Snow has started to melt but it’s still piled high, so Athos, Porthos, and Aramis (the Three Musketeers) decided to meet and draw indoors at Celine’s house. She has a studio full of plaster casts that provide fodder for sketching fanatics. They invited me, d’Artagnan, along as the token anglophone of the group.
We had a great time sketching, looking at art books and talking about our upcoming road trip to Ottawa’s National Gallery. More on that later.
I sketched a couple smaller, painted plaster figurines in a Stillman & Birn sketchbook using a Pilot Prera and Lexington Gray ink. Faber-Castell Albrecht-Durer watercolor pencils were used to add a hint of color. I love these pencils more everytime I use them as you can completely eliminate the lines made by the pencil.
It’s not location sketching but it’s sure good practice and goodness knows I need that.
Larry, I applaud your efforts to keep sketching despite the endless Quebec winter and dreary spring. I want to share with you a “hummingbird cam”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrM34fdmloc A guy on southern Vancouver Island has a webcam aimed at a hummingbird nest. The female is often on the nest and can be seen feeding her chicks. All the best! – Sheila
What else ya gonna do? It’s Quebec! Thanks for the webcam link. I love these things, though I tend to forget to look at them. We only have one species in Quebec and I’ve never had any luck attracting them to our feeder, though I put it out every year.
Cheers — Larry