My friend Stephanie inspired me to create a painting to donate to Hearts for the Arts — a silent gallery and on-line auction to raise money for arts education programs at the Creamery Arts Center.
The auction will end February 4th, so winners will have time to give a piece of original art to a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Which means of course, hearts are the theme.
Here’s some sketches I started doing by candlelight, not to get into the mood although I must admit it helped. Sometimes late at night or early in the morning, I try to sketch by low level light so my thinking brain isn’t too alert and my subconscious is more free to go rambling.
These drawings don’t really make much sense, I just started with the phrase “Love is a….” and went from there. I finished the final painting for the auction this week and dropped it off at the gallery. You can see “Love is a Circus” and all the other auction art on the Hearts for the Arts auction page. Click on a thumbnail below to see the sketches and titles.
love love love your drawings! and they reminded me of this cartoon which my kids love and they saw the connection too…LOL
http://stagevu.com/video/jqywazdbvzxe
Hello Pam, The lines you use are so encompassing of an entire scene. Thank you for the roundness you give with these sketches!
What a novel idea to sketch by candle light. I’ll have to try that. I remember “art in the dark” in a college drawing class.