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Sitting in the back

by PaMdora on 29. Jan, 2010 in Blog, Drawings, Sketchbooks

When I go to videotape an event, I usually sit on the back row or in an aisle seat so I can easily get up and down as needed. The other day at the Creamery Arts Center, I sat in the back, only to be delighted to have the opportunity to draw some wonderful hairstyles [...]

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Sketchbook Mania

by PaMdora on 20. Mar, 2009 in Drawings, Mixed Media, Sketchbooks

It’s kind of embarrassing how many half-filled sketchbooks of all shapes and sizes that I have laying around. As I’ve gotten more in the habit drawing, I tend to pick one up and carry it around in my purse for a while, then lose it in a stack of books. Then start another. Before now, I [...]

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Drawing people at dinner

by PaMdora on 10. Mar, 2009 in Drawings, Mixed Media, Sketchbooks

These are some drawings of people we traveled with or met on the trip. They’re character sketches, so don’t look exactly like the real people. At dinner people sort of sit in one place, but don’t pose. These are my composite impressions of people as they move and talk naturally. It’s a challenge to do [...]

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No, I haven’t taken up smoking…

No, I haven’t taken up smoking…

by PaMdora on 07. Jul, 2008 in Journeys, Painting, Process, Sketchbooks

…but I’ve been collecting retro melamine ashtrays that make great brush/water holders for painting. And they come in great colors (I have bigger yellow and green ones at my studio.) This is a small one, which is good for travel, especially on a boat where your brushes might roll overboard. The watercolor pencils roll also, [...]

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