A Year of Making Art: Day 58

June 16, 2007  Day 58

This morning I am back to red-oranges in my drawing, but I can't seem to get the intensity that I do in acrylic paint on canvas.  I didn't leave enough white space in this drawing, instead using the ink pens almost like watercolor.  Except that watercolor and brush offer much more variation in transparency, blending, and edge.  Ink pens definitely limit what one can do, but instead of complaining, I shoud be looking for the essence of what they do best: line, for example.

  Drawing #58  14" x 11"

I finally started painting again today, now that I have eight new gessoed canvases ready.  I started on the backgrounds on three, and will continue tomorrow.

This afternoon we are going for a hike with Blixy and the kids, and then out to dinner to celebrate her finishing an MA in Enrollment Management (for higher education).  She studied through online courses at Capella University while working full-time as an Associate Dean at Tompkins Cortland Community College.  Yeah, I'm a proud mother!

(Note:  There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting because I had to give myself time to get ahead in case we travel and I'm not able to post.)