tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89409550500208288272024-02-18T20:09:34.107-08:00Slim Johnson Paints - Steve JohnsonPlein air landscape and portrait painter.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.comBlogger233125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-91349541653341763452020-11-10T12:12:00.001-08:002020-11-10T12:12:12.654-08:00Plein air painting and a plein air portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WY8_v_outpr1xll8kanwdTxMUD1I5zfo5Z5AhcSlQRnP2lBeolX6ZZVNEscLjw7TgwYmxFwNC4ZvMhWISO5KhpeGHjUESUsaY5JbxYEp3MN-XdvfuBLHFYk7m5nj_ceRKBS6bCyECNM/s2048/DSCN1516.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WY8_v_outpr1xll8kanwdTxMUD1I5zfo5Z5AhcSlQRnP2lBeolX6ZZVNEscLjw7TgwYmxFwNC4ZvMhWISO5KhpeGHjUESUsaY5JbxYEp3MN-XdvfuBLHFYk7m5nj_ceRKBS6bCyECNM/s320/DSCN1516.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJjeMTQo7w7ao_usrd7RKH2aATu6rbosHpe7oK3SM5oBbyn4s0leqajUNvg_xpXjwU-WqrTWb1zM8gQDng6bn84CeMH1numb6Fjluk4Wjygidf8yx-2rMEOE0R9n8iqyh5N4BIXrS7U/s2048/DSCN1520.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMJjeMTQo7w7ao_usrd7RKH2aATu6rbosHpe7oK3SM5oBbyn4s0leqajUNvg_xpXjwU-WqrTWb1zM8gQDng6bn84CeMH1numb6Fjluk4Wjygidf8yx-2rMEOE0R9n8iqyh5N4BIXrS7U/s320/DSCN1520.JPG"/></a></div>
It's the beginning of November and since we've had a few really nice days I was able to continue drawing with my group outside. This will most likely be the final one. The landscape was done as part of a group of painters on a Sunday afternoon in the sculpture park in Skokie, IL. I did not include any of the sculptures (maybe I was supposed to?) and focused on a group of pine trees with the changing colors of the leaves behind them. The painting os an 8 X 10" on linen mounted on a panel.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-24711525924920528662020-10-24T17:13:00.005-07:002020-11-10T12:07:38.699-08:00Finally got it right<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61KpPuJuFvebDqvbNHjPbPTsiUyTOkNX58fPGZcEpSqSX1B6u1Q2qorV5xptZ35nHdnIM9rie17Ngn9gFxefwvM81vcL-7OddyHW4uBxZVZoXF2KtLqNrlhMCVaIAaRF5wrp7Q3SwfQ0/s2048/DSCN1510.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh61KpPuJuFvebDqvbNHjPbPTsiUyTOkNX58fPGZcEpSqSX1B6u1Q2qorV5xptZ35nHdnIM9rie17Ngn9gFxefwvM81vcL-7OddyHW4uBxZVZoXF2KtLqNrlhMCVaIAaRF5wrp7Q3SwfQ0/s320/DSCN1510.JPG"/></a></div>
I actually did this pastel painting a few years ago. It has been in several shows, but I have never been happy about the one horse in the middle. When my son was little we took him to Green Meadows petting farm in Waterford, Wisconsin. Off to the side was this area for the horses. I snapped a picture and later began making this pastel. Despite the fact that I felt it was drawn well, that one horse never looked quite right. So it sat for a long time in the studio. A week ago I picked up a book I have on the art of James Reynolds. Going through I was looking for his handling of a horse in as similar a pose to mine. I foung several and chose one that I thought looked very close. Erasing some of the drawing of the legs so I could lay down new color, I changed the color a bit and redrew the legs in a better position. Never mind the original picture. I think it looks much better, added a few other things in the background and horses and foreground and it's done. Some paintings take quite a while to finish.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-67431953134315981522020-10-09T11:02:00.004-07:002020-10-09T11:02:39.710-07:00More charcoal drawings, outside while it's still nice<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ1RFEyC5vavm16rd9WfX40eKLWYdHEjCVIMEN1rZ6_HvylRW8ZmlPDddEd4GwMBhaokD_c5BZDrcDNZ1OjPZhqTrf8E9RbODwcp-l1KVEV7EuisQP1iVPqtHThs8jiCdAeCT4c_WfQs/s2048/DSCN1506.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkQ1RFEyC5vavm16rd9WfX40eKLWYdHEjCVIMEN1rZ6_HvylRW8ZmlPDddEd4GwMBhaokD_c5BZDrcDNZ1OjPZhqTrf8E9RbODwcp-l1KVEV7EuisQP1iVPqtHThs8jiCdAeCT4c_WfQs/s320/DSCN1506.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80tcNUrCwE8PaugM6qQusZwdR8WPmHtCOMTBFTaCvWiOcl_Iqs2y7-bI5ssZTBM8p-PgR3q-hBYQjjMhcPffEHVi0LRqXh2pD7XSxyhzn2AAAvcoMHo-Lvro53qsWN-6idiHTKHzQN4s/s2048/DSCN1507.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80tcNUrCwE8PaugM6qQusZwdR8WPmHtCOMTBFTaCvWiOcl_Iqs2y7-bI5ssZTBM8p-PgR3q-hBYQjjMhcPffEHVi0LRqXh2pD7XSxyhzn2AAAvcoMHo-Lvro53qsWN-6idiHTKHzQN4s/s320/DSCN1507.JPG"/></a></div>
While it is still nice we are meeting outside to draw. Drawing each other from the group. Still above 55 degrees so it's manageable. Both were done with charcoal pencil on charcoal paper in about 45 minutes each.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-36220109751759744832020-09-25T16:07:00.001-07:002020-09-25T16:07:15.769-07:00Charcoal drawing this Fall<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkDq1NgKm1iRwrHLp2BcHQAEBMf9UtrfKJ1yE15eN4yuuxeM4ABPQifv9EpSiBC_E41nzR1x87HkCb4vsWqMdrl2UF9djfwSIGL3vQ60qE7IyMdAbhyphenhyphenr44nO96chMtvFlwGIHuRjo9TA/s2048/DSCN1489.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkDq1NgKm1iRwrHLp2BcHQAEBMf9UtrfKJ1yE15eN4yuuxeM4ABPQifv9EpSiBC_E41nzR1x87HkCb4vsWqMdrl2UF9djfwSIGL3vQ60qE7IyMdAbhyphenhyphenr44nO96chMtvFlwGIHuRjo9TA/s320/DSCN1489.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKag_ayaFI0njnpIJmGE_YRhc15LChNoKt36m2BQM9ncu5I8KOdjp4H2mPOOO9XplfHZuEIM-5cYrZ-GMN1q1ISJROGh8doanOBXfUfK7WvI3q8uZBRxSZwHU4cHKjAVg5zrZaFE4Iioo/s2048/DSCN1490.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKag_ayaFI0njnpIJmGE_YRhc15LChNoKt36m2BQM9ncu5I8KOdjp4H2mPOOO9XplfHZuEIM-5cYrZ-GMN1q1ISJROGh8doanOBXfUfK7WvI3q8uZBRxSZwHU4cHKjAVg5zrZaFE4Iioo/s320/DSCN1490.JPG"/></a></div>
