Fine Art and Creative Services
As we celebrate Christmas and other holidays this season. Please stay safe. Hope is on the way and you are all valuable souls. May we all be able to grab lunch with our friends next year!
I’m including this painting, Winter that I did several years ago. It is now part of a private collection.
A sketchbook drawing dealing with my anxiety.
I’ve been quarantined before the pandemic so i am getting used to it. I miss going to places with my family. I have worked on some sketches but that is about it. It’s hard to paint knowing that there is little or no chance anyone will see it in the gallery. In school, we pondered the idea of creating art in a void. A younger me would have fought for the notion of creating art no matter what. An older, weaker me is more realistic. The one thing for certain is i do need to create no matter what. The media i may choose may be different from painting but still fulfills my need for self-expression. How is everyone else doing during this time?
Due to my illness I do not always have energy to paint. In addition, I have been running low on supplies such as gloves. I like to wear gloves when I paint so there is less hand-washing. Instead of painting, I have been working more in my sketchbook. I have seen some great examples of sketchbooks online and through online courses and it has inspired me to work more in my sketchbook again. The sketchbook was always the starting place for my art and it has been helpful to return. It is keeping my drawing skills sharp and I may develop some of these sketches into paintings eventually.
Every Sunday, I try to do a new sketchbook drawing with markers, pens and gouache paint. I don’t do a preliminary drawing, but instead start in the drawing with a light marker and build with darker marker values in subsequent passes. Generally, I work for an hour or two to complete each sketch then I am too tired to do anything else. I plan to start to share these sketches on this website so stay tuned!
