“Athena”
For the first time since way before the pandemic, I took myself out to an art museum. It was weird being out among so many people (and I sure hope I don’t catch anything).
The point of my visit was to jump start my creativity. I did go home and start a painting.
By the way, I am still reading the Iliad so I found myself being drawn to subjects of classical Greek mythology.
I undertook the annual Inktober Challenge this year. This challenge is to respond to various prompts and sketch an image in ink every day during October. I am not a fan of ink drawing since it is so unforgiving. I much prefer pencil drawings which are more forgiving and less harsh. Below are a few images:
Scurry
Crabby
Fowl
Ponytail
Uh-Oh
Bad Dog
Booger
Farm
lgloyd (c) 2022
Dragonfly, mixed media painted collage
I’ve tried a lot of different hobbies, crafts, and activities during the pandemic. It seems the one that is going to stick is a drawing practice using colored pencils. I just finished this drawing which may go up on a kitchen wall.
LJGloyd (c) 2021
During the lock down, I spent a lot of time viewing the videos of The Unexpected Gypsy. Based on her practice, I have been trying to do a daily drawing practice as well. I’ve learned a lot from her. I base my warm-up practice on this:
Another take away from being locked up for a year, is that I have zeroed in on colored pencil as a favored medium.
On a past post, a commenter said I should post more art work. Well, here is a colored-pencil sketch. I need more practice in portrait drawing.
LJG (c) 2021
I made a galette this afternoon, which is just a fancy name for a rustic fruit tart—and “rustic” is just a fancy way of saying “let’s not worry about how it looks – just how good it tastes.” 😀
https://ragtagcommunity.wordpress.com/2020/07/18/rdp-saturday-mouthwatering/
“Sunset: Diamonds on the Water”. Acrylic on stretched canvas, 18 x 24 in.
*Even though things are slowly starting to reopen, I will not consider my quarantine over until I can go back to work.
Ljgloyd 2020
Miss Pelican's Perch 