A little later I was dispatched by P to go to Lowe's for the exciting purchase of a new water filter for the sink. He would install it if I would get it. I made the drive while on the lookout for something wonderful to see. And of course there were the patterned grasses growing at the exit ramp, and I made a quick sketch to help remember while at the red light at the next intersection. I love the shadow shapes and the pattern of the stems under the cloud of seed heads. They made me think of the patterns that I so love in Egyptian (and other) art; so when I got home I drew mummy man's patterned inner coffin, which I was trying out in the outer coffin before it got completely hard. Happily, the cover fits fine and the bandaged mummy fits perfectly within.
Sunday, August 30, 2015
What I'm Liking to Look at Today
I was leaning on the kitchen counter this morning and I couldn't stop looking at the great colors on the back cover of my new sketchbook (made out of the Trader Joe bag that N so kindly brought me from Santa Fe). In the dull grey of this --let's just say it-- gloomy-light morning, the colors warmed up the whole kitchen, and I couldn't stop drinking it in. Then and there I decided that today I would draw the things my eyes wanted to look at.
A little later I was dispatched by P to go to Lowe's for the exciting purchase of a new water filter for the sink. He would install it if I would get it. I made the drive while on the lookout for something wonderful to see. And of course there were the patterned grasses growing at the exit ramp, and I made a quick sketch to help remember while at the red light at the next intersection. I love the shadow shapes and the pattern of the stems under the cloud of seed heads. They made me think of the patterns that I so love in Egyptian (and other) art; so when I got home I drew mummy man's patterned inner coffin, which I was trying out in the outer coffin before it got completely hard. Happily, the cover fits fine and the bandaged mummy fits perfectly within.
P and I went for a walk in the greyness, and the bright flowers of the Jerusalem artichoke plants that flourish in the woods near the old apple orchard were great to look at. I picked a handful to draw at home. Once I started drawing I zeroed in on the patterns and slight shifts in formation that the flower parts move into and out of on the road to seed production.
A little later I was dispatched by P to go to Lowe's for the exciting purchase of a new water filter for the sink. He would install it if I would get it. I made the drive while on the lookout for something wonderful to see. And of course there were the patterned grasses growing at the exit ramp, and I made a quick sketch to help remember while at the red light at the next intersection. I love the shadow shapes and the pattern of the stems under the cloud of seed heads. They made me think of the patterns that I so love in Egyptian (and other) art; so when I got home I drew mummy man's patterned inner coffin, which I was trying out in the outer coffin before it got completely hard. Happily, the cover fits fine and the bandaged mummy fits perfectly within.
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