Studio Night Last Night: The Comfort of Paint

Last night I started two new paintings and I love them both.

As usual these are just a sneak peek. I can't show you the whole thing yet because they wouldn't make sense to you. But I'm relieved that they make sense to me!

Can't Not Sketch Umbrellas

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's all right.

Follow Friday: Beth Gilmore

Follow Beth Gilmore at Tales from the Little Pink House, where she posts her own work, which is simultaneously sweet and haunting, and posts interesting work by others.

Drawing at Work

What?! I don't draw at work, that's crazy.

Memphis Monday: Dixon Gallery and Gardens

This is the quickest of sketches from the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. They have a front porch, which I love, and I sat there waiting for my aunt, great-aunt and grandmother one afternoon.

Supply Sunday: Sketcing with Pencils in Museums (or, I Also Went to Nashville)

Did you know most museums ask you to sketch in pencil rather then pen? Luckily I did, so I brought my pencil case full of colored pencils with me when we drove up to Nashville last weekend to see Art Deco Automobiles at the Frist Center.

Though I thoroughly enjoyed sketching these, and was especially glad I had color to work with, these little sketches in no way do justice to these gorgeous objects. They are really, really lovely - just no other word for it.

Though I made this one look like an clumsy dragon, it was actually the most beautiful car there.

There were a couple of motorcycles, too.

Even the shadows created by the door handle were beautiful.

It was weird to sketch in pencil so much after using nothing but pens for the last year, but it was the perfect way to sketch these cars because I could just go over the shapes repeatedly, trying to get it right.

The colored pencils are Derwent Inktense, and the graphite pencils are Design Drawing 4B. These are in my Laloran sketchbook, so they are pretty small.

We ate that night at City House, which was a very good way to end a fun day.

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