A couple of notes: 1. She was moving so fast it was hard to capture in a sketch, and 2. Her skirt isn’t quite that short — I don’t know what happened, maybe the old fear of the edge of the paper syndrome…
My old car receiving better treatment than it probably deserves.
We went to the Henry Miller Library to see Black Francis in concert there. It’s a great venue to see music. A couple years back we had seen John Doe and Peter Case there. Very small, intimate venue – folding chairs on the grass, probably a couple hundred people max. I was not familiar with Black Francis, but was informed by my wife and cousin Jerry that he was in the Pixies. It was a great show, and a nice experience only a couple miles from the campsite.
Joan, as usual, cooked some fabulous meals at the campsite. Those little bottles at her feet are the used propane bottles used on the camping stove. Every year that little Coleman two-burner stove gets a serious workout.
Every year we go to Big Sur, to the same campsite, for a week or so. We just got back and I managed to finish off my latest sketch book! So there are a few images to share. Here’s the campsite. More to come!
Lately I’ve been unconsciously, then consciously, using line to describe only contour and shadow contour while using wash to describe only value. It’s a simplification of reality that I seem to find compelling these days. In this case the black watercolor wash has created some interesting textures floating around on the paper.
Luckily I wasn’t selected for a jury this time. It was an interesting opportunity to sketch.
Jack injured his arm while at the beach with another family. It seemed like nothing at first, then I decided to take him in when the swelling wouldn’t go down. It turned out that he did have a minor fracture. But between seeing the doctor in Urgent Care and waiting for the x-ray results, there was a LOT of waiting — which means a lot of sketching!
At some point he even took a nap.
He’s fine now. Kids heal fast.
Anthony Zierhut 