wagonized

Bags in the art room

I recently got the ProCreate app for the iPad but can't seem to move away from Paper.  

 

Late dog

Another commissioned drawing finished tonight.  I think dogs are my favorite subjects to draw.  2B "fat" Cretacolor graphite on Canson paper.

 

For Hailey

Today is my student Hailey's birthday.  I drew her a piece of a street in Strasbourg, France, where I used to live.  Pigma Micron 05 on Canson paper.

 

Smiles

I recently finished a commissioned drawing based on several pictures I got via e-mail.  2B pencil on 9x12 Canson paper.

 

The wall is going up

Thursday night and this afternoon, I drew in plein air, taking the iPad outside.  Today during our daughter's nap, I took a few minutes to draw what my husband was making -- a big mess, really, but one with a vision!  An upcoming patio, fireplace, and pergola.  Paper app for the iPad.

 

School front

This evening, I had a few minutes to kill on the parking lot of the school where I work, so I doodled the front on the iPad -- there were cars obstructing the view, but as I often do, I carefully avoided drawing them :-)

 

Avoiding drawing by drawing

I've spent the past week working on a commissioned drawing and I am hoping to wrap it up in a couple of days.  In the meantime, here are a few little sketches done on the iPad.

Quick Nora

Today I only had a few minutes to doodle on the iPad, so I tried to monkey with the pencil tool in Paper while looking at the screen as little as possible.  Blind contour-style though not really.  

 

Girl of my dreams

Oh, drawing the girl of my dreams again.  Remembering what it was like, cruising the highways of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, hauling furniture, with my old Volvo 240 wagon.  

Paper app for iPad.

 

High school footwear

A quick doodle while students were reading today.  Loving the Paper app for the iPad in the process.

 

iPad Elmo

I have not drawn a single thing on paper since I've had my iPad.  Instead, I've been toying with the amazing little Paper app, and it looks as though I am not the only one out there.   

 

Draw something!

I was wondering if I would be doing much drawing on my iPhone anymore, now that I got an iPad for my birthday.  Drawing on the iPad after drawing on the iPhone is like finally getting a pair of jeans that fit -- realizing the ones you had were way too constrictive.  Much better for Draw Something too.  Oh the lesson in loosening up that Draw Something has been!  I usually end each drawing, right before I send it, with "ah, f*** it".  I might have even said it outloud.

Brushes for iPhone.

 

Tom

There is not much drawing taking place these days, other than a quick sketch at school here and there.  This was my husband Tom, quite awake though I made him look asleep, during one of our faculty meetings.

I had my sketchbook in my purse, but the book (covered in craft paper) that I had sitting on my lap was just closer.  

 

Putting down the iPhone

I sentenced myself to a handful of evenings (four to be exact) spent swiping away on the surface of my iPhone for this drawing.  The original photo is by SalaBoli on Flickr -- and though my guy doesn't quite look like the original, I am not redoing this.  I cannot spend another minute on it.  

Large view here.

Brushes app for the iPhone.

 

Cartier-Bresson was in Iran

I have been searching for subjects to draw with a pencil, to get back in the pencil groove a bit.  My husband's classroom is always an excellent source of photographs -- so I borrowed a book by Cartier-Bresson.  I came upon a photograph of army men in Iran back in 1950 and one caught by eye.  So that's what I've been drawing for the past couple of evenings. Except I got tired and didn't quite finish.  #2 pencil on Xerox paper.

 

A few legs missing

Cameron, Preeti and Matt -- and some legs missing -- during the HSPA testing this week.  

 

Riley

It's the HSPAs at my school and that's always a good time to doodle -- especially when students have finished working and they're drifting into slumber at their table.  They move less, which gives me a few more seconds to try to capture their pose, their below-the-butt jeans, their hoods...  the full high school regalia.  Case in point: Riley, Sophomore student -- doodled in record time.  Pigma Micron 08 in sketchbook with a dash of Photoshop for color.

 

Mise en abyme

As we were having a little drawing session with my daughter (i.e. she grabs a Crayola marker and tells me to grab one too, and we proceed to doodle on the same piece of paper), I decided to secede and draw on my own sketchpad.  Crayola markers on "White Drawing Pad".  From left to right: Ikea chairs, Nora's little kitchen, "her" door, and "Papa's" door.  

 

The Secret Garden

I am pretty proud to be, once again, part of the crew of people working on our school spring musical.  Oh, the talent of these kids!  Here's the official poster, which I finished earlier this week.  3B pencil and Photoshop for the dash of green :-) 

 

Supplies in B226

I didn't even have my Pilot pen with me when I went to the comp and design room today, but there is never a shortage of supplies there.  Blue bic pen on discarded piece of cardboard.

 

Doc

And now, Tom's boot(s) -- not the overdone version that I hated and had to redo.  Pilot VBall in sketchbook.

 

Feets!

After a pretty uninspiring week (I didn't draw anything worth of crap), I sit on the couch and draw my husband's feet -- and some stuff lying on the table.  Pilot VBall in sketchbook.

 

Hoodie

 So there was this guy on Flickr.  He was looking a little unkempt and was wearing a hoodie.  And I wanted to practice drawing a face with a pen again.  Pilot VBall pen in sketchbook.  

Kadee

I have these flats in a couple of colors, and tomorrow I am shipping a pair to my cousin in France.  Unfortunately, the package was bigger than my scanner so it got a little blurry.  This is really an attempt at an homage to the ever-amazing Andrea Joseph.  

Andrea, your comment on Facebook the other day validated my life.  Just wanted you to know that.  

Pigma Micron 01 on Staples package.

 

Eyelashes

The last batch of quizzes I gave my Freshmen students was on hot pink Xerox paper.  When I was finished grading them, I thought I would use the back of one (as I had done in the past) to draw a little something.  I love drawing animals.  Their features are a relief from those of the human face.  Pigma Micron 05 on the back of Jaedyn's paper.  

Not only did Jaedyn get a perfect grade on his quiz, he's also getting a giraffe -- complimentary of his French teacher.