Saturday, April 25, 2020

April 25, 2020 — Elaine O.

Here's the last of the mudras!


With that, I began a painting of today's birthday girl. Yes, it's going to be very pink!


This was rather a busy week, and the sketchbook suffered. This is a pen and ink sketch out of a side/back window.


The view from the next window, this one in direct watercolor...


... and here's the reason for this week's upheaval. This is a quick sketch of our new refrigerator. We spent a good bit of time listening to the old one die, shopping for a new one (quite an adventure!), and playing food Tetris as we filled the newly installed fridge.

You can't tell from the sketch, but we mis-measured slightly and wound up getting a slightly smaller unit. It works, though! Maybe next week, I'll throw open the doors, bask in the cool breezes and sketch the insides. There's something strangely attractive about a newly packed and neatly organized refrigerator.


4 comments:

  1. paoApril 25, 2020 at 1:11 PM

    ooo, I like this mudra, very strong and the 3 colors work well together. Does that mean you're done with them? Did she take two or is this project done for now? The beginning portrait looks smug as a bug in a rug. And pink too. Still luv those out the window sketches. Even the frame outline you make, works. And the little frig sketch. Do you have a before and after sketch? This one looks just like ours. Only we don't have that water thing on the outside. Good thing your measurement erred on the smaller end.

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  2. ekoApril 25, 2020 at 5:32 PM

    Oh, no! She's supposed to look sweet, not smug! Well, it's early days, so maybe it will work out.

    I didn't do a before sketch of the fridge. I only thought of that after they hauled it away. I seem to remember sketching the old one when it was brand new. I'll have to see if I can dig that up. But, honestly, it looks the same, but bigger--and a lot quieter!

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  3. Uncle KenApril 27, 2020 at 9:39 AM

    Oh yeah I think you have the hand nailed. Is there going to be another in the series?

    I'm picking up an R Crumb vibe from that view outside your window.

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  4. sjdApril 27, 2020 at 8:11 PM

    Love the mudra the colors on just gorgeous such a difference between your pen & ink and direct wc window sketches Love the detail on the first one & the mood of the second. The first one could be a New Yorker cover!
    FYI it took me 2 days to figure out how to comment. I don’t know why I get locked out of comments (I certainly have enough to to say...) sometimes but I find clearing my browser history fixes it

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