Mimi is the leader of our drawing group. The finished sketch is Mimi and the unfinished sketch --- could be her as well, not sure. Anyway they were both done in charcoal on charcoal paper.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-39614121310375136162020-09-01T18:30:00.001-07:002020-09-01T18:30:51.845-07:00Finally....success<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek3633ZEZEaIfrd_4V-7mBDY4IhXzS5Pwy2_gw4yojIoaLwXtC8otRD_UTBuuNzIrR3JvyPJJp_vlCU08ZJf1lBUhG6dXrQHPhr1OOLyu31RGC1oJEH0O4Qaki-HUHSxLwy-_5nGd72g/s1600/DSCN0338.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: none;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhek3633ZEZEaIfrd_4V-7mBDY4IhXzS5Pwy2_gw4yojIoaLwXtC8otRD_UTBuuNzIrR3JvyPJJp_vlCU08ZJf1lBUhG6dXrQHPhr1OOLyu31RGC1oJEH0O4Qaki-HUHSxLwy-_5nGd72g/s320/DSCN0338.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwo9tSjJZfvLWluC2wrglHrmC09WAiGpEL4au0P0sE9aOt_4HrecxFb8cF_sbWqOibQ0nbtOsZYy3iXwizHGVP7nqlrYoSwmscnEnkViOUCky9bytLvux4rrDB2vdeGp7utN5934hdzo/s1600/DSCN0334.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: none;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAwo9tSjJZfvLWluC2wrglHrmC09WAiGpEL4au0P0sE9aOt_4HrecxFb8cF_sbWqOibQ0nbtOsZYy3iXwizHGVP7nqlrYoSwmscnEnkViOUCky9bytLvux4rrDB2vdeGp7utN5934hdzo/s320/DSCN0334.JPG"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD1iQdy-AYnGEihHRw1ENSDwyybi_zMO1VWV50-O0oKRbwQZ7QQTH8GxVo36FyE5TeqA8D5WmaoSh_57BE2CVeRvE1MSt9_kyfLkz0vV2R-YUrvOuggU1JxWCLgIVmrEl0dCKHTutHgw/s1600/DSCN0335.JPG" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: none;"><img alt="" border="0" width="320" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkD1iQdy-AYnGEihHRw1ENSDwyybi_zMO1VWV50-O0oKRbwQZ7QQTH8GxVo36FyE5TeqA8D5WmaoSh_57BE2CVeRvE1MSt9_kyfLkz0vV2R-YUrvOuggU1JxWCLgIVmrEl0dCKHTutHgw/s320/DSCN0335.JPG"/></a></div>
Several times I have tried to capture Helen in a drawing. She is one of the people that I have a drawing class with. Despite those other times I was not happy with the result. This time I captured her and even got her approval. The other two drawings are Elizabeth, also in the drawing group and Elizabeth's shoe. After drawing everyone it can get a little tiresome, so now we are branching out into doing a shoe. All done with a charcoal pencil on charcoal paper.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-71106807747143214962020-08-02T04:18:00.001-07:002020-08-02T04:18:31.499-07:00Back with the drawing group<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSUh1jjwZropQ6EeoKeGpXgAxKXVVum1xTQIEaYjtriEyVvCMShaoC_wTi5lZFj_mxPc7_6PT0EwJSLBJAzZF1VeM3Ogx57vuL0YUpdP4yIcJo-Rwlim5xT_px-CHh-8EPnbZWczjjEw/s1600/DSCN0322.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFSUh1jjwZropQ6EeoKeGpXgAxKXVVum1xTQIEaYjtriEyVvCMShaoC_wTi5lZFj_mxPc7_6PT0EwJSLBJAzZF1VeM3Ogx57vuL0YUpdP4yIcJo-Rwlim5xT_px-CHh-8EPnbZWczjjEw/s320/DSCN0322.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotxCwEfcSffbq7NveL2puwymYPESsPv_6t7qtctF2BpUwVv23XPPoCBlhCqDiczI28uh9INETd_fm6dKjXt8b87reIwCavR2BxK54Zd2TXHoii9Crt2tlWdyVJvqXUyB1nUwjDRKDHR0/s1600/DSCN0323.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhotxCwEfcSffbq7NveL2puwymYPESsPv_6t7qtctF2BpUwVv23XPPoCBlhCqDiczI28uh9INETd_fm6dKjXt8b87reIwCavR2BxK54Zd2TXHoii9Crt2tlWdyVJvqXUyB1nUwjDRKDHR0/s320/DSCN0323.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since our group is still not allowed into the building we have been meeting outside in the larger park area under the gazebo. I have two portraits done over the last two weeks of guys who are just sitting drawing. These were done on small sheets of 140 pound watercolor paper.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-82226985434038708882020-04-27T20:11:00.001-07:002020-04-27T20:11:53.054-07:00Drawings done before the virus interrupted everyone<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KXuXotlPGSocxrt2Hd2iW79XngRq7AvD6JxfJ_glKZDyX9CuS6blyu9QL_hzLahW3IXJ2BKhtSfKJXRSzA_4d4N1nfpTzv0k1usxHwSNsppk3He21qN5GevT1X5rQ-9lEwDcHn3Tx5s/s1600/DSCN0254+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KXuXotlPGSocxrt2Hd2iW79XngRq7AvD6JxfJ_glKZDyX9CuS6blyu9QL_hzLahW3IXJ2BKhtSfKJXRSzA_4d4N1nfpTzv0k1usxHwSNsppk3He21qN5GevT1X5rQ-9lEwDcHn3Tx5s/s320/DSCN0254+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqc2iCgaj29PrWpoi-oaz277dpJMhEZDW9cJcxfCV4cxhH6hxn9XCK3fOE7fwS1IbxDVFiZjPzdWM-fHV7RyWCi2I4J-VR9BazJpTvXFfdm9BdeqhafChGylreJUDMwB5mc8x4nJ7FlY/s1600/DSCN0257.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqc2iCgaj29PrWpoi-oaz277dpJMhEZDW9cJcxfCV4cxhH6hxn9XCK3fOE7fwS1IbxDVFiZjPzdWM-fHV7RyWCi2I4J-VR9BazJpTvXFfdm9BdeqhafChGylreJUDMwB5mc8x4nJ7FlY/s320/DSCN0257.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgFcAU9ZNo0Q8OBI__0ab2hBBJyoSDbP3SimVQj02blFujbGXiVBRntWlrsRcM9cLaFGF3t6XPMv4lf-G_1sN3Xat7j5qDJvUgC3BSLJmhLiztr1OGI9bRkPd4HezKTTuih1GS9wqahE/s1600/DSCN0261.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGgFcAU9ZNo0Q8OBI__0ab2hBBJyoSDbP3SimVQj02blFujbGXiVBRntWlrsRcM9cLaFGF3t6XPMv4lf-G_1sN3Xat7j5qDJvUgC3BSLJmhLiztr1OGI9bRkPd4HezKTTuih1GS9wqahE/s320/DSCN0261.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz44JYhddTzYpq7oj4-Y8L-1AypdvKyJg3v7VeoElc8Xf2z9ILhHm-TwCqPcnSjNSrawbjaBOM0AwadI8N9zYyIQmpV8vfG59GmhWvqhG8gH_1fApGerR5BjqtdgcDGZx08WeiL62Urk/s1600/DSCN0260+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAz44JYhddTzYpq7oj4-Y8L-1AypdvKyJg3v7VeoElc8Xf2z9ILhHm-TwCqPcnSjNSrawbjaBOM0AwadI8N9zYyIQmpV8vfG59GmhWvqhG8gH_1fApGerR5BjqtdgcDGZx08WeiL62Urk/s320/DSCN0260+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NJU-Jga8pyZIYDkXtf_vKDTLg3YF0EwatC8xxPnFR1bEmzBNcxosqLsDdV9LNPjqSr-4XuBWN2nuOPbMefkRvUl_fJfOFvduBEdTDhMYTOuXzviWrnRhKv2HgJ6ZEEptlApY1Wg_DoA/s1600/DSCN0262+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5NJU-Jga8pyZIYDkXtf_vKDTLg3YF0EwatC8xxPnFR1bEmzBNcxosqLsDdV9LNPjqSr-4XuBWN2nuOPbMefkRvUl_fJfOFvduBEdTDhMYTOuXzviWrnRhKv2HgJ6ZEEptlApY1Wg_DoA/s320/DSCN0262+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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So, just before the interruption in everyone's life I was doing some of my best work ever in the life drawing class. These were all done with charcoal on charcoal paper. I have taken to mounting some of these for display later in the class I am supposed to teach coming in September --- hopefully it takes place and the virus is gone.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-58710621645594075202020-04-25T13:31:00.001-07:002020-04-25T13:31:17.105-07:00Recent watercolor portraits<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz8cZxZv35_Lrhb01vc0M7iw4hSvzJxf4QcqcAG9JdKYnO8x2DxzURZI9YJ_2hEgY7H63G_dbvVJ5Yb_liviGAcd25L_Z3_IlKCXhHPRSeOl8MXD7PhgHJEVgrHfo0BenlKmWBJIYDJ0/s1600/DSCN0314.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLz8cZxZv35_Lrhb01vc0M7iw4hSvzJxf4QcqcAG9JdKYnO8x2DxzURZI9YJ_2hEgY7H63G_dbvVJ5Yb_liviGAcd25L_Z3_IlKCXhHPRSeOl8MXD7PhgHJEVgrHfo0BenlKmWBJIYDJ0/s320/DSCN0314.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2u2JVVMrXq19E2AXkIHPWkW69IiyblAy29TDqURv0UnX7nSggxMrft5_gHDYnDhIROGk9s1JCDrM2KDQ64ypn5cJx3J-7RQlH_uaNHZ6UdYGulD9b2yaKmSxu2_3ula-sz3GWPuzRv-I/s1600/DSCN0311.