HYDRANGEAS
One warm, lazy afternoon in July of 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia, my friend (Linda)' sister visited Meadow Springs and brought this freshly-cut bouquet of hydrangeas. I was so inspired by it's beauty that I started sketching it, with only a 10-cent 2-B pencil on regular 9" X 12" white paper. This may be just a plain old sketch of those beautiful hydrangeas but the emotions it evokes and the memories surrounding it are precious.
One warm, lazy afternoon in July of 2008, in Atlanta, Georgia, my friend (Linda)' sister visited Meadow Springs and brought this freshly-cut bouquet of hydrangeas. I was so inspired by it's beauty that I started sketching it, with only a 10-cent 2-B pencil on regular 9" X 12" white paper. This may be just a plain old sketch of those beautiful hydrangeas but the emotions it evokes and the memories surrounding it are precious.
THE SAXOPHONE PLAYER"
24" X 28" sketch/drawing of my friend (Emilia)'s saxophone instructor. He lives in NY. I used charcoal, white gouache (for bright values) and regular black pentel/sharpie pen to SHORTEN drawing time. I finished this in 1 1/2 hours. I spent more time, 5 hours, sketching the smaller version,
9" X 12" because I only used graphite pencil. I gave the original of the latter to my friend Emilia.
DAVID RAPS
24" X 28" portrait of David Raps, my ex-husband's father, done in charcoal, pencil. I achieved lighter values and whites by using pointed erasers. This was covered in glass, thus the reflection. (University Of Nevada School Of Medicine (UNSOM) Exhibit).
