Tuesday, August 15, 2017

The Lady in Waiting


From the window of Atlantic Bakery: Elderly woman, waiting, on a Rockland sidewalk. 
She had navy blue painted fingernails, a huge cameo sort of ring, & silver dangle earrings. 
As she waited she talked & gestured to no one in particular, & kept glancing down the street. 
Eventually, her son (with whom I chatted in the Bakery) came & helped her into a large van. 
She was gone, her image remained.

I was reading that materials often dictate our results. I recently started a new 3.5 X 5.5 Moleskine, 
the one with the smooth cream colored pages, for my carry-everywhere sketchbook. 
With it I use both a super fine Slicci & a heavier point Staples.
And colored pencils. 
Coincidentally, I found this pouch in Rockland.
It is by "Patz, Made in Maine". Perfect! 

In some ways colored pencils are easier for me than watercolors. 
I can use more force than the delicacy that watercolors ask of me, and layer and lift more. 

Crayolas & Prismacolors, they are like a first language to me. 
While some children today have their own studios where they freely make art with lots of materials, 
I grew up on coloring books & Crayolas, on the bedroom floor. 

7 comments:

  1. I love seeing your supplies and your wonderful drawing. I don't always carry a sketchbook but as I prepare to leave for a vacation I tucked on in. I may or may not have time to do anything but I can't if it's not with me. What a good example you are!

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  2. Dear Rita - me too - crayolas and coloring books were a favorite thing of mine as well. Loved your sketch friend. Hope you are having a delightful day. Hugs!

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  3. I am always learning little tidbits from you.
    Love your sketches of people.
    Each one tells a story . . .

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  4. I loved your memory of crayolas. To this day the smell of crayons remind me of laying on the floor on a rainy summer day and coloring. So much of my sense of color came from Disney movies and coloring in my coloring books.

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  5. Now you've captured the memory of the woman waiting forever! So fun to see your supplies, and aren't new art bags the most fun? I just bought one myself--just have to switch out the supplies I carry with me into my new treasure.

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  6. I, too, always love seeing your supplies and drawings. .. . xx

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  7. Prismacolors..the stand up box and crayolas:)♥
    And Violet:)

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