Bonnet
Quaker bonnet, capote style, ca. 1850
Sketch 040: Bonnet, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Winthrop Trowbridge, 1964
My first ever portrait sketch! I decided to be brave and try it. Even so, I don’t think it’s close enough that she would recognize herself.
A woman at the library
I did not get a good photo of the woman for comparison, as I was trying not to be noticed.
Sketch 039: A woman at the library
A gift from a friend who spent some time in Florida a few years ago.
Metal Alligator (the only kind I need)
Sketch 038: Metal Alligator
Another attempt of mine to find an object defined mostly by lines and not shading. This was a better choice than the ribbed bowl.
Recognizable as the object!
Not used in this year, decade, century, millenium
Sketch 037: Cracked Gravy Boat
I chose this bowl to sketch because I was looking for an object that had mostly lines in (on) it, as opposed to areas that were defined by shading. What did I discover? The rim and the ribs are defined by shading, not lines. And proportions? What proportions?
Not close enough for a game of horseshoes
Ribbed bowl
Sketch 036: Ribbed Bowl
It's a long story ... 