Part of my New Year's resolution was to give this Blogging thing a more serious go. My job and life did take a few unexpected detours, which have put this endeavor on the back burner. But the time is nigh, so to speak, to get this show on the road.
The primary focus of this particular blog will be my daily sketches, be they in graphite, charcoal, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic, oil, watercolour, or mixed media. Once I get into the groove, there will be some WiPs and more elaborate finished works, but until then, my sketches and daily thought are what you will get. I hope to not only keep myself motivated, but to get you, my readers involved. Pull you into this incredible world of art. Be warned, that most of the sketches will be posted a day or so behind. The emphasis will be on maintaining a rhythm of daily posts, showing the good, the bad and the ugly along my artistic journey.
Here is today's, or rather yesterday's, sketch.
Lemon Sketch
6x8 inches
Acrylic on canvas board
This oddly shaped lemon had a relatively flat side, that it kept rolling onto. I finally decided to quit trying to pose the bugger, and let sleeping lemons lie.
There has been a great deal of talk recently on a few of the boards to which I subscribe, that have gone into comparison of Old Master (traditional) vs. Modern vs. Contemporary. I try to avoid those debates, as they tend to ignore the basic comparison of an artist's skill and craftmanship and focus on the subject (or lack) and application. What do you think of contemporary artists, as compared to the historical traditionalists?
