Having Fun …

Sometimes an artist just wants to have fun.  Don’t even ask me what this is.  (But it was a lot of fun.)

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Drawing is arduous work

Drawing can be arduous, taxing work so I like it whenever the subject matter is willing to help me out.  Here, an obliging little frog is getting ready to jump right into the picture.

[Top of the post:  Upclose view of my work station]

Searching

In my continual quest for the perfect fish, I consult the masters.  This little guy jumped out of Hokusai’s pond.  Or was it Hiroshige’s (is there an art historian in the house?) — well, out of the pond of one of those great old Japanese guys.  The old master was playing some scales.  Obviously he loved this fish’s scales — those beautiful scales rendered into refined patterns.

[Top of the post:  Leaping fish, after a Japanese master, by Aletha Kuschan, colored pencil]

Wishing you flowers

I’m doing something today that I don’t often do — I’m chilling out!  And wishing you flowers on this lovely Sunday afternoon.