This and that….

I have been a busy bee the past few days!  I have tackled a few projects and sketches and have been too tired to write a blog post.  

First, some of you may be curious about an artist’s studio.  I have a small studio.  I wish it was larger but I am just happy that I have one….

Welcome…as you walk through the door the first thing you see is my desk….that’s the Jersey Devil done by Rik Viola, a fellow artist.

Close up of my desk


Just left of my desk is my pink chair….John sits there when he comes in to hang out….the footstool is left over from when I shattered my ankle….I still use it.  The drafting table is where I do larger water media and such…the room has a nice big window that is facing west so the light is pretty consistant until the sun drops in the afternoon.  I adjust the lighting as necessary.


I have a TV….my pastel easel is underneath.  The huge table in front is what John built for me.  It stores all my paper on shelves underneath and it is on wheels so I can move it around.


Back view of the table and now you can see the door plus some paintings 

My desk from another angle.


Yesterday, the huge table in use….a bookmaking project.


The two books on the right are the ones that were being made.


Tonight’s sketches, the Long Island Dock Jumpers were out practicing….


Last night’s sketch that I didn’t post

Derby hat….

A little little fictional vignette to end the day:

“Her hat was all the rage at the Derby this year.  Many younger women squealed with delight.  The audacity!  The brazeness of walking past the “No Pets Allowed” signs.  How did she do it?! How is she able to keep that little kitten still up there? Who is she? 

Cinco de Mayo

“Gallo, Cinco de Mayo”. Gallo is a pretty amazing restaurant.  You can get a 1/4 rotisserie chicken and salad for 5.99 for lunch.  We were at the restaurant/pub across the street. I think I did a pretty good job dealing with smearing non waterproof ink.  I am not sure if the issue was the ink or the sizing on the paper.  Or the humidity.  Maybe all of the above….

Gallo is actually Columbian, not Mexican. I was lucky enough to be sitting by the window of where we are and I had a great view because there is no parking on either side of the street where these places are.

 

Bella barbershop

I went to Main Street to sketch today.  It was a little nippy so I stayed in the car.  I wanted to sketch something that I drive past all the time but never really stop to study.  

It was an easy sketch to do.   I brought it home and my husband looked at it.  He was telling me how it used to be a bar.  Now it is a barbershop…progress?

Sktchy Anniversary

Today is a year from when I first joined Sktchy.  I wanted to celebrate with a bunch of sketches.  I didn’t realize that I was only 32 sketches from 365, a year’s worth.   So today I did a bunch of ATC/ACEO size sketches and I am now at 340.  I wanted to be at 365 but today was a little busy.  So I guess I have to be happy with 340 for now

These were all timed 5 minute sketches in ink.  I used ink so I could work faster.  The watercolor ones are 5 min sketches with 2 minute watercolor.