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Thursday, September 24, 2015

My Twenty Drawings Since Last Weeks Post

 
Drawing at Starbucks is my habit and forte I'd say. This day was ART DAY there, as not only was I drawing there, but the guy at the table across the way was making posters, and the guy to my right was making a carving on a wooden gun.


I continue to play around with Every Day in September. This prompt was "Quotable Quotes", I liked this one from Margaret Mead.


I was finishing up the last pages of the second side of this accordion art journal. You see the sequence with the wood carver on the left now (from the previous day) and more people on a different day. I have drawn the couple (woman with brace on her knee and the guy next to her with arms spread, before, lots of regulars go to Starbucks, not just us); I liked the guy with his motorcycle helmet on. He didn't have a coffee to drink. He never removed his helmet the whole time he was there.


The spread goes on with a guy with white hair sitting in the back writing, two women chatting together, and finally part of the last page with Retro Guy reading a book ...


and the very, very last page with the older guy drinking his coffee; and then you see the back cover of the book that has collaborative art done by me on the bottom and my friend, Carmel Campbell on the top. I love having this long string of drawings I can pull out and look at all at once. Accordion books are great fun.


Next prompt for EDiSeptember: "Raindrops"


Followed by prompt: "Sand Castle"
I'm really having fun drawing from my imagination.



I found a new accordion art journal in my stash I'd purchased on our last trip to Oregon, I'd forgotten about. It has a pretty satin cloth cover in red with multicolored dragon flies on it. And it's quite small.
4.5 " X 3.5".

It started to present challenges, as I got used to the size and the paper. Something that happens to artists drawing in public from real life: I started to draw a guy sitting in a chair (far left) when a woman came and sat next to him so I could no longer see him at all. So I drew her (looks like she is sitting in his lap) then she got up and moved to a different chair so I finished drawing him underneath her. The next guy was further away and I wound up drawing him quite small. And finally I started drawing folks the sizes I like them to be and these I think came out pretty well in the last panel.



As if I don't belong to enough drawing groups now, I joined one more. It's called Sktchy. An app on the iPad. We draw from photos, which is very different from drawing from life. I got some practice in drawing folks eyes.


Next prompt for Every Day in September: "Upside Down". My grand daughter does yoga and is often found to be standing on her head or doing some other poses that put her 'upside down'!


Still in the tiny accordion art journal were these folks at Starbucks in Dixon, CA this week. There weren't very many folks there when we got there. These guys were not together. But they fit on my page as if they were. Maybe they are friends now, who knows? Could happen.


Lots of employees milling around, cleaning the place and bringing in a set of four new chairs. This is one of them!


These people are still sitting on old chairs. I wondered if they were going to get rid of the burgundy fabric chairs. I like drawing them. Please note this woman was eating lunch and the guy had a very shiny head!


Prompt for EDS: Vegetables   so I did 2



Next prompt: First they had Warhol, but since many people drew Andy Warhol art for the Pop Art prompt last week (see my post from last week) they changed it to "Wishful"... I decided to combine the two, thus my "Wishful "Warhol" Walrus":



My first real Sktchy drawing from a photo is of two guys, who I could have caught sitting live outside somewhere near where I live, right?


And finally today, Sept. 24 we went to Barnes & Noble Café in the morning and I drew women only!


And one child and his Clifford dog! Whew! Busy drawing week. I am always amazed when I sit down to post my weekly art just how much I have done. It really has become just about a daily habit and I enjoy it so much.

I've also started reading books again after along hiatus. I'm currently reading Unbroken A World War II story of Survival Resilience and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand. I had a hard time putting it down to write this post. Now I'm going back to reading it. Oh and I have a next prompt for EDS to do too. "Ying Yang".  You'll have to come back next week to see what I did for that!

Have a Creative Week! And thanks for coming by. I appreciate your comments, they keep me drawing!

25 comments:

  1. Good Gravy! I can't believe how prolific you are, Lynn. Such fun to see!

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  2. Oh my, I didn't think it would happen.....but you have drawn me into your life...loving your many characters, and love what you do! Like reading the Sunday Funnies, only better.

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    1. Such an awesome response to my blog and art! Thanks so much! "Like reading the Sunday funnies, but better". Wow!

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  3. Your characters and observations of people are such a thrill to look at. Your style is awesome. I like the rhythmic lines and color world.

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    1. Thank you so much! I'm glad my art appeals to you so much!

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  4. just the title makes my head spin... 20 drawings is a lot until you stop and think about it and then I realised I would have done twenty this week... just no where near as polished and cohesive as yours... yours were a pleasure to scroll through

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    1. Tracey, I'm sure you draw ever much as I do probably more sometimes. And your style is always polished! I love your art! Thanks for your kind words!

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  5. All fabulous...you are amazing...so much eye candy and variety! Love the cabbage,and walrus and the yoga pose is a favorites too!! Good job! Great Mead quote too!!

    Hugs Giggles

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    1. Glad you liked so much of it Sharon. Thanks for coming by!

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  6. I just love tuning into your channel!! Love your work!!

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    1. Glad you do Jo. I enjoy your visits and comments!!!

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  7. Just fabulous illustrations, Lynn. LOVE the red umbrella one. :D

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    1. Thanks Alexandra. That means a lot to me coming from a published illustrator!!

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  8. I LOVE your humor and, of course, I am a big fan of your artwork. Wonderful!

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  9. wonderful work, so prolific. Love the red cabbage and wish California rain!

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  10. Wow! So much wonderful art! I love the sand castle painting and the eyes are lots of fun!

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  11. especially like your food and animal paintings

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  12. Wow, i am always impressed with your sketches and the quantity of your sketches as well!

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  13. You always have such a wonderful collection of sketches from your week!!! Do you use both sides of your accordion sketchbooks?

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    1. Thanks Joan. Yes, I do use both sides of my accordion and my fold out art journals pages! More bang for the buck! Love packing them with my art peeps!

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  14. wow, been really busy :) lots of nice work :)

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    1. Thanks Jennifer, yes, always busy with drawing! My love in life!

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  15. you have done a lot of good work here!

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