Wheatfield

after Degas
Wheatfield and line of trees, 1892

Here I used the 4B pencil again and leaned on the side of it to make heavy marks. These massive forms are all over Degas landscapes. Big rocks and cliffs and wads of hills.

Landscape in the Orne

after Degas
Landscape in the Orne, 1885

I really like this form a lot. So much so, that I'm going to make a big deal out of it. You'll have to stay tuned for that.

Here's the original painting I worked from.

Mount Vesuvius

After Degas
View of Mount Vesuvius, c. 1856

It's probably because I've started teaching drawing again but after the self portrait, I suddenly had to draw. Not particularly interested in drawing any thing in the studio but I had a book of Degas Landscapes open on the drawing table. I started on page one, stopped at every image that intrigued me and seemed suitable for what I'm looking for and drew it.

What am I looking for? Appealing and archetypal form in landscape composition.

Self portrait

I'm not sure what got into me but late one day last week as the light was fading, I grabbed a small mirror, propped it up on the window sill and put a number 2 pencil to work. My real face is actually a bit longer but I like the drawing, so here it is!

Into the Forest

Into the Forest
Watercolor on rough Indian Village paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Today, I am suspending these small daily watercolor study posts. I have produced enough studies of this type for a lot of development. I am going to concentrate more on my main painting blog and on My Great Day.  

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This Gypsy Night

This Gypsy Night
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Rain Coming

Rain Coming
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Mark Plum

Mark Plum
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Strand

Strand
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Fence along the Dunes

Fence along the Dunes Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Salamander Land

Salamander Land
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Happy Day Way

Happy Day Way
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Where the Steps Begin

Where the Steps Begin
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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The High Road

The High Road
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Faith in Mystery

Faith in Mystery
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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The Road Rises Up

The Road Rises Up
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Horizon Way

Horizon Way Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
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Karlheinz Road

Karlheinz Road
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Forest Song

Forest Song
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75

At the End of the Warm Land

At the End of the Warm Land
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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Coral Stream

Coral Stream
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
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After Fra Bartolommeo

after Fra Bartolommeo (1472-1517)
Farm on the Slope of a Hill, with a Winepress Under an Arbor

I made this drawing last year and just came across it while preparing for next week's drawing class. I copied it from one of my most favorite books, Curtis O. Baer's Landscape Drawings. Baer writes

"From Fra Bartolommeo, few drawings of landscape were known until 1957 when an album of forty-one sheets appeared on the London market. The volume was assembled in the eighteenth century, but it is likely that most of the drawings were done at one time. They have relatively uniform sizes, the style is homogeneous, the views are varied. It has been proposed that the artist drew them on his journey to Venice in 1508, or after he moved to the monastery of Santa Maria Maddalena in the Val Mugnone, 1514; but this is conjectural.

...the landscapes show a facet of the early sixteenth century which had so far remained little known. They transport the beholder into a countryside with small towns, water mills, old farms, amidst rocks and forests; he follows the travelers along the roads, he fairly breathes the limpid air. Fra Bartolommeeo's art, blending clarity with grace, is purest "lingua toscana" at its most felicitous moment."

Mirror

Mirror
Watercolor on cold press moleskine watercolor paper
3 1/2 x 5 1/2", archival mat & backing to 8 x 10"
$75
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Something very odd has happened to this blog. Somewhere between yesterday and this morning(?) one of my previous posts disappeared and all of my Saturday and Sunday sketches are now showing up on Friday and Saturday. I have no idea what happened or how but if you happen to be reading this and have a clue, don't hesitate to share!

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