We just returned from our trip out east and even though we had a great time it is good to be home.
I went to a show in Boston at the MFA called “Americans in Paris”, it was compiled of impressionist painters from the US who went to Paris to study art. Among them was one of my favorites John Singer Sargent. It was a good exhibit.
After looking closely at the paintings in person, I was inspired to focus more on light and how I apply color to my drawings and paintings. On the way home we stopped at a park in Pennsylvania and went for a hike on a trail that had more than 24 waterfalls. I stopped and did a drawing of one of them.
You can see that the application of charcoal is rough and almost scribbly but if you squint your eyes it looks a little more realistic.
Here is a picture I took at the sight were I did the drawing. Looking at it in the picture, it seems I could have used a more darks in the drawing.
Dave Says:
September 4th, 2006 at 2:46 pmVisit Dave
It’s really cool to see a photo of the place you did your drawing - very neat idea. Amazing how closely you captured the scene. I’d like to see a close-up shot of the drawing to get a better idea of the “scribbly” texture you describe. A bit hard to see on screen right now.