buoy contour

Some days on the water are so warm, we open the door between the salon and the deck, where we store the round buoy. The door is narrow, as is the deck, but the buoy fits its spherical self easily between the walls.

Today is cloudy and only 70 degrees and the door between the salon and the deck is closed. The buoy is still there. Waiting to be useful. Summer moments like these seem fleeting and somehow fragile.

Sting and Stevie Wonder "Fragile."

Self Portrait Contour Drawing

Contoured Katherine
24 x 18, ink on Stonehenge paper

I'm off to drawing class tonight with Kitty Wallis. This class is a one year commitment and I have missed more than I have attended since it restarted in January. Tonight will be my time to get back into the drawing groove. There is so much to learn!

Today I practiced with a contour self-portrait. Contour drawings appeal to me, probably because of the coloring book look. Or, maybe it because of the simplicity.

Once, at Hipbone Studios, I watched an artist do an elegant contour drawing of the figure model. A single line in ink, done with a graceful sweep of the artist's shoulder and wrist and finally hand. It was magic!