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2u2JVVMrXq19E2AXkIHPWkW69IiyblAy29TDqURv0UnX7nSggxMrft5_gHDYnDhIROGk9s1JCDrM2KDQ64ypn5cJx3J-7RQlH_uaNHZ6UdYGulD9b2yaKmSxu2_3ula-sz3GWPuzRv-I/s320/DSCN0311.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCxQJCAI0izDmkFmfmewFLjW0crTccTum4yVur5IXos6qi-JEmJ8vJmuXuhyphenhyphenusoOvvqKNN36g5smJnEY3pMkGnsx9Q9oZquMDo859fXHXQNPaXJanpjndHCqMLfnWiAhoi5zxePHAjKs/s1600/DSCN0312.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCxQJCAI0izDmkFmfmewFLjW0crTccTum4yVur5IXos6qi-JEmJ8vJmuXuhyphenhyphenusoOvvqKNN36g5smJnEY3pMkGnsx9Q9oZquMDo859fXHXQNPaXJanpjndHCqMLfnWiAhoi5zxePHAjKs/s320/DSCN0312.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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While the virus thing is going around, I have taken to doing some copies of Rembrandt and Sargent. However the other W/C was done over a ZOOM meeting with a live model. About 50 other people were painting this model. I thought it wa sone of my best, considering I practiced first on Rembrandt and John Singer Sargent. They were all done on Arches cold press paper.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-70491144745490502612019-09-18T18:13:00.001-07:002019-09-18T18:13:23.140-07:00Sept. 14<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGolQQeGyaGjpRdRaQOKKTm5LAzIJqIthE1Mt7nbsMfcMBY0Ao6p9rzk-IXTXOVr1H4Lr4Uu2DEfCXtedwui8EwDdygJF6jjyfMAOKVIp3SmuXWkn-j2AiugUCi8x6AhisKvFY6k9qUUw/s1600/DSCN0218.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGolQQeGyaGjpRdRaQOKKTm5LAzIJqIthE1Mt7nbsMfcMBY0Ao6p9rzk-IXTXOVr1H4Lr4Uu2DEfCXtedwui8EwDdygJF6jjyfMAOKVIp3SmuXWkn-j2AiugUCi8x6AhisKvFY6k9qUUw/s320/DSCN0218.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhMf8p1u4lTlG1SNKRappA3j1RUSelDLc-qQDdalkYilep8WaY98a1M8njaR5gH53dwx4jzDJwZ_b10RYZ3h2VimBToOCq_WQsZSyOTNTE0tHR3UGUn73w4m-PgWHEdy7Fyu609pbmsc/s1600/DSCN0217.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGhMf8p1u4lTlG1SNKRappA3j1RUSelDLc-qQDdalkYilep8WaY98a1M8njaR5gH53dwx4jzDJwZ_b10RYZ3h2VimBToOCq_WQsZSyOTNTE0tHR3UGUn73w4m-PgWHEdy7Fyu609pbmsc/s320/DSCN0217.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFSvgA6kNAJvLRyGt6R-BWojwRHSs0oQKnGH-WbWQTFj80ZA32uKdxJqqv6xcK9KVcDxHI_GAb0qfMmjJBj9aaOHPMHDyuEYPilVtl3t45WQ3tNyjhVe7bRrLnE5ZZ8n6SlteqfCX-nA/s1600/DSCN0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfFSvgA6kNAJvLRyGt6R-BWojwRHSs0oQKnGH-WbWQTFj80ZA32uKdxJqqv6xcK9KVcDxHI_GAb0qfMmjJBj9aaOHPMHDyuEYPilVtl3t45WQ3tNyjhVe7bRrLnE5ZZ8n6SlteqfCX-nA/s320/DSCN0216.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfbNQz1d5qK6m21hw5YXCukf_p9QxhC7Pm8OQmhvnugp_jXdZcwDysqzFL6n3n2Q_kvXTrJdSOmMb6t-H55d9_KkjJZTn79OHIgrego53pJWCDpGbtYTAmDPDC4oCABpLXcaJ1ekx01I/s1600/DSCN0215.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigfbNQz1d5qK6m21hw5YXCukf_p9QxhC7Pm8OQmhvnugp_jXdZcwDysqzFL6n3n2Q_kvXTrJdSOmMb6t-H55d9_KkjJZTn79OHIgrego53pJWCDpGbtYTAmDPDC4oCABpLXcaJ1ekx01I/s320/DSCN0215.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This week again I was using hot press watercolor paper. Not my favorite, but giving it a good shot. The figure and color portrait were both watercolor, the other two were charcoal pencil on newsprint. If they turn out this well, I should be using charcoal paper.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-87443873842305623042019-09-08T05:05:00.000-07:002019-09-08T05:05:17.193-07:00Back at the drawing class<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgBrZhrjjJipE0kuChmGabkVrMf_uKBCpePYXDv8IOtZEZTUSB_YpwDu0aP2ugFO4MtFtWoelf9w-yUtxssgbP-MuapPedIw6CCtLObEYQ_PYr9vTl9JLLNJkfPsHYjadsNOYncrvJec/s1600/DSCN0207.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSgBrZhrjjJipE0kuChmGabkVrMf_uKBCpePYXDv8IOtZEZTUSB_YpwDu0aP2ugFO4MtFtWoelf9w-yUtxssgbP-MuapPedIw6CCtLObEYQ_PYr9vTl9JLLNJkfPsHYjadsNOYncrvJec/s320/DSCN0207.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyT6KkEXFAynnuHPDjc1ehBFJalVYIkcdvyk3H3gDKzki4m_uL3W8qYd3YKFP6O-BwUAsbD9Owku0AV3xlyYLF0H5J268VTFGHDSWSqEpnWN0uitlQkeMA3q7aRciLN7w9onIjPkAIhc/s1600/DSCN0208.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyT6KkEXFAynnuHPDjc1ehBFJalVYIkcdvyk3H3gDKzki4m_uL3W8qYd3YKFP6O-BwUAsbD9Owku0AV3xlyYLF0H5J268VTFGHDSWSqEpnWN0uitlQkeMA3q7aRciLN7w9onIjPkAIhc/s320/DSCN0208.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QGaMQ4CnZUx-xk4RjiOOMh4h8ESZGbiheW3FTkEIQhEkeobVT7yfxtGhWjbttaJhoHIBghBLKLorfWBjdm6s_CR47sTOq6MX03OmPTHd39wuTqgFBs2nbmNNO89pV7VFV6xs8JWi_g4/s1600/DSCN0209.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5QGaMQ4CnZUx-xk4RjiOOMh4h8ESZGbiheW3FTkEIQhEkeobVT7yfxtGhWjbttaJhoHIBghBLKLorfWBjdm6s_CR47sTOq6MX03OmPTHd39wuTqgFBs2nbmNNO89pV7VFV6xs8JWi_g4/s320/DSCN0209.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p00WOqyQTUTjF2p0MJqwKsVLnqjHGAiJ6HOFAfSSnUYKmUgZst_vnIuePs-6x0v10ZCOm7op6o0Z_WDcJkdUsDd53wndQiVlIaMILOaY0n7OM2FiwbtV6fTxtNEfxE42IOY5uzUn8Ec/s1600/DSCN0210.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3p00WOqyQTUTjF2p0MJqwKsVLnqjHGAiJ6HOFAfSSnUYKmUgZst_vnIuePs-6x0v10ZCOm7op6o0Z_WDcJkdUsDd53wndQiVlIaMILOaY0n7OM2FiwbtV6fTxtNEfxE42IOY5uzUn8Ec/s320/DSCN0210.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's Fall again and the Summer Camp for kids is over at the Skokie Devonshire Center and that means our drawing group meets again. The model is Ken and I used my usual charcoal pencils on newsprint. This time I wanted to experiment with hot press paper doing my watercolors. I bought Hahnemuhl paper this time. The smooth surface wants to let the watercolor pool and run which I don't like in the upright position, so I had to hand hold the paper at a lower angle. The surface is less absorbent and thus the pooling. Anyway, I worked around it. If ever there was anything I was meant to do, it's painting or drawing portraits....so, very happpy to be back at it.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-20397171283746799702019-06-09T11:35:00.001-07:002019-06-09T11:35:53.982-07:00Works from the drawing group....done for the summer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Saturday drawing group of the Skokie Art Guild has to make way for the children's Summer camp. At the final meeting we had the model, Megan. The two watercolors were done on Arches rough paper, single sheet. The charcoals were just done on newsprint. Megan took a pose that did not seem anything I would like to either paint or draw (although I certainly could have), so I chose instead to draw Eugene. I did him in about 10-15 minutes because he left early and hasn't seen this. It's another of my ambush portraits. The other works were all done in 25 minutes. So, off this for the Summer and probably on to do some plein air painting.