Taking Notes

 The Pottery Studio, Pownal, VT.  9x12 inches, pencil on paper.  Drawing is taking notes, making notes.

A Different Approach

Pottery Studio, Pownal, VT.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper. Yesterday, in a different approach, I made a drawing and blocked in a painting of two different interior views of the studio, with the intention of completing the two paintings as time allows. 

Drawing From Life

Pottery Studio Sink, Pownal, VT. 12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  Currently, I'm working on a painting based upon this drawing and the previous oil sketch.  

Pottery Studio Drawing

Pottery Studio, Pownal, VT.  9x12 inches, charcoal and pencil on paper.  A drawing I did last week.  Drawings always help to prepare for painting. 

Front, Back and Two Sides

Tree Trunks, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. Each 9x12 inches, charcoal stick and pencil on paper. The same trees, front, back and two sides.  

Tree Trunks

Tree Trunks, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, charcoal stick and pencil.  I should turn to drawing more often when the weather isn't great for painting, like it wasn't today.

A Tree Drawing

A Tree, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, charcoal pencil on paper.  A lifeless tree is very much alive.

Luce Road Tree

Tree on Luce Road, Williamstown, MA.  12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  From yesterday's walk up the road.

South Trail Pine

Pine Tree, South Trail, Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 12x9 inches, pencil on paper.  I went looking for this tree this afternoon.  I painted it years ago when there was snow on the ground.  Today, just mud and leaves.

Drawing Corn Stalks

Corn Stalks, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, vine charcoal and charcoal pencil on paper.  The farmer told me that the corn stalks were left behind because the ground was too wet for the tractor.  I believe it.

For a Moment to Draw

Twin Trees at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, charcoal on paper.  I went walking yesterday with my sketchpad and stopped for a moment to draw.

Field Markings

Field Markings at Field Farm, Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, pen and ink on paper. 
 

On the North Trail

 Two Hay Bales on the North Trail at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA. 9x12 inches, charcoal on paper.

Draw Something

It was still sunny, but chilly.  My goal was to stop somewhere and draw something. In a large open field, with a few trees, I drew as quickly as possible since the light was fading.  Field Farm in Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, pencil on paper.

Negative Spaces on a Wonderful Day

The afternoon was cold, raw, and overcast, but I still went on a walk at Field Farm with my sketchpad intending to draw something.  I stopped at this mass of tree trunks framing more tree trunks.  Drawing furiously, I focused on the negative spaces keeping with the mood.  When done, I kept walking noting that it was a wonderful day. 9x12 inches, pencil on paper.

A drawing of Birches

 A drawing of the group of birch trees at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA.  9x12 inches, pencil on paper.

The Twin Trees

This afternoon I went for a quick walk at Field Farm in Williamstown, MA with the intention of making a drawing.  I ended up at the twin trees on the North Trail. 9x12 inches, pencil on paper.

Ents In Cimiez, Nice

A drawing of olive trees in the garden at the park in Cimiez, Nice.  They remind me of ents, because they are so old, each has a distinct personality, and they seem to move around, and certainly they look at you.  I would like to do a series. 10x8 inches, pencil on paper.

Lines In Nature

If there are no lines in nature, how is one supposed to draw with a pencil?  Field Farm, Williamstown, MA.  All 9x12 inches, ebony pencil on paper.

Studio Still Life

A studio still life.  Gouache on paper, 6x8 inches.