CHANGE...365 DAYS OF DRAWING

CHANGE the way you look at things, and the things you look at will change.

Today's drawing with another nod to BIC pen and Zorn.

BIC AND ZORN...365 DAYS OF DRAWING..

DAY 233
The handy ol' Bic Pen makes a comeback in my year's drawing challenge as does copying an etching from the great master Anders Zorn.

I learn so much from this man. My own 'copy' drawing could have been better. Drawing without a safety net is always a risk.

Blocked In? 365 Days of Drawing...

One thing I regret in this daily drawing challenge for 2010 is there is no consistency on my part in terms of subject matter and drawing medium. That was not my original plan for the challenge.

When I look back over my picture file recording it all, I regret it is so "all over the place". However, experimenting with different approaches has left with me new found techniques that I really enjoy. The Bic pen and the white chalk drawings on toned ground are appealing to me. The earlier mixed media on paper I like but don't seems to want to do so much of now.

I was exhausted late afternoon yesterday wondering what's next? What on earth am I going to draw today. I popped in an art video of a guy painting flowers and it suddenly came to me.

Why, I will just start a large floral still life, 22"x28", right now, of some purple and yellow pansies in my garden that I have been admiring for weeks. It wasn't sunny but I set up my landscaping gear in my driveway and got going. I took my time on the drawing and arrangement of tree trunk and flowers. Shown here, is as far as I wanted to take it on the first round. Blocking in the big shapes, against a WHITE ground, unusual for me, hoping to add luminosity to the white and yellow flowers as the painting builds.

Come back later...back to break-dancers today. Dear, oh dear.

FACE UP TO IT...365 Days of Drawing

AS I head off to the east coast for a painting trip, this face says it all..."What? How many more days of this challenge do I have left???"

I know I will be drawing in airports to meet the daily challenge so FACE UP TO IT, I guess.

Will be away from posting daily for a few days. But I will be drawing and painting each day.

Jump For Joy...365 Days of Drawing

I am jumping for joy...another weekend down in the drawing challenge. Weekends are hard with so many distractions...this was yesterday's done with that ol' red BIC and no safety net. One false drawing move it would be time to start another.

SEEING RED...365 Days of Drawing

I mentioned a few weeks ago how I need to get to the hair salon. Well, I finally made it today and while I was having a high-light touch-up, I decided to waste no time reading a dog-eared People Magazine like I usually do there but copy an Anders Zorn drawing with a red BIC pen.

My love affair with both, Zorn and Bic, continues Not with my hair tho'. What I am learning from copying this master's etchings is indescribable. I have done a few now in the year's challenge and plan to do more.

To see yesterday's drawing tune in tomorrow when it will be posted with the finished painting.

What makes you see red?

A Father's Best Friend...365 Days of Drawing

Bentley Azure could only sit still for a short while yesterday for his close-up with a BIC. He needed to get to the BBQ pit to be near his best friend, master and father. So generous with the tidbits. Forget about being captured for posterity. Woof, woof.

Hair today, Gone Tomorrow? 365 Days of Drawing...

I have always loved back views in paintings and drawings. My husband said once to me don't bother doing them. "Who wants to buy a back view in a painting?" The next day we walked into a gallery and there was a "backview", I think a Pino painting, selling for thousands. So there!

Will my drawing today for my 2010 challenge be 'hair today, gone tomorrow'? You tell me...

I kinda like what my BIC pen did with those wisps of hair on canvas.

5 x 7"

THE BIC PEN RETURNS...365 Days of Drawing

The mighty BIC pen returns for today's drawing with a copy I did last night of an Anders Zorn drawing. I was tickled this week to be contacted via this blog by a BIC pen distributor who had seen some of my BIC drawings from this year's challenge.

We concluded nothing beats the power of a BIC! Nothing also beats the power of Blogging. Ah, the friends I have met through it. Surprising phone calls sometimes.

My little boy painting from last week's challenge drawings "Wonderment" also made it into a speech yesterday given by talented artist Rich Brimer in his role as President of The Arts Council for The Conejo Valley. What a wonder is that? Thank you Rich. http://richbrimer.com/

http://www.conejoarts.org/2010/06/wonderment/