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-59614067861795207012019-06-05T16:32:00.003-07:002019-06-05T16:32:33.808-07:00Deja vu on the Brassown Road<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFE80TxaKiGYGBw_VE0eE_6di7l-D9zeUwB6xy9LUKcVcPY0Z19czYvt_9aPOZf-vkwXyRUJw5LpBYgYpldypmQjWZhLtoNE7VQaGmjg8lmpleInkCeviJWfXKT9WjxrYyZWfVfqrQN0/s1600/DSCN1395.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBFE80TxaKiGYGBw_VE0eE_6di7l-D9zeUwB6xy9LUKcVcPY0Z19czYvt_9aPOZf-vkwXyRUJw5LpBYgYpldypmQjWZhLtoNE7VQaGmjg8lmpleInkCeviJWfXKT9WjxrYyZWfVfqrQN0/s320/DSCN1395.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjJJ5MjYOKXhVfDyhnK5bRj7k3m_fnXz3NcNUxc0d3DY-fNl0_cTAwspkhTUSKo5HMI4qJ-3Q0SHDBVciXnFUm9MuVPNO6MDpcDx-BFfPAqvmalgZwzzDaAD4IFr4dK-BbCbeX2TJ4lI/s1600/DSCN1415.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIjJJ5MjYOKXhVfDyhnK5bRj7k3m_fnXz3NcNUxc0d3DY-fNl0_cTAwspkhTUSKo5HMI4qJ-3Q0SHDBVciXnFUm9MuVPNO6MDpcDx-BFfPAqvmalgZwzzDaAD4IFr4dK-BbCbeX2TJ4lI/s320/DSCN1415.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These are two watercolors done a week apart. These were done plein air. Not sure why I chose to do the same view, maybe the challenge of doing all the trees. Anyhow, I sat out in the sun, put up with a lawn mower and wood chipper while I was painting....luckily no bugs. These are both watercolor but two different sizes. The view is the parking lot at the John C. Campbell Folk School looking down the Brasstown Road. My favorite was the first one.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-86959142142204042252019-05-30T15:09:00.000-07:002019-05-30T15:09:00.019-07:00Portrait and figure work, May, 2019<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSIZ8l27ljlewqelUkQMsPGF6t_-QRcaeQqiMB5Yr8Yx22d8wHn9niRcmBR36Dr8EnLUB-fPtNt4WOZwLTmOFgeJpqRuKKYxQw7pWxn-h8FxGL4qfZaXFekW5OURzef61nPpNp6AhMEc/s1600/DSCN1438.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhSIZ8l27ljlewqelUkQMsPGF6t_-QRcaeQqiMB5Yr8Yx22d8wHn9niRcmBR36Dr8EnLUB-fPtNt4WOZwLTmOFgeJpqRuKKYxQw7pWxn-h8FxGL4qfZaXFekW5OURzef61nPpNp6AhMEc/s320/DSCN1438.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsqCQp3WqIyrqYZVuhgkSVseaWWxErkNhi1C94963Mz9OmL94J5PHz1LPySSTpEXWeWKVQ4DN7dlqMXSZCZvou_UvM2FL38m3UCZFZ7rr2aIIQfiv8rosAIwyANGiRZ3wvzRQSWKkAMA/s1600/DSCN1439.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzsqCQp3WqIyrqYZVuhgkSVseaWWxErkNhi1C94963Mz9OmL94J5PHz1LPySSTpEXWeWKVQ4DN7dlqMXSZCZvou_UvM2FL38m3UCZFZ7rr2aIIQfiv8rosAIwyANGiRZ3wvzRQSWKkAMA/s320/DSCN1439.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsMEk4Y5f8HfSMaO4KhryyaW6U_kNYwZynWI6jP8UL8siOMRenRlF9lDadYKGMPlkf9raOyNNU4JPJ6Yec28O0DyJvBHfsvE3yWsvmr9LjoOMpC6ItHwIu5uHJYvFwiNLuMogXra7qCc/s1600/DSCN1440.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsMEk4Y5f8HfSMaO4KhryyaW6U_kNYwZynWI6jP8UL8siOMRenRlF9lDadYKGMPlkf9raOyNNU4JPJ6Yec28O0DyJvBHfsvE3yWsvmr9LjoOMpC6ItHwIu5uHJYvFwiNLuMogXra7qCc/s320/DSCN1440.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVihAXEWGBuEvMkXIcIY4kAJ-HQrN4NVNq0TH7RVLwOz5djd1rGI9PtJzDUwX8RbMgkNZQgPrDscxw4-D8sbIdFiSAhuQMquN_F5w4gyXPqRFgrvZGWnPs6geFA1NddGq5OkpQspIB6s4/s1600/DSCN1441.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVihAXEWGBuEvMkXIcIY4kAJ-HQrN4NVNq0TH7RVLwOz5djd1rGI9PtJzDUwX8RbMgkNZQgPrDscxw4-D8sbIdFiSAhuQMquN_F5w4gyXPqRFgrvZGWnPs6geFA1NddGq5OkpQspIB6s4/s320/DSCN1441.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These were all done at my drawing class. The first is a charcoal portrait done in 15 minutes and the others are all watercolor done in 25 minutes.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-44162240785673061292019-05-07T18:43:00.001-07:002019-05-07T18:43:43.964-07:00Watercolors done at the Campbell Folk School<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEhIYCYCbBWyFE8DRilEo2P3aNlf8bGIh6h6vN2_zJRcL5uPn6Gom-BLCaUvBySpTp2hG3ZDrSghfGCgs7kHNgMnkQC_J-Bgi-W3nrCVMpKjiLm2DLj7ZjjjUr1nYkctWyq9L9CLyCu4/s1600/DSCN1418.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSEhIYCYCbBWyFE8DRilEo2P3aNlf8bGIh6h6vN2_zJRcL5uPn6Gom-BLCaUvBySpTp2hG3ZDrSghfGCgs7kHNgMnkQC_J-Bgi-W3nrCVMpKjiLm2DLj7ZjjjUr1nYkctWyq9L9CLyCu4/s320/DSCN1418.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSGejk6pywpLD9w7Trdr26N3xr1oyU4Dz0e2kBwqtK-vvBYtyTlRjcNHDDzRRgyHx4K921qspE6LSMmmBb8RLKCWI7_CO7HX8XKpWJT7GdBX5qdOrNg3tQ5_TkvQXMT7KRN7eQObEeec/s1600/DSCN1384.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKSGejk6pywpLD9w7Trdr26N3xr1oyU4Dz0e2kBwqtK-vvBYtyTlRjcNHDDzRRgyHx4K921qspE6LSMmmBb8RLKCWI7_CO7HX8XKpWJT7GdBX5qdOrNg3tQ5_TkvQXMT7KRN7eQObEeec/s320/DSCN1384.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmI5yk4NBznoli-HUwgu6qsxT90aqXrgekHh2sv1XJjCiNxZWOs8aIXumIXizoEQi2kimZEXCazfKXg7hMIF7-rXsWh5GT8vB7xg58vz5L78aCbMyKYrd-OzIjGCpoOWNETw2rFs9pLI/s1600/DSCN1383.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnmI5yk4NBznoli-HUwgu6qsxT90aqXrgekHh2sv1XJjCiNxZWOs8aIXumIXizoEQi2kimZEXCazfKXg7hMIF7-rXsWh5GT8vB7xg58vz5L78aCbMyKYrd-OzIjGCpoOWNETw2rFs9pLI/s320/DSCN1383.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztCV1YDLzs0K5Us9t2-ql92Ki1MU8JxHqRayllLY8ZYZ4ewO94RJbsonfBTvGvHFiezRnkXE_fGWSKPHzP_fiN25anQ7_-ZDlcaq6kS95JzJP-DQCEzqSllz-yP2kvOhL2_OMCBM6yU/s1600/DSCN1395.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGztCV1YDLzs0K5Us9t2-ql92Ki1MU8JxHqRayllLY8ZYZ4ewO94RJbsonfBTvGvHFiezRnkXE_fGWSKPHzP_fiN25anQ7_-ZDlcaq6kS95JzJP-DQCEzqSllz-yP2kvOhL2_OMCBM6yU/s320/DSCN1395.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ii034qRBgCJi-QYf8GpX-Tma9E3fOy_368OiXgZmxVCPl0rilNfpuo4VPzMHZduKyvaPgbUmGr15uMF26klAql3fwa9ziUQXtFUTVWPYlEGXG7BAq9Bt3X7KupNIcnC_msSeXRQLNcg/s1600/DSCN1403.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ii034qRBgCJi-QYf8GpX-Tma9E3fOy_368OiXgZmxVCPl0rilNfpuo4VPzMHZduKyvaPgbUmGr15uMF26klAql3fwa9ziUQXtFUTVWPYlEGXG7BAq9Bt3X7KupNIcnC_msSeXRQLNcg/s320/DSCN1403.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As usual we went to the Jon C. Campbell Folk School in April. I was there two weeks in art classes and was able to get out and do some plein air painting with my watercolors. The garden at the school was still being planted and was still covered from the cold. The garden painting was done in about two hours. The Rooster at the garden I did standing with my palette and paper in one hand and the brush in the other with my water can at my feet. One of the gardeners threw some treats into the chicken pen to keep him there, but of course he never took the same pose as the one I began with. So it was a matter of just taking information into memory and then working out the rest by looking at color.