Hines Drive 04/05/2011
 
Trying to be better about carrying a sketchbook around me for when the nicer days occur.  Also for when on vacation or camping... Going back to the basics - contour sketches, fast sketching, gesture sketching, thumbnails, all of it to brush up my sketching skills.

I found a photo of Hines Drive I'd taken last Autumn and it appealed to me today.  I used a carpenter pencil as I'd not had a lot of experience with it before.  Also used a smudger (what are those things called - the rolled up pointed paper sticks??) to blend a few things in.  Took about a half hour.
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'Autumn Drive', 6x9' Graphite Sketch, © 2011 Krista Meister
Here's the reference photo.  I tried to simplify the photo for drawing purposes but not sure I succeeded.
Picture
Hines Park Drive, Northville, MI, © 2010 Krista Meister
 


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Kathy link
04/06/2011 8:12am

Welcome back, Krista! We're glad to have you among us again. I think you're right--a lot of us have been going through creative dry spells lately. Hope you're feeling better and that this is a good start for your beginning to create again.

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Ann link
04/06/2011 9:16am

It's good to see you making art! I really like this sketch. A lot. I used to do a good deal of sketching with a big fat soft lead in a lead holder, similar to a carpenter's pencil. Hmmm...wonder where I put that thing, you drawing makes me want to get it out again.

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Dee
04/06/2011 7:00pm

This sketch reminds me of the old masters.
Lovely sun spots.

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Krista link
04/07/2011 7:48am

Thanks, Kathy, Ann and Dee! Kathy, you're still writing on a regular basis I see, so that's good. Keep it up. I need to stop over at your site more often. Ann, I need to experiment more with a carpenter's pencil, but it was fun. Try it too! Dee, what a compliment. Thank you.

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Timaree link
04/07/2011 11:20am

This is great! I think you nailed the photo. I have such a hard time transferring the color into black and white. I feel like it's a nice shady lane. You did great. Glad you are getting back into it yet again. That's all you can do is keep trying and eventually your creative muse will wake up and say it's a good day - day after day rather than once in a while.

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Sue Pownall link
04/07/2011 1:28pm

Glad you are back and with such a strong piece too.

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Dan Kent link
04/09/2011 9:45pm

Welcome back! Great drawing - you really captured it! So glad you are feeling better, and creeping back to us.

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Ursula link
04/15/2011 9:14pm

Krista,

First off, thanks for your recent comment on my blog. I had a bit of an unplanned hiatus, but I'm back now and looking forward to interacting with everyone again!

I think you did a great job simplifying the photo. It's so easy to get caught up in the details, and you avoided that while still communicating the feel of the source.

Those rolled-up paper sticks are blending stumps. But I have been made fun of many times for referring to everything as a "thingy," so I'm not too worried about terminology. ;)

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