sketchbook pages

trying to draw buildings, this of Maymont's barn is incorrectly proportioned, also a quick scribble of a woman on the bus.

quick portrait

working on something else so just a quick scribble

listening

before the rain

it began to rain before the Richmond Concert Band had a chance to play, only able to sketch this gentleman and his audience, a pre-concert show for the kids before the main event.

friends

The Mandrill

This is an old painting, something I did many years ago as an assignment in art school. I'm posting it because 1. like Laura, I've been trying to draw animals this month but the trip to the zoo I'd planned for that purpose was cancelled and 2. it was used to illustrate a poem and it's filling in while I work on a new illustration to submit to Sparky's "Illustrated Poem Marathon". The first few lines of the poem "The Mandrill" are

In the Mandrill
unrefined
Beauty and Beast
are well combined.

.

ouch

statue from The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

museum statues

Starbucks sketching

Richmond is now covered, I've joined the club.

Nicky's baby

drawing the baby on an envelope 'cause that's all his sisters and cousins left me with, they took all my paper and pencils so they could draw! Yay!

sculpture of Leslie Garland Bolling

a few sketches from the exhibit of wood carvings by Leslie Garland Bollings now showing at The Library of Virginia, I wish I could have captured the wonderful patina of the wood, the delicacy and detail of his work, they were beautiful!

scribbling lunch

bronze bear

Maymont's black bear was sleeping so drew their bronze one instead, the three year old plopped aboard for a photo just as I was finishing :)

bunch of sketches

happy napping

more animals at Maymont Children's barn

good as gold?

summer treasure! a window display at Bygones in Carytown.

too quick!!

went to Maymont's Children's Barn to join Laura in drawing animals this month but when I arrived the goats were dashing, jumping, chasing, racing, and generally tearing all about with glee, just one cooperative fellow had settled himself comfortably and stayed still (though just briefly!), catching some rays with his head tilted towards the sun. I attemped again the carriage horse but she too was gone when customers arrived, so just these few scribbles, practice at least for Thursday when I'll head for the zoo!

summer breeze

and strawberry parfait, I'd have been smiling.

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summer time Annie

seeing the world through pina colata tinted glasses

added 8/14: thanks everyone for your comments! I goofed and misidentified the drink, correction, Annie's apparently seeing the world through bloodly Mary colored glasses.

angry animals and a pirate

Trying to join Laura in drawing animals this month these are the only ones I've had a chance to sketch, they are statues that are part of the exhibit on Henri Rousseau at the National Gallery, they were included in the show because they are thought to be a source of reference for his jungle paintings.

and this is the beginning of an illustration, the treasure revealed tomorrow!

sketching a sketcher

I always wondered that I'd never come across anybody else sketching their "everyday", finally I have! I was inside the cafe, she was outside sketching the buildings across the street, she left suddenly and I didn't get a chance to say hello, now I wonder is there a sketch of me sketching in someone's sketchbook?

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added 8/12: thanks everyone for your comments, if I ever do meet her I'll be sure to let you know :)

Tuesday night

The Troubadour

Grant-Lee Phillips and Kevin on drums, last night, at the Iota Club in Arlington.

dancing to the music

3rd week of Musical Mondays at Maymont

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Chauncy

A sketch of Chauncy, the carriage horse at Maymont, I'm going to try and join Laura and draw animals this month, at least a few!

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sketchbook page

sketch of a cigar store figure on display at The Virginia Historical Society.

blind contour first Friday on Saturday

the theme this month was "cool"!

more to be found at "Inkfinger", go see!

reserved for blind contour first friday

I've been bad. :( This is not a blind contour drawing. See the title of this post? There should be a blind contour drawing here. I drew this instead. This is what I saw when I went downtown and had to take refuge in a store's entryway when it started suddenly to rain. I guess I could have blind contoured it but it didn't fit the theme so I didn't. So I don't have a blind contour for today, I have this. Tomorrow I'll do my blind contour drawing as I should have today. Tomorrow I'll be good! :)

Until then, really good blind contour first friday entries can be found at "Inkfinger"!

Flight of Europa

drawing today inside the cool marble interiors of the Virginia Museum, this, the "Flight of Europa" by Paul Manship.

day at the duck race

I sat for a bit under the canopy at the Big Brothers Big Sisters tent when at the Duck Race this weekend and drew as I watched the lady manning the booth apply temporary tattoos of their logo on the arms of kids who stopped by, my drawings were too scribbly to tell what was going on so I used them to recreate the scene in the top drawing.

the crowd

at yesterday's Musical Monday's at Maymont.

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added 8/2: hi everyone! Lin, Laura, Jana, Meg, thanks for your comments,
Linda, it was a tad soggy :),
Potato Print, color is photoshop,
Paula! you caught that? he was indeed jiggling his hand!
Jenny, I agree!