Archive for Drawings
For Valentine’s Day I got a new iPad — well actually I had to wait a month before the new iPad came out, but it was definitely worth the wait! The new iPad has a great camera so I’m trying a new process where I take a photo of my sketchbooks with the iPad camera and then trace the drawing in InkPad, which is an iPad app.
I’m getting better at drawing directly on the iPad using both a stylus and my finger. These angels are traces of my hand doodles, and the woman I call Louise was drawn completely on the iPad.
All these different sources of drawings I combine into a single drawing that becomes a large pattern for a new quilt. This print was the end of the roll, so we had to squeeze it onto the last bit of paper.
Russ also helped me because the imported drawings from the iPad had different line widths and color characteristics, and it was tricky stuff to get them all to look the same. Not that it really matters since this is a pattern for a new quilt, but I do like my patterns to look nice while I’m working with them. So thanks Russ!
Also, we’ve got more big paper on order, so I’ve got to get back to the drawing board…
PaMdora and the Malware Monster
Of the many things I'm thankful for today, one is getting my blog back. I'm sorry to all you that have tried to visit in...
Inspirations from the Japanese Fall Festival
It's the time of year that I sometimes work on art for the Japanese Fall Festival. I don't do it every year, but over the...
Occupied with Octopi, part one
On a street corner outside a noisy concert, a friend pulled out her phone to make a call. I was shocked to see the front...
Alternative Life Drawing at Art Factory 417
I've been looking for a group that meets to do figure drawing and recently saw on Art Factory 417 's facebook page that they were...
Timid about Sketching in Public?
Kerry wrote me, "my friends and I took a brief online course with Jane LaFazio...about sketching/watercoloring in public...we did just fine...most probably because there is...
Drawing People at Parties
The other evening at a birthday party, I was experimenting with taking photos of people with my phone. But editing photos on your phone eats...