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-52372157674699596692019-04-01T18:13:00.001-07:002019-04-01T18:13:02.502-07:00Watercolor portraits<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These two were done in about 25 minutes at the Saturday drawing class. Done on Arches cold press paper. And, yes, that guy's cheekbones are really that red. He is an umpire at high school football games and probably spends a lot of time in the sun.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-64398432173234983942019-03-26T16:39:00.000-07:002019-03-26T16:42:22.466-07:00Saturday's latest drawings<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAJW157gLLGESAt3XNoNCJX0kACzu7Cccj0432f4HKx-i2clflfHZ4Qb5e5mTNDUsafYoF94o64nfIbzLQMpkCaykHSu21MaT4zUSszNSoafKY7hPj5pfXMGN0mZcjQZ5cFjvHIJJMrM/s1600/DSCN1359+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYAJW157gLLGESAt3XNoNCJX0kACzu7Cccj0432f4HKx-i2clflfHZ4Qb5e5mTNDUsafYoF94o64nfIbzLQMpkCaykHSu21MaT4zUSszNSoafKY7hPj5pfXMGN0mZcjQZ5cFjvHIJJMrM/s320/DSCN1359+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwzB5SDAIBiPRmgEafVfN3qdz3KlaTXrlhPqwjigy8p-70dqeNBM0GGfKYoQ5JwBLxEDPSsL6pCH19In1TAm1QN81WKSPDd0Q1PkhWhN8rNg9USAD_PnQ4RE_dEZp6Ny5G9CmOA27Sy4/s1600/DSCN1360.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLwzB5SDAIBiPRmgEafVfN3qdz3KlaTXrlhPqwjigy8p-70dqeNBM0GGfKYoQ5JwBLxEDPSsL6pCH19In1TAm1QN81WKSPDd0Q1PkhWhN8rNg9USAD_PnQ4RE_dEZp6Ny5G9CmOA27Sy4/s320/DSCN1360.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQvAnAqTbjbVLmTwkQdbaxQ8xvrIAPUnCKpLhWDtqvpeCSGf2irSalU-a1TMYRB0IkeZl9EvwK_zeEXtl9zjCssmV2nDFJay5aU13KZaS_FBh99HO1C_9aromr35daC92jU-SCEpbFPM/s1600/DSCN1361.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoQvAnAqTbjbVLmTwkQdbaxQ8xvrIAPUnCKpLhWDtqvpeCSGf2irSalU-a1TMYRB0IkeZl9EvwK_zeEXtl9zjCssmV2nDFJay5aU13KZaS_FBh99HO1C_9aromr35daC92jU-SCEpbFPM/s320/DSCN1361.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-JeW-RoTTsTtY0P78OGCvUrDVinCOnaCbkjjCPyUYkGQnBh6bxgZt4zcPpGh_ZrLxCP1FOotNC96AawUjM8J8_edGLQMx-eUzXiKPumwyRTTJ06ghmxJUNfFNbTmMjculwKAgXk0wiI/s1600/DSCN1364.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC-JeW-RoTTsTtY0P78OGCvUrDVinCOnaCbkjjCPyUYkGQnBh6bxgZt4zcPpGh_ZrLxCP1FOotNC96AawUjM8J8_edGLQMx-eUzXiKPumwyRTTJ06ghmxJUNfFNbTmMjculwKAgXk0wiI/s320/DSCN1364.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bNXCjCLEHtI83ljr_UUv3qvQmDciJ_Wn5iY1tAT_YNEeQ_46ifaBgr6OZCbJmzj0fVyVF7BhIwiedCFLJpG6RmprVcFjcJYV_Op0D-yuF4vlxgw6vs3oaP7NeL5vr4Co1xWNDH8jc5E/s1600/DSCN1365.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5bNXCjCLEHtI83ljr_UUv3qvQmDciJ_Wn5iY1tAT_YNEeQ_46ifaBgr6OZCbJmzj0fVyVF7BhIwiedCFLJpG6RmprVcFjcJYV_Op0D-yuF4vlxgw6vs3oaP7NeL5vr4Co1xWNDH8jc5E/s320/DSCN1365.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk0Fnc8xyygJ2RS4ztKNO_s3C7JJOvfZU5af6T9hmwJ9eYkiKVexFLAviSNMuYoBAmjm9rahaVTJlxJwtavl0AYyRGq7mnXLWspgUC652x27CYUfRWenEUFdOoobqb3qussXJaMhSNZ4/s1600/DSCN1370.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlk0Fnc8xyygJ2RS4ztKNO_s3C7JJOvfZU5af6T9hmwJ9eYkiKVexFLAviSNMuYoBAmjm9rahaVTJlxJwtavl0AYyRGq7mnXLWspgUC652x27CYUfRWenEUFdOoobqb3qussXJaMhSNZ4/s320/DSCN1370.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Latest charcoal drawings from the Saturday life drawing class. Three with the model, Lulu and three with Meg. One of Meg is very light --- I did a pretty large rendering, but only had 15 minutes.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-17843243926324881742019-03-06T13:21:00.000-08:002019-03-06T13:21:08.809-08:00Charcoal<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVH7lMKa7RKDQlCoaowdyMBeEGWaRgR5XI9r8wZgXjB71sdmqQzn85ufOv-s9keScJKdlOQeTUwj5YdtGPK5pmkfI5rDw68oigIRQegEAqhQ_erBVFgQ-U6r71cDFFJLpz_ffnfmA3YI/s1600/DSCN0145.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVH7lMKa7RKDQlCoaowdyMBeEGWaRgR5XI9r8wZgXjB71sdmqQzn85ufOv-s9keScJKdlOQeTUwj5YdtGPK5pmkfI5rDw68oigIRQegEAqhQ_erBVFgQ-U6r71cDFFJLpz_ffnfmA3YI/s320/DSCN0145.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafl02RnhMR7DHsBFZcJ2yLy1twCMynTG_zsrprTQyEbzP1YeSCgMQZLuq9wPf41-kRBLnHR3O-alIxoI5e4eGqRfCh7mM04-bXp5zfwpnanW7CCEealb6OvGf_CwD6mGFWG3h8qruZUM/s1600/DSCN0148.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafl02RnhMR7DHsBFZcJ2yLy1twCMynTG_zsrprTQyEbzP1YeSCgMQZLuq9wPf41-kRBLnHR3O-alIxoI5e4eGqRfCh7mM04-bXp5zfwpnanW7CCEealb6OvGf_CwD6mGFWG3h8qruZUM/s320/DSCN0148.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXcFmplccxh3AxAP6DDK_7H-58n5S0oib6XIHnoQXjAUJGFe0RaLC8K6aFXwmmzrHMGuIxn_KucJW7HYZ0t11Hokmq74GfCQblEdmKMZX0TRdqTGLKmjBI_lSQm_uomJAI_Lh6LgNqL4/s1600/DSCN0146.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGXcFmplccxh3AxAP6DDK_7H-58n5S0oib6XIHnoQXjAUJGFe0RaLC8K6aFXwmmzrHMGuIxn_KucJW7HYZ0t11Hokmq74GfCQblEdmKMZX0TRdqTGLKmjBI_lSQm_uomJAI_Lh6LgNqL4/s320/DSCN0146.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l2kG-nFqwoj0w_uEYKmY_jLnxkXyxsLwsPLAhQjQPcT-KOif-WPyCOyXJ6toASwLW2s-JZDJgN93TiDzja6aKMjBub5SW_P-MixfJ1Q6YlAXKHxIMriI_FTaYV-ekqaZQUY3UNxpQgk/s1600/DSCN0147.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3l2kG-nFqwoj0w_uEYKmY_jLnxkXyxsLwsPLAhQjQPcT-KOif-WPyCOyXJ6toASwLW2s-JZDJgN93TiDzja6aKMjBub5SW_P-MixfJ1Q6YlAXKHxIMriI_FTaYV-ekqaZQUY3UNxpQgk/s320/DSCN0147.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The model was Lucky (yes, that's her name) and these are a few studies done at the Saturday morning drawing group. Charcoal on newsprint, some done in 15b minutes and some in 25.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-5828993804971435672019-03-04T18:14:00.001-08:002019-03-04T18:14:27.148-08:00Another 1st place and how judging should be done<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_P9uA_s_Xg6f8YEO0jZ2hx3cF79T-NEECtZI8TdRboci9UnJNkszJmnOCCqhybAWgoZkn58ytJ199uOAMKZNGjZtTo9LjDX5XK_XdSOmi9eNln8EJIF61IB3E61Xbcx7LNPp7FY9FOVQ/s1600/DSCN1356.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_P9uA_s_Xg6f8YEO0jZ2hx3cF79T-NEECtZI8TdRboci9UnJNkszJmnOCCqhybAWgoZkn58ytJ199uOAMKZNGjZtTo9LjDX5XK_XdSOmi9eNln8EJIF61IB3E61Xbcx7LNPp7FY9FOVQ/s320/DSCN1356.