Still Life with Sunflowers

September 18-19, 2008

Charcoal Pencil

14"x11"

This is a bit of a departure for me and was done as an exercise for my students at CCV. Over the last two nights I worked on this drawing taking a total of 30 digital photographs of the drawing as it progressed. I took the images and made them into a Power Point presentation called the Anatomy of a Still Life. My goal is to show my students how to sustain a drawing over a long period of time .

Also, I have been thinking about the still life recently and may even make a still life painting for the same purpose.

Mt. Monadnock

August 31, 2008

Pencil

3.5"x5"

Made this sketch of Mt. Monadnock when I was down at the in laws for the Labor Day Holiday. It is a pretty strong drawing but the little poem I wrote seems to be the stronger of the two pieces.

Stiff wind

bends the trees

moves the clouds

comforts my soul

Breaks nothing

that was not already broken