DRAWING AND PAINT

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We started the day with a quick trip to the suburbs to see the Kohl Children's Museum's float in the Glenview parade. It was the perfect way to start the holiday!

I usually don't add things to the page before I start sketching but I figured why not give a try, it's a day to celebrate freedom!

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With Athens so much in the news, it brought to mind this quick sketch I did at the their Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Though the unrest and protests were in evidence then as well, we managed to see much of the beauty of Greece.

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A few of us from the Monday Sketch Group braved the iffy weather to sketch at River Walk by the Du Sable Bridge (formerly known as the Michigan Avenue Bridge.) It was worth the risk! It turned out to be a beautiful afternoon and a great place to sketch. We'll return there again, I'm sure.

I'm glad I managed to sketch "architecture," something I usually don't hone in on, but how I sat there on the Chicago River and didn't paint any water is beyond me! LOL

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What a beautiful morning in Chicago! The Green Market was bustling and crowded. It reminded me of Ionesco's poem-

Love life everything--
pale lights
markets medley of
green lettuce,
red cherries,
golden grapes, and
purple eggplants--
all so extraordinary!
Incredible!
you get excited, you talk to people
and people talk to you,
you touch
and they touch you.
All this is magical,
like some endless celebration.

-Eugene Ionesco


I only had a few minutes to sketch but since I wasn't doing the shopping nor will I be doing the cooking, I'm not complaining!

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A sketch a day for thirty days–just not consecutive days–and only 29 (so far.) I really enjoyed this attempt at thirty sketches in thirty days. Though I fell short of the quantity and time elements, I did restored my joy in the sketching habit–which was the true goal.

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Here are a few more sketches. I am slowly getting back into the swing of sketching. The joy has returned!

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Well, I missed three days this week but I think I can make up the three sketches. So it won't be everyday in May but,at least,it will be thirty one sketches!

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A houseful of grandchildren and their parents slowed me down a little this week. I'm not complaining. It was a happy chaos. Here are the sketches that I've scanned so far. I'll catch up later this week.

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Two weeks have gone by since I started my thirty day sketch-a-thon. Well, actually, it's thirty one since it's every day in May.

I've surprised myself at how relaxed I am about this. Usually when I set a goal I become a driven fool. This time I'm enjoying the journey.

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Still struggling to get out of my drawing slump, I've been perusing the many wonderful artist blogs I visit. One of these great bloggers wrote about the benefit of drawing everyday for thirty days even if all you could muster was a scribble. I wish I could remember whose blog it was! If you read Drawing Breath and recently posted about drawing for thirty days in a row, please, let me know and I'll give credit where credit is due.

All that being said, I read the post and decided to give it a go. May 1 was the start day. So while I'm not officially part of the Every Day in May group I guess unofficially I am. I'm easily distracted, as the piles of ongoing projects in my studio prove, but I'm bound and determined to do this. (Please note, I waited a week to see how really bound and determined I might be before posting about it! LOL)

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This weekend gave us extraordinary examples of faith, love and hope - the faith of Blessed John Paul II, the love of the royal newlyweds and our hope that peace among all faiths and countries will be ours someday.

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In the sun it was warm. In the shade it was cold. All over it was windy. I'm glad I dressed as if I were going to a hockey game. It was Chicago and the Cubs won- the one time we were rooting for the other team! (LA Dodgers) Those childhood Brooklyn-roots go deep.

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It has been a VERY long time since my last post. I don't know what happened but it did. The old creative block hit me - hard! All my creative energy was consumed by the computer and there was nothing left for sketchbooks and paper.

The muse didn't give up on me and a scheduled trip to San Francisco coincided with the World Wide Sketchcrawl for Japan on Saturday, April 16. I was able to take a couple of hours to sketch with the San Francisco group at Dolores Park. And what a group it was, my guess, there were at least fifty people sketching around the Mission. Thank you all for your hospitality! And thanks to my husband and family who encouraged "Nana" to go. I'm a little rusty but hope I'm getting back into the groove.






Here are two more from the week.

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A shot study from 'Alien' from one of my favorite films and director Ridley Scott.

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Some works from past projects.