~ BRANCHING OUT ~

Here is another tree study done today in pen and ink. One can get lost in the details and one does. Drawing trees is similar to doing puzzles, eventually everything fits together......or not. Maybe I could eventually become a branch manager..........

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- SKETCHING FROM MEMORY -

I did this drawing today while trying to remember some faces that I had seen in the last few days. The lady at the bottom was the strongest image. She impressed me as a lady in her 70's hanging on to her youthful hair styling and 60's, kind of hippie style of dress. Yes, I do remember the 60's.



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~ HOT STUFF ~

Here is a pen and ink sketch that I made today of a variety of peppers. I used a micron fine tip pen on very smooth paper in an older sketchbook of mine. It's interesting to try to suggest color when you are drawing in black and white. (is that possible?) Actually the small ones were bright red, the medium one was olive green, and the large one was deep black.

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- Reflections on Pottery -

I grew up in a ceramic shop in my teens. My mother went from hobby to business and talked my father into buying a ceramic shop. Later on my dad built ceramic kilns and potter's wheels and through him I learned about people like Peter Voulkos and Otto and Vivika Heino. I had some instruction and threw some pots, and also did a lot of ceramic tile murals for commercial and private projects. I found this video on You Tube and it brought back lots of nostalgic memories. The artist is Tony Ivie at www.Bluefoxgallery.com and I hope that you enjoy the video.