sketchbook

Here's another drawing from an old sketchbook. During a trip to Paris in 1999, I sat in the courtyard outside the Louvre, and drew this picture of a statue of Louis XIV:

from an old sketchbook

Looking through some old sketchbooks, I found this one I drew while my friends Scott LaPierre and John Pham were playing chess, at my old apartment in Arlington, MA.

Scott Playing Chess, red pencil, 6/28/99

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pencil drawing of Sarah, 6/18/03

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from my sketchbook, 4/2/07

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My daughter started preschool today. Here's a sketch I did when she was 3 months old:

Robert's Snow- final snowflake

Once I got home from Monhegan, I decided to turn the scene into a sunset. Here's how it turned out:

Robert's Snow- snowflake in progress

A few weeks ago, My family spent a few days on Monhegan Island, off the coast of Maine. I was late on my deadline for Lady Liberty (which I finally finished yesterday, which is why I'm finally getting around to posting something on my blog), and spent some of the time working. Here's what my makeshift studio looked like:
On the last day, I started working on my snowflake for Robert's Snow. I got up early, and set up my easel here:
It had been sunny all week, but as soon as I set up my easel, it started to pour. I was working in watercolor and gouache. As you might imagine, watercolor doesn't really work in the pouring rain. So I went back inside. After a little while, the rain stopped. I went back out, but decided to stay right on the deck, in case it started raining again.
I chose this view, looking across the water at Manana Island. I thought the branches of the two trees would work well with the shape of the snowflake. First I penciled it in:
This is what it looked like when it started to rain again:
I decided to finish it up at home.