MANY WATERS ...continued..continuing?

 thumbnail/ value study

pastel on Wallis sanded paper  ~5"x5"

pastel on Wallis sanded paper ~5"x5"

oil.. and rain drops!  6"x6"

oil. 6"x6"x2"

oil. 6"x6"x2"

Alas and alack; I have let time lapse!

just found this in DRAFTS dated 6/1 oops!

cropped to square format..?

they are part of a series..our little "lake" ....different days, different seasons , different times of day

"Many Waters"

thursday i'll post others

too long AGAIN !

Dear reader, much in between.. busy with new gallery see :

http://www.finelinesgallery.blogspot.com/

but for now a little catch up

these are tiny thumbnalis of WN photos( see previous post) from a 1915 catalogue for handpainted photos

the catalogue was printed in B+W like alot of old art books were!!

may camera, poor lighting..changed B+W pencil on white paper to sepia hmmm?

edited back toB+W

From Wallace Nutting

My Nana Johnson was a "colorist" for Wallace Nutting in her youth. He photogaphed pastoral scenes in New England and Europe. He would also sit models in period dress in Colonial Homes. He was a romantic, always wishing for a simpler time.. in the midst of the Industrial revolution. I havebeen given a copy of the 1915 catalogue and been sketching a bit from it with visions of using them are ref.

AFTER VERMEER

did a quick sketch while visiting some dear ladies who paint together on Tuesdays

Ginger Doll 50's childhood revisited

the swing of the hangers rythm...

in a line i think maybe "3 graces"?
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I liked using the text as my grey!
I have since drymounted and left the torn edge as interest!

more figures

here i have begun with quick gesture in cobalt blue watercolor using a long bristled liner brush for a loose line, then work in pencil...sometimes go back with more watercolor.. the last one is just brush and color..the red is the chair

Nutcrackers, Sweet!!

My newphew has a collection of Nutcrackers from when he was little and up.. He got married and what do you think I found at Goodwill? a Mr and Mrs..I'd never seen a girl one.
here they are in pencil ..I think i want to do them in

pastel in the mode of "Tea for two!" see 1/5/09

dolls

drawn while watching Haiti Tradgedy..the contrast was painful..my heart aches for the children.

they are pencil and pencil with watercolor on vellum

Model Laura Bradley

these are from the end of last year..still chronicaling/catching up.. Martin Pate organizes a fig drawing group, he is sooo adept! he used conte and a bit of pastel color notes..I started that way..(actually I am using a brown lumber marking crayon from Lowes hardware...but the pencil jumps up to be used!! and i can't resist lithe lines

asleep

Halloween cat

young Unicorn

more pencil.. I do delight in line!!

studies for a Civil War sculpture my husband I envision

Garden Ladies Tea garments

the book club celebrated 100 years!! many ladies dressed in period. these dresses were from the Historical museum.

I could live in the day dress.. the one in a pile of papers