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZXcwvT1f8zlrm5AASRCkZ7kwT_MtC3aV51Lk42xSm4zfXKBu2fBPtHV3Eru5pGy7eCxO8gLbeDGvkLSlet45WFLMq12To7LYtBHVASvtUTD_2yrqW9Za6fy8NGslNfiPPtr6bOA0kGk/s1600/DSCN1357.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZXcwvT1f8zlrm5AASRCkZ7kwT_MtC3aV51Lk42xSm4zfXKBu2fBPtHV3Eru5pGy7eCxO8gLbeDGvkLSlet45WFLMq12To7LYtBHVASvtUTD_2yrqW9Za6fy8NGslNfiPPtr6bOA0kGk/s320/DSCN1357.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxg_H32qhhKNZKHg-pkCxcpmlM2hPgvloJl52Vq4f2HCkE2qm2DoXyF6Tshx46vGdBRaY8zh2rdIeeIwIlVkN5Kd4SC3CZnAphU0AYjehU_ywocPdFKfD74mpDyDZI3Dx-pXUD-T0NDU/s1600/DSCN1358.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxg_H32qhhKNZKHg-pkCxcpmlM2hPgvloJl52Vq4f2HCkE2qm2DoXyF6Tshx46vGdBRaY8zh2rdIeeIwIlVkN5Kd4SC3CZnAphU0AYjehU_ywocPdFKfD74mpDyDZI3Dx-pXUD-T0NDU/s320/DSCN1358.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivq8iS9l0zq2Mv16XA6Ym7W7cNNaF-_deKlHQ-pcvzPQf8xf_TopUlPwSmBNaKngbsJ0jaxOA1IRgc_O8pZg5BbMT7XwTOf-3UkAiffokSv7M6ORxl2PqIDkErnVrXpv-y1NP8P3kfD8/s1600/DSCN1359.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgivq8iS9l0zq2Mv16XA6Ym7W7cNNaF-_deKlHQ-pcvzPQf8xf_TopUlPwSmBNaKngbsJ0jaxOA1IRgc_O8pZg5BbMT7XwTOf-3UkAiffokSv7M6ORxl2PqIDkErnVrXpv-y1NP8P3kfD8/s320/DSCN1359.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Spring show my art guild puts on has been good to me over the last several years. This year after hearing the judge's remarks I was fortunate to have someone who not only appreciated my work but also understood what I did to make this pastel painting cohesive. She not only understood the composition but the handling of the things in the painting --- she must have been a painter. I've had plenty of the "art teacher/college art graduate judge" who hasn't the foggiest idea of how to paint. Maybe you have too. Anyhow, very much appreciated.
Secondly, the other works are two watercolor portraits done in 25 minutes each and one charcoal back of the head portrait also done in 25 minutes. That is the longest we get in my drawing group, so you have to be quick.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-70339077600789503262019-02-12T10:55:00.004-08:002019-02-12T10:55:57.064-08:00It's not all I do....really!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_rPgd3TAc5q0gvJb6z7FI4myb7c_LdW4g54Pzi4nPNAq11KtoYMO32j2WIwj8UiZ60QzamqCFLUeUyH0c1OOSKBkKunB_VVP0xLxE4C3RLyfG5fpJ0slAPli_c2viFqgz27jncOUbpU/s1600/DSCN0138.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS_rPgd3TAc5q0gvJb6z7FI4myb7c_LdW4g54Pzi4nPNAq11KtoYMO32j2WIwj8UiZ60QzamqCFLUeUyH0c1OOSKBkKunB_VVP0xLxE4C3RLyfG5fpJ0slAPli_c2viFqgz27jncOUbpU/s320/DSCN0138.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf2SzQ5v0jBwgjODxDetc4EWtx90v9iQ_iqgU0qNbffVmutyZ19y5ppYC9GvEAbNqvKc2rYMFQXQliPmGrd68k_xbiDffI8W4DEw6Wh5mAxeiiK_GBYZt17DZDtuktJT3AGyOom36BTQ/s1600/DSCN0137.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOf2SzQ5v0jBwgjODxDetc4EWtx90v9iQ_iqgU0qNbffVmutyZ19y5ppYC9GvEAbNqvKc2rYMFQXQliPmGrd68k_xbiDffI8W4DEw6Wh5mAxeiiK_GBYZt17DZDtuktJT3AGyOom36BTQ/s320/DSCN0137.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI4vMjzvMU0SE1wSY0i_4jwGS6qbXK2M-_9PifLIx4SWlC5XXMpj938V8siItBJ8b6dFb35FJW3LDrxjYS5GTEv5WmoE5j_BYF0Zpitu-PjTclJj36BAtq2xneS7lvjM1sNBRmfVRCmM/s1600/DSCN0136.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCI4vMjzvMU0SE1wSY0i_4jwGS6qbXK2M-_9PifLIx4SWlC5XXMpj938V8siItBJ8b6dFb35FJW3LDrxjYS5GTEv5WmoE5j_BYF0Zpitu-PjTclJj36BAtq2xneS7lvjM1sNBRmfVRCmM/s320/DSCN0136.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNL-VaRr1CHx3Nff0xNxYEXtXeKiLNUyZ993uxlHcBT54tRhWZRhpyV1bU6hVQOKOfGvTNz0iRiFNrdmOFxf2k97B2il0EKEXOtajAQQwCymkilPa9LFSPhrSQFSNoql0UCWdSkP7CKY/s1600/DSCN0132.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNL-VaRr1CHx3Nff0xNxYEXtXeKiLNUyZ993uxlHcBT54tRhWZRhpyV1bU6hVQOKOfGvTNz0iRiFNrdmOFxf2k97B2il0EKEXOtajAQQwCymkilPa9LFSPhrSQFSNoql0UCWdSkP7CKY/s320/DSCN0132.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49vpHUnr1MgKdUIWDvjm9vlNHuHjm87G5ReDKhhxygforsEjiw2TwKGipC2uuroIu3CKVobac3GuDVNqhytxfjzI5z4C62TZRdAq65_8XmF6novf6YpA6jNwS3N0rDNhiQGeEvZk526Q/s1600/DSCN0131.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49vpHUnr1MgKdUIWDvjm9vlNHuHjm87G5ReDKhhxygforsEjiw2TwKGipC2uuroIu3CKVobac3GuDVNqhytxfjzI5z4C62TZRdAq65_8XmF6novf6YpA6jNwS3N0rDNhiQGeEvZk526Q/s320/DSCN0131.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Last Saturday's work in charcoal on various papers; newsprint, charcoal paper and Stonehenge paper. I am working on a 20" x 30" oil painting at the moment, but often there is more to show with these studies. The model was a guy named Ken and these were all 15 to 25 minute poses. I also have several other paintings that are up on the easel, but sometimes I need time off from them because I either get tired of them or need time to think about them. Plus, I am a new grandfather and have to attend to family things more often. (I don't want to make excuses.) Hope you like them... the drawings, not the excuses.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-36772953664970471792019-02-08T12:31:00.000-08:002019-02-08T12:31:19.520-08:00Recent work, life drawing<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0t4B89qZA9tCxG_xvL8ZGInAl7mqrIQ5SuxwJCVXEgycYxTCO67gamgmtm7Y8pINsfIYhXLci0Ix9K6NbwFHn-fI6JyDRW-Gf7Zvn96E6_x91Glulkl_gt6-1udhLP20C94724LUPTc/s1600/DSCN0122.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI0t4B89qZA9tCxG_xvL8ZGInAl7mqrIQ5SuxwJCVXEgycYxTCO67gamgmtm7Y8pINsfIYhXLci0Ix9K6NbwFHn-fI6JyDRW-Gf7Zvn96E6_x91Glulkl_gt6-1udhLP20C94724LUPTc/s320/DSCN0122.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0NmYX8dOl1Ps0uNhyphenhyphenUR4sqW6BsqfZAbJRvzGb-CuxBxn1ICrWm9sFliEINHO4dzCpidMQ_O6P_ye-VUdEBXhPQzwByvONhZkD9EV5FZQlrOHUgsJ0ccnjM5DexsP77RNHERhhKqysiM/s1600/DSCN0123.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha0NmYX8dOl1Ps0uNhyphenhyphenUR4sqW6BsqfZAbJRvzGb-CuxBxn1ICrWm9sFliEINHO4dzCpidMQ_O6P_ye-VUdEBXhPQzwByvONhZkD9EV5FZQlrOHUgsJ0ccnjM5DexsP77RNHERhhKqysiM/s320/DSCN0123.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBu_o0cPFlC_u-2T4S2oaSXsaimthORcPqHDmDmpG00qhti7TwWQIJm3FJqED1GHxwuZgmH1fBWb-E7T_GRKaMyod3dwW5PHXWWqnyw_4ls3KFKKY5V2gYd_PhVm4xIXjYDPiGhj0xv0/s1600/DSCN0124.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBu_o0cPFlC_u-2T4S2oaSXsaimthORcPqHDmDmpG00qhti7TwWQIJm3FJqED1GHxwuZgmH1fBWb-E7T_GRKaMyod3dwW5PHXWWqnyw_4ls3KFKKY5V2gYd_PhVm4xIXjYDPiGhj0xv0/s320/DSCN0124.