My Buddy

Well, I hope not. Can you guess who this person is?

Today a friend challenged me because I was complaining about the combo of supplies I had chosen for a drawing class – conte crayon and Strathmore 300 watercolor paper. For drawing it was not a good combo. So my friend challenged me to do the drawing from hell, and here it is. It was hell – and a helluva lot of fun, too. I got very dirty and everything is smudged all over. I did this free hand as being in hell is hard enough.

Who do YOU think this is?

Fishing Shack

Rockport, Massachusetts, and Cape Ann, has been a destination for artists and tourists for many years, but it is also a place rich in history. Very picturesque, it is fun to comb through old and new photos to see what has changed – and in some places very little. This building – a fishing shack – is an iconic building which be seen in photos past and present. It sits on a rock jetty that has ladders running down its sides so boats can be accessed when the tide is in or out.

The drawing is not really well done here, but I worked my way through it despite my frustration. The left slanting roof is very different than the right side. The stony foundation upon which the shack sits, though, is actually as depicted – it slopes inward and so looks as if it bulges out at the water level. I expect this is the way it was constructed originally. I also had a problem with contrast – as always – and values. I think I will paint it again, this time gridding it out and doing a value study as the subject matter is really interesting to me.

I kinda like my seagulls!!

Fabriano 100% cotton 140# CP; 9×12.