Decided to draw my mother in church today (engaging in her favorite activity).
My mother is darling - elegant, kind of quiet, serene, proper...
That is, unless you get her in from of a camera!
To be fair, she is posing for photo-reference for me...
But, I am continually amazed (and rather tickled) at how 'in character' she'll get!
In the contest for "The Best Sport" award, I think my mom wins!
Thanks, and Happy Mother's Day Mom. xxxxx
Can I say how much easier it is to draw still things than moving, faraway heads...?
...Teensy Moleskine...
...5x7 pad....
2-5 minute heads...
30 minute 'talking head'.
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced up on my knee...
In the 5x8 sketchybook....
Teensy purse Moleskine (10 minute heads)...
5x7 pad (20+ minute heads).
One of our lovely teachers. Feeling fairly magical today.
In the teensy-purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee..
Caricatures - in the teensy purse Moleskine -
- and the slightly larger pad...
In my 5x8 sketchbook...
And drawn last night - a bit of 'fan art' sketching. Of Tybalt, a Cait Sidhe King-of-Cats, from
Seanan McGuire's October Daye series (which is an awesome bit of Urban Faery/Private Dectective genre goodness).
(I sang in the choir this Sunday. We sat on the stand between numbers, so I only had a back-of-the-head view of the speaker).
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee....
3 minute heads - in the teensy purse Moleskine.
Longer head - slightly bigger sketchpad.
Trying to push the caricaturization a bit more...
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee...
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee....
Lots of speakers for Easter Sunday today at church...
(in the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee...)
And given it was such a gorgeous Easter weekend all around, here are a few shots from Country Village after my life drawing session on Friday...
Happy spring!
...in the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee.....
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee....
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced up on my knee.....
In my teensy purse Moleskine upon my knee...
Only one spread left in this Moleskine. Looks like I will fill it up this year after all.
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee...
Only a few more pages left in this Moleskine...
Only 2 more Sundays in 2011 however, so I probably won't quite finish before the end of the year (good goal though!).
In the teensy purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee...
in teeny purse Moleskine balanced upon my knee....
Super cute baby a few rows in front of me - which would not accommodate me by posing. Alas...
Teeny purse Moleskine upon my knee....
This is sketch (spread) #150 in the teensy purse Moleskine upon my knee....
- in the teensy purse Moleskine perched upon my knee....
Today's quickie heads in the teeny purse-Moleskine balanced upon my knee....
Longer meeting - with nice talking heads to attempt -
Larger (5x8) pad upon my knee....
Can I say I love everything about this post. Not sure how *nice* of a tribute though. :)
Maren
Thank you. Thank you.
Mom
I'm pretty much saying she's the coolest mom ever....