still would like there to be more space around the subjects.  Will work on that.  All in all, I like the sketch above better.  I was more faithful in it, I think, doing the contour drawing.  It gives a flow to the piece that plain ole drawing doesn't have.  And...maybe it's that line transition in the first piece that makes me feel it is a unified piece...a composition.

Tuesday Painters

Tuesday Painters went to a beautiful farm . I chose this old barn and first sketched using black pen and used contour line drawing.  Then of course hasd to add watercolor!...great morning in a peaceful setting.

Brussels

New entry to travel journal

Leaning a little!

Kay

Lake Erie rocks

Way behind on posting...This was fun to do...and I tried to do some shading in an "artistic way."  ;-)

I received flowers for our 4th of July Get-together. Sketched with penand then watercolor

Get Well Card

My friends Mother fell and is in the hospital.  I sat down like I used to and painted a little card to take with me when I went to visit. I think it brightened her day a little:)

"Waiting"

An Amish couple were fishing at the wall on which we were tied.  She was sitting on a concrete post...waiting.

House on Esopus Creek, Saugerties, NY

Tried painting large areas before drawing.  Kinda like it.  Cutest house!!

Castle by the sea

Tiny (2x3) painting.  Started out just playing with watercolor.  Dabbed off the moon with a wine cork covered in tissue.  Then today I worked on it a little trying to make a scene.  I think I still need to scratch out some really light parts on the castle...and maybe on the moon.

Morning Coffee

Pen and ink sketch

While enjoying morning coffee

Kay

Collage for Porch

Pocomoke City, MD, drawbridge

Pocomoke City, MD, drawbridge

Geraniums

Thinking of painting something to hang on porch..maybe I will do Geraniums!

Harbor sketch from Chisman Creek, Chesapeake Bay

Pot of Zinnias

Porch Angel

USB cord, many ways....

Time for planting pots!

Kay

An oldie...

In more ways than one.  This sketch was done in 2013 from an old photo.  Loved the look on this child's face.  Obviously the photographer was taking too long!

Friot pencil sketch

Drawing, if not sketching...

We've been traveling every day this week so have worked in the evenings on a Zentangle page....

Ink sketch wiith watercolor

sketch for travel journal

Bruges, Belgium                                    Kay

Spring is here!

Sketch from concord Yacht Cub

Life in the galley

Should have used the Elegant Writer so's the shading would have been better.  ;-)

Sketch from visit to Sailor's Exchange

Yesterday we went to the Sailor's Exchange in St. Augustine.  The place is packed with items for boaters...surplus and used.  There was a big bin of bolts, screws, etc. and it caught my eye.

Sketch with pen and pencil of Hugh Bailey pottery piece

Sketch with Elegant Writer pen
Shading using brush and water

From one of many photos of doors I took in
Italy. Castellina in Chianti





Kay

Picasso sketching

I was in Sue Pink's workshop this week, Mon.-Thurs., and one exercise was to reduce a figure or item to as few lines as possible and still be able to tell what it is.  This may LOOK like a billy goat... but it's a schnauzer.  ;-)

Sketched old hammered copper pot with pencil.  Ksy

I reverted back to pens and WC. Much easier.

Sure is too cold to do much outside!  Spending time in my studio😊Kay

Class Reflection Project - Mason Jars

C&J's cabin in the Woods
Started sketching the whole cabin the other day and didn't like the perspective so cropped it and painted.
.Inspiration for a bigger painting!

Flowers from Willa...a picture from home

 Doris inspired me to loosen up by doing some paint drips and finding a story with ink!
Fun activity




Kay                                

Waiting on the catch of the day

We've enjoyed watching the antics of the pelicans at the fish station when a boat comes in with a big catch!

Pulling up an old one

Yesterday found us rushing around getting ready for our departure from Sarasota tomorrow morning. This sketch is from my art journal.  It was done at home while watching Dexter and looking at items on the bookcase.  ;-)

"A line is a dot that went for a walk"......,,..Paul Klee

Continuous line drawing. Where does it start and where does it end?     A very relaxing journey!
Kay

Quick sketch  of view outside condo window ..Longboat Key, FL
Sunny and 75 degrees!


Kay

Belated sketch

Kay and I went to Art and Frame of Sarasota Saturday afternoon and came out with all kinds of goodies.  One of my purchases was the Ahab pen from Noodlers, a fountain pen with a flexible nib so you can vary the amount of ink that feeds through by the angle and pressure placed on nib.  I'm still experimenting...I have the ink stained hands to prove it!  Yesterday afternoon I went to the art festival here in Sarasota and was inspired to do the fellow above when looking at the art of two exhibitors,  Bruce Holwerda and Vladimir Pailodze.  I used the Noodler pen and and ultra fine point Bic Mark-it on top of a grungy acrylic blot on watercolor paper.

             Kate

Falling asleep before the Ball dropped!
Happy New Year2015!
Kay