Bus Station B, Sketch 140

Posted on June 18, 2015 by treshabarger

Another quick sketch (7 minutes), also standing up. I sort of think this looks like a child drew it, but that’s still an improvement over what I could do a year ago.

Sketch 140: Bus Station B

Gazebo, Sketch 139

Posted on June 17, 2015 by treshabarger

I’m working on not being so agonizingly slow when I sketch. I had less than 10 minutes available for this sketch, and I decided to try it. I took seven minutes and even managed to get in some erasing. I didn’t leave enough room for the top of the gazebo in either attempt, though.

It’s not only the sketching where I want to increase my skill level, but the “seeing.” If I can’t “see” it, I can’t sketch it: angles, shadows, proportions, for example. I was standing up while sketching, which is also something new for me. I think I want a larger sketch pad.

Sketch 139: Gazebo in Kyle, Texas

Boots, Sketch 138

Posted on June 16, 2015 by treshabarger

I have had to wear my boots in my yard most everyday for almost a month. When the heavy rains started some weeks ago, I came home one day to discover that my driveway was flooded. I left my vehicle at the end of the driveway and waded to the house. The running shoes I wore through the water didn’t survive being submerged. I sent them through the washer and dryer but I couldn’t get out the moldy smell; into the trash they went.

Now my rubber boots come with me most days when I leave the house, due to the forecast of a repeat weather pattern.

Sketch 138: Rubber Boots

Clinic, Sketch 137

Posted on June 15, 2015 by treshabarger

I sketched this while waiting for the clinic to open. I was more than half-way through the sketch before I realized I didn’t have on my glasses. Well, I thought, if it works, it works. This was one of those situations where I was doing something different (sketching away from home) and so my routine was off. You’d think I would remember to put on my glasses before sketching, but I didn’t.