GABRIELLA

This was a 20 minute sketch done yesterday morning at a figure drawing session I go to on Wednesdays at the Ashland Art Center. I bought a new kind of charcoal I'd never used before, vine charcoal, and it was really nice how it smeared using my finger. The girl's dress was a black negligé of sorts, and the see-through part was easily rendered by simply smearing the paper in the areas that were transparent. During one of the breaks I discovered the girl's name was Gabriella, and she just moved here to Ashland from Jersey last fall. She asked me to see my drawings of her, and this was the best one.

OREGON COAST

The day before (see previous post) was a very wet and windy day at the Oregon Coast. This sketch was done the next day, which was a beautiful sunny day in the mid 60s with the air super fresh and clean from all the wind and rain. I did a series of watercolor sketches as well, but they're not complete enough to show here.

GREY DAY AT THE COAST

Sitting here in a condo overlooking the ocean near Brookings, Oregon. Winds are gusting up to 40 mph, and there's a fire going in the fireplace. Just did this sketch through a window that was blurry with rain streaks. Cozy and warm inside, but about to go out for a walk down to the ocean.