Pictures, Pastels and Pencils
Posted by James Geddes on Sunday, April 5, 2009
I have had a busy week! We finished the photo work with the local high
school teams, created the products, printed the packages and returned
the orders... During this time I had a number of sketch projects arrive
via the internet and USPS. My wife, Nancy, and I went to our grand daughters birthday bash then she flew out to CA for her dad's 90th birthday... And I am still in excruciating pain with plantar faciitis and back pain... I don't want to know if that can get worse!
I am continuing my experimenting with my painting.
I completed two more pastels this week and learned a lot more about under painting from reading Richard McKinley's blog and and watching Robert Rohm's DVD on landscape painting with pastels.
Being a photographer tends to make me gravitate toward detail, lots of detail... when you spend your time processing photos it is sometimes a challenge to look at a scene and only see large shapes not objects, values not colors and suggest objects not focus in on them... Creating a more painterly piece
is what I hope to be able to achieve. At that point, if I ever arrive there, I think I can blend the two inner warring factors and create some beautiful work.... that is this down the road....
On the Sport Sketch site I have two new entries into the "Work in Progress"
area and some REALLY BIG NEWS developing that I can't tell you about just yet... But I can tell you that I did a super composite sketch for an NCAA superstar... I have to wait to see if I can post it for public viewing before I let the cat out of the bag.... Who is he/she?
If you know basketball, you know this player!
via the internet and USPS. My wife, Nancy, and I went to our grand daughters birthday bash then she flew out to CA for her dad's 90th birthday... And I am still in excruciating pain with plantar faciitis and back pain... I don't want to know if that can get worse!
I am continuing my experimenting with my painting.
I completed two more pastels this week and learned a lot more about under painting from reading Richard McKinley's blog and and watching Robert Rohm's DVD on landscape painting with pastels.
Being a photographer tends to make me gravitate toward detail, lots of detail... when you spend your time processing photos it is sometimes a challenge to look at a scene and only see large shapes not objects, values not colors and suggest objects not focus in on them... Creating a more painterly piece
is what I hope to be able to achieve. At that point, if I ever arrive there, I think I can blend the two inner warring factors and create some beautiful work.... that is this down the road....
On the Sport Sketch site I have two new entries into the "Work in Progress"
area and some REALLY BIG NEWS developing that I can't tell you about just yet... But I can tell you that I did a super composite sketch for an NCAA superstar... I have to wait to see if I can post it for public viewing before I let the cat out of the bag.... Who is he/she?
If you know basketball, you know this player!
I have so many things to be thankful for... I live in a beautiful place along the water of Dugualla Bay on Whidbey Island in the gorgeous state of Washington. The bird life here is incredible, the sunrises are awesome and the views of Mt. Baker are postcard perfect. I enjoy my art, whether it is photography, painting or sketching. It's wonderful to have such a diverse selection of activities in my daily life.
I also enjoy the company of my soul mate and wife of 37 years, Nancy.... who is definitely the "better" half!
Now if I were only 100 lbs lighter, I would be as happy as the clams on the beach! But with every sun ray, some rain must fall... which means there is a rainbow near by!