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEQ7ml2B1fo-4xvMmuasUdutdzsatK-uvc-7tNE2lXk8deMWrZSZ-IWHVhQGb1o4KZvEoADNPpd9Gksq7fptVb3Ld6ivTRUVYJ8hWIVmDKKURlklrFbHlLMCefdAYj4PYVRUiqvebWsY/s1600/DSCN0125.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEQ7ml2B1fo-4xvMmuasUdutdzsatK-uvc-7tNE2lXk8deMWrZSZ-IWHVhQGb1o4KZvEoADNPpd9Gksq7fptVb3Ld6ivTRUVYJ8hWIVmDKKURlklrFbHlLMCefdAYj4PYVRUiqvebWsY/s320/DSCN0125.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZKa6AZtsvAqj0kgr3AuAx2K8Z0ViYD8q3Op7qAYZjssLdKpzRNOgHGQ7I6Tp-XM4xEgfFQzconE-rLlfEn9WrADQkmy9HXnIfOXwJ4r6cX7WmiA6-tvhYuTIJX7C0sMCPIESYTlOoyg/s1600/DSCN0128.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAZKa6AZtsvAqj0kgr3AuAx2K8Z0ViYD8q3Op7qAYZjssLdKpzRNOgHGQ7I6Tp-XM4xEgfFQzconE-rLlfEn9WrADQkmy9HXnIfOXwJ4r6cX7WmiA6-tvhYuTIJX7C0sMCPIESYTlOoyg/s320/DSCN0128.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZEd7R_xfxPm8ezpSizBHbEq4YKv0Th7v_YjTEggaA7rAxqAIXIKZLB-gx6GefJrEmUilze9bM-Mtg5Z3ZSo_W2acCNn2lLT8gDpdjrejI9yockg-DAFzh4Tn25b4ZlcgTQT4t_xycg4/s1600/DSCN0129.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZEd7R_xfxPm8ezpSizBHbEq4YKv0Th7v_YjTEggaA7rAxqAIXIKZLB-gx6GefJrEmUilze9bM-Mtg5Z3ZSo_W2acCNn2lLT8gDpdjrejI9yockg-DAFzh4Tn25b4ZlcgTQT4t_xycg4/s320/DSCN0129.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD1zn01BpP7WX6OijvkBA8eshrYYYZNgvLAeiclbW9EGSaG1zFpTJSHpqYt0Dp26CoxZD_QVDFkLRsnsEh7nNGA1ROuNfwrauvkTsJQoUeEpxAQpIozkLvZ7b0PpECMa9sESrAyeF0RY/s1600/DSCN0127.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJD1zn01BpP7WX6OijvkBA8eshrYYYZNgvLAeiclbW9EGSaG1zFpTJSHpqYt0Dp26CoxZD_QVDFkLRsnsEh7nNGA1ROuNfwrauvkTsJQoUeEpxAQpIozkLvZ7b0PpECMa9sESrAyeF0RY/s320/DSCN0127.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These are some recent works, one in watercolor and the rest in charcoal on paper. The quick sketches were done in 15 minutes and the watercolor and the more finished charcoal done in 25 minutes. slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-23918511624976202582019-01-22T15:57:00.001-08:002019-01-22T15:59:54.907-08:00More drawings, January.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfnk7Y9gelP77LnJ81hqpIiBm2yuV9ULRHfRtrFh33exXydbYwM2ccK0829fmGiSGxkupmAI-K3CpaewDPD7krlvpvouwkZpQSBSMCpLXCHqzKH6emyxNRRg6HhG4HHN7Vy3my_8jDj8/s1600/DSCN1346.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVfnk7Y9gelP77LnJ81hqpIiBm2yuV9ULRHfRtrFh33exXydbYwM2ccK0829fmGiSGxkupmAI-K3CpaewDPD7krlvpvouwkZpQSBSMCpLXCHqzKH6emyxNRRg6HhG4HHN7Vy3my_8jDj8/s320/DSCN1346.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qYrpgS94sd5SGKWyCanz_8gLCLw-_8mcvaUoPljma_mzSnSfazu9EuQ5hrto8U088hSqI3aoFH_btmOhQ_y0IWAqZiThseVhkQc2YEOI_73zOSvyb1xNVdZrOMnf7M6-6HStml6K_1I/s1600/DSCN1348.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2qYrpgS94sd5SGKWyCanz_8gLCLw-_8mcvaUoPljma_mzSnSfazu9EuQ5hrto8U088hSqI3aoFH_btmOhQ_y0IWAqZiThseVhkQc2YEOI_73zOSvyb1xNVdZrOMnf7M6-6HStml6K_1I/s320/DSCN1348.JPG" width="240" height="320" data-original-width="1200" data-original-height="1600" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCeePVrEL6FkEEyCShaoCqlsR6cNN8NkPZhMArQnFXp96AZY-qfz-S5muJxKFKQy6M_kN5wCMlOVrW7MPMmmbI4pg0-S-WBeqfqQfAPiiAI6Zcf3Fwv-XXp7M3Ku6bMOdHwelUqvyb38/s1600/DSCN0120.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCeePVrEL6FkEEyCShaoCqlsR6cNN8NkPZhMArQnFXp96AZY-qfz-S5muJxKFKQy6M_kN5wCMlOVrW7MPMmmbI4pg0-S-WBeqfqQfAPiiAI6Zcf3Fwv-XXp7M3Ku6bMOdHwelUqvyb38/s320/DSCN0120.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Next up, some drawings from the Saturday class. These were all done with charcoal and anything else is watercolor. I once heard that another person was doing this work in oil, but I find that hard to believe --- we only have 25 minutes at the most and it's pretty hard to get anything done any larger than 5 x 7" in that short a time period.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBKbz5v9VOpBkUPpBUkJkHbs46iRQKoX7CWXQroHxSVEI4vXC-wj7Tden8I-B-G_-27TV10CZi_Rr20n6Bu3DNAMZZv7WCu88u-4dDFi6iPdeG3WIfPl0ly6DY39xlxtL9Gn7o-9PUH0/s1600/DSCN0121.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidBKbz5v9VOpBkUPpBUkJkHbs46iRQKoX7CWXQroHxSVEI4vXC-wj7Tden8I-B-G_-27TV10CZi_Rr20n6Bu3DNAMZZv7WCu88u-4dDFi6iPdeG3WIfPl0ly6DY39xlxtL9Gn7o-9PUH0/s320/DSCN0121.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a>slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-56288057903938035022019-01-16T08:15:00.002-08:002019-01-16T08:15:44.455-08:00New year, new painting and drawing work<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorziKjKq3jfNl8QFeM87SB1wInseZTqW1xjY4F4wHoST6yEp2Gx9MxT_15b2xlMa-ryh-XBl8lusE3MV5Jlw827d08IjCt5itKiDyth_z5SzYV32yffIN2mXErCMifoXgkoFathFmVD4/s1600/DSCN0118.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjorziKjKq3jfNl8QFeM87SB1wInseZTqW1xjY4F4wHoST6yEp2Gx9MxT_15b2xlMa-ryh-XBl8lusE3MV5Jlw827d08IjCt5itKiDyth_z5SzYV32yffIN2mXErCMifoXgkoFathFmVD4/s320/DSCN0118.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP5lV0jljY6dD1wyFZPQlv31dvbfQg5oRlFbgJuRO6AHh9NDPLKJFEEAMaDWM1MXrcFZXAnVIS1uBT2n1sECnL3PgPfdrB2ZxoUzKkeacSWJb2uFRDYkxl0b7FjbF4KzVDVgWqxUfyXw/s1600/DSCN0120.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnP5lV0jljY6dD1wyFZPQlv31dvbfQg5oRlFbgJuRO6AHh9NDPLKJFEEAMaDWM1MXrcFZXAnVIS1uBT2n1sECnL3PgPfdrB2ZxoUzKkeacSWJb2uFRDYkxl0b7FjbF4KzVDVgWqxUfyXw/s320/DSCN0120.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9FudvBbKNdwMxYOAq81k9YTkCoMIaLLk1CrLWJSJ08eEr9ox92Ob1wpMXz8UvtPZ27aCtuILsRFfXUb0_LC6-vWNkFtNCyh_CcJIzct96_HqBZBrEa6YA_P7DBB01GYMQ1qf79xTu6s/s1600/DSCN1345.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi9FudvBbKNdwMxYOAq81k9YTkCoMIaLLk1CrLWJSJ08eEr9ox92Ob1wpMXz8UvtPZ27aCtuILsRFfXUb0_LC6-vWNkFtNCyh_CcJIzct96_HqBZBrEa6YA_P7DBB01GYMQ1qf79xTu6s/s320/DSCN1345.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHssuktMmGFpk7gdWS9imcgfGLfVWL1_0_KFDQEXGLA83RCIlserLsHkFC1e_7NaduwQdIl4109okDs0MABlqw_gJ1lELcGqfxuE7xaDgxFOpgnfO5DMQcJ5CsOR9FK8-z4wqSaNe3PE/s1600/DSCN1338.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmHssuktMmGFpk7gdWS9imcgfGLfVWL1_0_KFDQEXGLA83RCIlserLsHkFC1e_7NaduwQdIl4109okDs0MABlqw_gJ1lELcGqfxuE7xaDgxFOpgnfO5DMQcJ5CsOR9FK8-z4wqSaNe3PE/s320/DSCN1338.