I took photos for this picture 4 years ago. I also made an oil sketch at the same time. The scene is along the river outside Union Station in Chicago on a nice summer day. The large reddish object in the background is part of the Adams St. bridge abutment. The river is “off-stage” to… Continue reading Work In Progress – Ipad Drawing
Tag: Drawing
Color Studies
After doing color studies to make one color look like two based on value, then on hue, then saturation, and finally all three, I came to the final exercise in this section of David Hornung's book, “Color: A Workshop for Artists and Designers” (see previous posts). In this exercise, he asks you to make two… Continue reading Color Studies
Poster for Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale
Just as I was fooling around with a new app for my iPad called Inkpad, Alliance for Animals asked me to do a poster for their participation in this year's Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale event. So I got to trot out my rusty old vector drawing skills learned over many years of frustration with Adobe… Continue reading Poster for Worldwide Vegan Bake Sale
Flowers for Easter
Some tulips for spring and Easter weekend that I originally bought for Lesley's birthday. I drew the sketch with my new Pilot “Young Rex” (dumb name) fountain pen with mixed Waterman black and brown ink, and then watercolor over that. I didn't realize how architectural the vase is until I just looked at the picture… Continue reading Flowers for Easter
Chicago On the Ipad
To complete my spring-weather theme, here's Chicago in the rain (specifically Starbucks on State just north of Chicago Ave.). Actually I started the picture last fall sitting at the window counter, and then finished it from photographs. The beauty of rain is the great reflections. This picture is also part of a series I started… Continue reading Chicago On the Ipad
Ipad drawing
I thought I'd post a nice summer picture since the weather's been so rotten here in Wisconsin. It snowed all day. Some spring! I did this on my Ipad on Sunday morning sitting on my patio. It's not so obvious here, but when I matted and framed a digital print of this picture, all I… Continue reading Ipad drawing
Glasses
Just a small middle-of-the-night drawing I did with my favorite Pilot fountain pen and new bottles of Waterman brown and black ink. I'm up a lot with an aggravated sciatic nerve these days, so why not draw?
Studies
Unable to travel to Chicago this week, I've been doing copies like the ones on the sketchbook page above. They're from Jan Kunz's “Painting Watercolor Portraits that Glow.” The Strathmore 5.5 x 8 Visual Journal with 90# watercolor paper is cheap and, while not the best paper, adequate for fooling around. Plus I thought I'd… Continue reading Studies
Figure with marker
I got to the P&C late due to heavy traffic from snow overnight. No time for my usual 14×18 Utrecht spiral pad and compressed charcoal, so I got out some markers I packed at the last minute after an inspiring talk with Don Colley about the virtues of sketching. I got out my 5×9… Continue reading Figure with marker
Another iPad Drawing
My version of the yellow house, drawn on my iPad while in Minneapolis to see “Rembrandt in America.” Van Gogh really admired Rembrandt.
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