Wednesday, August 18, 2010 C
"Inspired to Draw"
8:08pm

I had Julia rest her head on her hand like Matisse's models did, while she watched the news on TV.

Thursday, August 19, 2010
"Inspired to Draw II"
4:38am

Seeking there some perfect abstraction, refined by observation, the inner intuitive world breaking forth elegantly. Always balanced, but always hinting at what goes further...

Sunday, August 22, 2010
"Staring Her Food Down..."
4:52pm

Recently I ate some high fiber breakfast cereal, I heard from it loudly all day long,
perhaps she's looking at the cereal and wondering what it will do to her.
I would like to attempt this in colored pencil, but original wasn't centered right on the paper,
and I can't seem to draw it over decently...
Maybe I will do better another day...

Monday, August 23, 2010
"The Street and the Street Reflected"
6:48am

This week's Photo Friday theme is "The Street":

"The Street" view from steps of Chicago's Art Institute
In 1955, Adams and Michigan became the westbound Route 66,
(Eastbound was one block south on Jackson, going to Lake Shore Drive, )

I saw those building reflected in the Art Institute's door window:

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Tuesday, August 24, 2010
"Discussion"
2:33am

Seeking a way to bound an intuitive drawing more to the paper's center, I sketched in a bounding box before I began:
It became part of the picture itself.
Original is 12"x14", 'Sharpie' fine point on Strathmore drawing paper