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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2019 and the drawing group begins again. I'm back doing charcoal and watercolor portraits. Nothing more than 25 minutes, but these show that that's plenty of time to turn out something credible. The watercolors were done with no preliminary drawing, but at 25 minutes who's got the time to do that? They were done on 140 lb. Arches watercolor paper. The drawing of the back of the head was done on newsprint paper with a charcoal pencil. slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-88397588540524979132018-11-18T15:24:00.001-08:002018-11-18T15:24:59.610-08:00Drawing in November<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQrMEISNSK2p_OqsEY_T0mF6HCYW7-1XUd8-17SvYJa2miJtftpOTv23GYsnOIh8cahoJ7lmqnEx_SNkZl3-j5giOAOT_ivFUT8MakCtkU1aQAXCAR7I9o87gnz9c_mvwdcVfCn7DoB0/s1600/DSCN0097.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPQrMEISNSK2p_OqsEY_T0mF6HCYW7-1XUd8-17SvYJa2miJtftpOTv23GYsnOIh8cahoJ7lmqnEx_SNkZl3-j5giOAOT_ivFUT8MakCtkU1aQAXCAR7I9o87gnz9c_mvwdcVfCn7DoB0/s320/DSCN0097.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5GBrKFsJcDIj8STeLN3dNa7F3zCD4rvOQlVb64GSl5k2WmxnVh9bqlv8uqVWiRT4atvgA67IGDWrDe6ZHhxQ0uhNawc2HpBGUufJJQjQKaC8dKVq4F1LuhPWUf4ptCnLhCy9VRXUTdE/s1600/DSCN0098.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW5GBrKFsJcDIj8STeLN3dNa7F3zCD4rvOQlVb64GSl5k2WmxnVh9bqlv8uqVWiRT4atvgA67IGDWrDe6ZHhxQ0uhNawc2HpBGUufJJQjQKaC8dKVq4F1LuhPWUf4ptCnLhCy9VRXUTdE/s320/DSCN0098.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53GpCoIH-C3__4umdJ3Zs_9uNr0DFOoIrZfGBcfZZ5HMVk-17Dx2WtQ-Kn6pqAr3HVGaNNoXnYdnDpFDLbOxQyFfhTAjvU4sqN9fNDiFUx6aAoHW-9KjIorHqATflFeOTwlW3TPGowDU/s1600/DSCN0100.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh53GpCoIH-C3__4umdJ3Zs_9uNr0DFOoIrZfGBcfZZ5HMVk-17Dx2WtQ-Kn6pqAr3HVGaNNoXnYdnDpFDLbOxQyFfhTAjvU4sqN9fNDiFUx6aAoHW-9KjIorHqATflFeOTwlW3TPGowDU/s320/DSCN0100.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCpdvdUjE0gUSfxHnvr09huM6-Diel0ovioJKyLHzhNRBFTmdgAso-x5q5ybPPrNLj1UFHW83K7JHS4gfmhMnRE0ZC1j-S9VWHRDGcYkzJMcsV6o0ichqYP3t482R0Bt9NtXbi72aQhw/s1600/DSCN0099.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCpdvdUjE0gUSfxHnvr09huM6-Diel0ovioJKyLHzhNRBFTmdgAso-x5q5ybPPrNLj1UFHW83K7JHS4gfmhMnRE0ZC1j-S9VWHRDGcYkzJMcsV6o0ichqYP3t482R0Bt9NtXbi72aQhw/s320/DSCN0099.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin66F9maDM3Kn8HNyzNDkuYR7x8NK0Iul58XMBaJTTIaXkgHICCMrJO0TZQmKcUfRPXlXls3gL_oE78Lic2e_q87MQ495lLWvTndOsdCFsy3GwEei8eU8SahwOBSvkIKcOEoxAtI-cTp8/s1600/DSCN0101.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin66F9maDM3Kn8HNyzNDkuYR7x8NK0Iul58XMBaJTTIaXkgHICCMrJO0TZQmKcUfRPXlXls3gL_oE78Lic2e_q87MQ495lLWvTndOsdCFsy3GwEei8eU8SahwOBSvkIKcOEoxAtI-cTp8/s320/DSCN0101.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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More charcoal drawing from the Saturday morning drawing group. Done on newsprint or charcoal paper. Loved every moment of it.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-71559697470292759712018-11-01T15:37:00.001-07:002018-11-01T15:37:05.173-07:00Charcoal portraits, end of October<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gS7mZSrSehzY8NPbt4-2y8TP0Py0z-llEqR601s-M7nNgeTIbbbbT1gV8YYDUIh8G7vYOUj1_8OtMmaOH-Jpi0QJR9GRHjVYI-o5hXxyTAVGIUL6T-Xaz0owpbty6ycQA2CqieNU98M/s1600/DSCN1312.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0gS7mZSrSehzY8NPbt4-2y8TP0Py0z-llEqR601s-M7nNgeTIbbbbT1gV8YYDUIh8G7vYOUj1_8OtMmaOH-Jpi0QJR9GRHjVYI-o5hXxyTAVGIUL6T-Xaz0owpbty6ycQA2CqieNU98M/s320/DSCN1312.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMHlwqiDy1i_fm0R1-1KxhG7S07O0mw4HgU4FEDFeU4HJG0QAAu30GCJaEfBKZUnyQQAB9MfNXEyDfGXq0EcdaUxcI0tSdWf9-FzrSZ02mDprICNEGgEFUlwYe2ixtahNw3lQwJurubQ/s1600/DSCN1313.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuMHlwqiDy1i_fm0R1-1KxhG7S07O0mw4HgU4FEDFeU4HJG0QAAu30GCJaEfBKZUnyQQAB9MfNXEyDfGXq0EcdaUxcI0tSdWf9-FzrSZ02mDprICNEGgEFUlwYe2ixtahNw3lQwJurubQ/s320/DSCN1313.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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These two portraits were done with charcoal pencils. Having drawn with vine charcoal during my art school life drawing class, these charcoal pencils are a little different. Still, they are easy to use and not messy. Once after class in art school, the instructor asked one of the students "How are things in the coal mine?" --- that's how messy vine charcoal can be.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8940955050020828827.post-17267100859055857012018-10-19T13:13:00.001-07:002018-10-19T13:15:25.517-07:00Charcoal portraits -- October<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCemOO9a2LdnUgrL3iy52QDMEZUw8k-el2rJtFt30fF5zdsChs1j_CJu9QP6Yg-GP-T3kwKKOxvuNW1FF_jkQZnaRuRKGnhcR0CJFM3ucJJJB07mkL1182PG65eOGqo042fY4Vii97ZI/s1600/DSCN0077+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmCemOO9a2LdnUgrL3iy52QDMEZUw8k-el2rJtFt30fF5zdsChs1j_CJu9QP6Yg-GP-T3kwKKOxvuNW1FF_jkQZnaRuRKGnhcR0CJFM3ucJJJB07mkL1182PG65eOGqo042fY4Vii97ZI/s320/DSCN0077+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5ktP9tg4HAfoS49QvYXJ1xV_g18_eeiT7c2Uaf6lKktQepQNzuXmqr7WdG_sbhlkeyOOx-Lx88p8wkf1uhLE2m9dhNCFGUx_HE-nUWtLmXzrAouyw1Z2vm-T9xd9jMpWe6MRqIAUtvA/s1600/DSCN0078.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid5ktP9tg4HAfoS49QvYXJ1xV_g18_eeiT7c2Uaf6lKktQepQNzuXmqr7WdG_sbhlkeyOOx-Lx88p8wkf1uhLE2m9dhNCFGUx_HE-nUWtLmXzrAouyw1Z2vm-T9xd9jMpWe6MRqIAUtvA/s320/DSCN0078.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8Q-SW6LjtJ14vKGrTg6kcwgqdSf2Y7dIgc7a-rCz_Ir_Z0QLXyYuJLkzOhbTi8PyXl3YooYUIrVEUxoaEeanJHzeC070ZVpQ_lIIScLKcn7lrwZffozr5yH4UVgN6zQDqe4YtvTwKmw/s1600/DSCN0093.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8Q-SW6LjtJ14vKGrTg6kcwgqdSf2Y7dIgc7a-rCz_Ir_Z0QLXyYuJLkzOhbTi8PyXl3YooYUIrVEUxoaEeanJHzeC070ZVpQ_lIIScLKcn7lrwZffozr5yH4UVgN6zQDqe4YtvTwKmw/s320/DSCN0093.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY6ywRVKvoFIMj4csckR808g49ZwUOlvlLaCUJqw2nkNcPzOKe9ww87WuWDrIvLzSUYJCszeJ9tiRWmI9xgddImCTrLIVxYWbnfAMJW7KghrqSE-sXMml_aHFYEu87-PpP8-SyyXitC4/s1600/DSCN0095+%25281%2529.JPG" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFY6ywRVKvoFIMj4csckR808g49ZwUOlvlLaCUJqw2nkNcPzOKe9ww87WuWDrIvLzSUYJCszeJ9tiRWmI9xgddImCTrLIVxYWbnfAMJW7KghrqSE-sXMml_aHFYEu87-PpP8-SyyXitC4/s320/DSCN0095+%25281%2529.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Back at it with the Saturday morning drawing group of the Skokie Art Guild. I'm using charcoal pencils and also the charcoal sticks (hard -- Winson Newton) that I used 45 years ago when I was in art school. These were all done either 15 or 25 minutes.slimjohnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06996144241854482415noreply@blogger.com0