After a mild and relatively snow-free winter, we wake up today to this! So far, 20 cm of snow and a snowfall warning in effect. Meaning, don't go out unless you have to. Stay in and sketch! Fine with me :-)
I've had 24 Pitt Artist brush pens for a while now though I wasn't sure if I really like them. They are so bright! I also have a pad of stone paper. Yep, it's really made of stone. The pad I have is called Terra Skin and is distributed by Mitz Art. It's very soft and smooth and I just enjoy running my fingers over the surface and touching it. I took a few minutes today to do some experimenting with the brush pens on stone paper. They dry fast but can be blended if you're quick about it! These are some of the Pitt brush pens. The colours are strong and bright but blending quickly with a finger can tone them down a bit. Had a great time at the Provincial Museum today with my sketch buddies. We got started at around 10:30, going separate ways and then meeting for lunch in the cafe and sharing our sketches. I started in the Alberta birds gallery and some nests caught my eye in a glass display case. Then I moved on to the great wall of stuffed birds and came upon a heron and a frog caught eternally in one of those "cycle of life" moments. I liked it because out of all the birds on display, this one had some drama. Before and after lunch, I found myself in the Aboriginal gallery. The first drawing is from one of my favorite dioramas; of people building a weir and catching and gutting fish. The next one is just a compilation of a few artifacts that I found appealing, and the last one is a little surreal. It's a doorway into one of the small galleries, framed by a teepee form.
We picked up a couple of South African amarylis bulbs at the farmers' market just before Christmas. They sure are a showy flower. Here's my time lapse drawing series of one of them as it grew from an opening bud to full flower.
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My name is Yvonne Rezek. This is a blog about what my hands are up to. Mostly sketches and drawings, some of my pottery, maybe even some knitting.
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