Archive for June, 2009
Drawing Days
I have been having a great time these last few days, going out and drawing in the city with my husband and my baby James. We’ve been picking a place to go each morning and, after breakfast, we are on our way!
Here are a couple of drawings I made as I people watched in the park and in a great coffee shop we found in the Wall Street area.
This woman and her children were perfectly calm and content sitting on the park bench while I was beginning to panic because of the dark clouds that were approaching. Turns out those clouds were a severe thunderstorm…again, so my rush to finish this drawing was not for nothing! I wonder if they ever got the hint to get out off the bench and head for cover.
Next up is James’s actual FIRST drawing, or attempt at a drawing. I regret that I didn’t take a picture of him as he sat next to his dad, who was also drawing, at the South Street Seaport, (this was an incredibly cute sight) BUT I am posting the page on which he made his first marks. You can see the areas of the paper where I tried to demonstrate what to do with the strange stick of color in his hand. He was so intrigued! And he didn’t try to eat the crayon once!!
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Likethe happiest place on earth
According to my “earth” calendar, today is Midsummer Party day in Denmark. Many northern European countries celebrate Midsummer by building bonfires and having lots of fun. It’s origins go waaay back.
Recently, I read how Denmark has been deemed the happiest country in the world. I remember being very intrigued by this and wondered how this could even be calculated. I read that because of their type of economy and welfare program, they have a good level of income equality. Could this be the reason they are so happy?
So, today, when I checked my calendar and saw that Denmark will be holding these celebrations, I couldn’t help but picture all the happy people laughing and clapping and hopping around the fire. It was a strange vision for sure! haha!
horses
A few years back, I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with a couple of (very large) horses. I mainly did a lot of shooting that day as their handler had them trotting, galloping and doing all kinds of things. But as I was looking through the photos recently, I found a few drawings that I did that day. Here are a couple.
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