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| Looking East, graphite/white pencil on gray paper, 7x7 |
Sometimes, when driving home in the late afternoon, it's hard to keep my eyes on the road. The sky is always beautiful. I recently detoured to a side road and checked the view from atop what I've always known as Tharpe's Hill--just off Route 58. I looked east towards my hometown of Clarksville and saw about fifteen miles of rolling hills and tree tops--all green. A great place to live and breathe.
I'm still playing with my pencils. This paper is from a Martha Stewart pad, something I picked up at Michael's, for crafting I believe. It's acid-free--grays and browns-- but has a sheen; not the best for drawing but it was handy and fun.
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Love your sky! It sounds like a great place to live and draw. Martha makes paper?
ReplyDeletewell, there's two words I wouldn't have guessed I'd read in your blog: "Martha Stewart" haha! I love this pencil drawing of such a big expanse!
ReplyDeleteWow! I can get lost in that sky. It's so vibrant. Nice use of your "handy and fun" materials.
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Oh Hallie! This is beautiful! Gorgeous job with graphite.
ReplyDeleteYour sky caught my eye when I saw it as a thumbnail on my blog page, the openness draws me in and I loved hearing about the actual location that inspired you to draw this. I am envious of your drawing skills.
ReplyDeleteHi Carole. I think the paper is probably for scrap-booking or something crafty. I don't get to supply stores often so I just pick up some of everything. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteSurprise Celeste. I actually like some of Martha's linens and paint colors (and was a stockholder for a while). When I'm driving I always look for a "Celeste tree." There are so many, it's impossible to find THE ONE.
Thanks Don. Growing up in the country, I did a lot of cloud-watching (watching trees grow wasn't that exciting).
ReplyDeleteThank you, Autumn Leaves. I've always loved pencils and skies.
Hi Robin. This sky reminded me of some of your crashing waves. Skies are fun--just make them up. For a while it looked like the lower part of a giant bearded face. I still enjoy sitting on the front porch watching the clouds drift and identifying shapes.
ReplyDeleteWonderfully different textures in this drawing, Hallie. Compared to fickle clouds, watching trees grow is totally zen. It takes time but is so worth is. As Martha would say, "It's a good thing."
ReplyDeleteSuperbe ce travail au crayon!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Hallie! I'm glad you're still enjoying your pencils. I can see why- you have a tremendous talent with them.
ReplyDeleteI have a paper addiction. In my studio I have two dressers for supplies and most of the drawers are full of papers. I fantasize how I might use them all the time.
Will you use your charcoal sticks next? :-)))
Thank you SamArtDog. We don't have any of your purple mountain ranges or desertification; we do have great skies and trees. I just did another "good thing." I read your blog from end to beginning and saw some beautiful works. I wondered, though--are you accident prone?
ReplyDeleteWeekend--welcome back. I really enjoy the simple--pencil and paper.
Hi Pam and thank you. Don't save your paper; take it out of the drawers and use it. I have the awful habit of starting with junky paper, and I should know by now that the first drawing is usually the best.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking of charcoal--that calls for larger drawings (and I do have the right paper). I also just bought something called liquid pencil--might have to read directions for that. I tend to think of drawing as resting between paintings; not enough angst to call them art. (I probably do 4 or 5 drawings every week--when I sit, I draw--it's a habit.)
Hallie, I swear that as many years as I take drawing classes, I will never be this good at it. Beautiful! I know that getting those clouds is quite a challenge. I love the versatility and eclectic mix of art that you do.
ReplyDeleteMary, I swear I think you could do this. You just need gray paper, a black pencil, a white pencil, an eraser, and--most important--a little finger for blending. This is the first time I've tried a sky with graphite; I have been skywatching, though, for a long, long, long time. Who would know if I made a mistake?
ReplyDeleteI was back here a few days ago - and thought I commented. This summer has had me awfully busy, and I don't know where I am going or where I have been. Anyway, I don't know the area you mention specifically, but it totally reminds me of a drive we took a few years ago down a scenic highway in the Appalachians. The clouds seemed to drip up and over the landscape, and it was a marvel to see. The values with your pencils are great.
ReplyDeleteThank you Dan. Since I never know where I am, I looked at a Virginia map--I'm about 100 miles east of the mountains. Rt. 58 runs along the southern border of VA and it's hilly in my area. Sometimes, on the crest of a hill, I can see for miles--just trees and sky (but I keep an eye out for deer and rabbits and turtles and dogs and cats and raccoons and possums and snakes). This might make you envious: It's a four-lane 60mph highway and, during a 20-mile drive, I might see only six other cars.
ReplyDeleteHi Hallie
ReplyDeleteLovin' the pencil/graphite/smudgin' landscape...
58 must come from the edge of the continent right across the state since I can pick it up just a few miles from my home here at the coast.
Ilove the way you move through the world...
all of this is fabulous:
"I never know where I am, I looked at a Virginia map--I'm about 100 miles east of the mountains. Rt. 58 runs along the southern border of VA and it's hilly in my area. Sometimes, on the crest of a hill, I can see for miles--just trees and sky (but I keep an eye out for deer and rabbits and turtles and dogs and cats and raccoons and possums and snakes). This might make you envious: It's a four-lane 60mph highway and, during a 20-mile drive, I might see only six other cars."
Not so here at the resort destination.
Thanks Donna. I've missed you and the Luna See newsletter--I think of you when I see the moon.
ReplyDeleteYes, I can drive two blocks--make a right on 58 and go to Virginia Beach, or make a left and go to Kentucky. We're not exactly a resort here on Kerr Lake (Buggs Island), but my town has TWO traffic lights. I do not miss the DC Beltway or the MD traffic.