Sunday, September 6, 2009

Sketchbookproject #2


Sketch number 2 "and suddenly..." when you turn the last curve of the driveway the view of the building looms quick...this is the window where the computer sits
a really grand view...it is a pretty boring sketch.
We'll see what the next one produces.
Used Golden acrylics as a watercolor and India ink. Onto these horribly thin journal pages from this journal sent by the project.
Thanks for looking...

10 comments:

Sarah said...

I like the viewpoint and the limited palette-not boring at all. You are so right about the pages. I think mine will look fairly battered by the time I have finished it!
Thanks for your comment on my doll-most encouraging!

Anne said...

Hi, Mary! Lovely picture! And I don't think it is boring at all! I think it all depends on what you're used to. You may see it every day but to the rest of us it is new! I like the brown beams ... brown jumps forward while blue recedes and it gives nice depth! :-)

Unknown said...

Wow, Mary I love the colors! I like in the window you put in a reflection, that shows detail. Since your pages are thin just put gesso on the back side of your painting to stiffen it up a bit. Another thing I do is use masking tape and then gesso over the masking tape. But I wouldn't worry about it, I think it looks great.

Linda said...

Nice colors, good details and the perspective is awesome. Good job.

Nettie Edwards said...

Mar, it's great that you're sharing your sketches and I agree with s
Sarah that there's something very interesting going on here. The way that the "platform" splits the composition is very bold and opens up questions of "above and below". I hate working on thin paper. Could you "beef" your pages up a bit by priming them with some gesso, tissue paper, old phone book pages, or muslin?

Debrina said...

Hey Mar - thought I'd pop on by to see what you're up to. I like the fact that you're sketching. It takes real discipline to stick to it. I have such little patience (perhaps a result of not having much time?) for sketching, even though in days of olde I did a heap of it. What I like about altered art and collage is that it's fast! Bing bang bong and you're done!!

Mary said...

This is not boring at all Mar, it's lovely.

Cool building too!

Mary said...

This is not boring at all Mar, it's lovely.

Cool building too!

Anne said...

Hi again, Mary! Just wanted to let you know that I've nominated your for an award! Stop by my blog to check it out! :-)

Terri said...

You are a fantastic artist!
Thanks for taking time out to pay me a visit today. I really appreciated it!