Rose Room colors

You saw the ink scribble, now here it is done up in Photoshop color. Photoshop in its greatness features a "transparent" paint simulation as if this were watercolor. I did a fair imitation of the curtain with the "toile" pattern on it. Ever wondered what a "toile" is? Didn't think so. "Toile" is a repeating, drawing-like scene printed on cloth. The scene is usually an idealized view of peasants and shepherdesses and old farm buildings. It was popular in the 19th century for "Victorian" decor. The window faces out into the lush vegetation of the yard. There was an air conditioner in my room but since I don't like AC very much, I opened the window and authentic mosquitoes flew in.

Black tech pen on sketchbook page, colored in Photoshop, 4" x 4", June 2019.

Art Model Skye Power again 1975

Here we are again with the chic and elegant Skye Power, model for our drawing group in 1975. She is draped over the couch in the Episcopal upper room. I did quite a lot of restoration on this sketch before I posted it, but most of it is still 1975. I wonder what became of Skye. Google searches are usually misdirected toward "skies" or "power." Just think, back in 1975 only scientific or military professionals had computers or Internet. At least I knew of computers as there was one at Brandeis which took up a whole air-conditioned room. I didn't get to draw it though, that was inconceivable and it is only now too many years later that I have thought of it. My smartphone has the computing power of that room-size computer. Shall I get an iPad Pro?

Pencil on sketchbook page, 5" x 7", 1975.

Poplar Hill Window and Curtain

I couldn't decide whether to draw anything, since I was on vacation and didn't want to do art work. So I just did one little space filler in my sketchbook journal, this one. It is room elements: a curtain pulled back with a sash, a window, and a wooden finial from a tall mirror not in the picture. My "Rose Room" is decorated with "Victorian" style furniture and textiles, all in tones of beige and dark rose-red. You'll see it when I color it in.

Black tech pen on sketchbook page, 4" x 4", June 25, 2019.

Poplar Hill Porch

Once again I'm back from my mini vacation. This porch is at the Inn where I stay. It's the "Inn on Poplar Hill" in Orange, Virginia, an old industrial town in the center part of the state. The Inn is an old turn-of-the-twentieth-century farmhouse in a lush garden and forest with natural meadows and pathways on the estate. The birdwatching is excellent and we guests are fed colorful fresh food. The owners drive you around in a van to tour wineries so you don't have to worry about wining and driving. There are cats who are friendly to people. If you like this type of genteel experience and hummingbirds sipping nectar from hanging basket pink petunias, you should go here. And the bedding is so...very...soft. I've gone there for stays since 2009, when I came across Poplar Hill by serendipity. Now I am ten years loyal not mentioning last year when I didn't go for unfortunate reasons of health.

Art Model in Sunlight 1975

Some of my drawings were done in a softer pencil which yielded a darker line and also were prone to smudging. This one here's an example although the lines have faded and the paper has darkened. That sounds kind of poetic doesn't it, the non-persistence of material memory.

There will be a break in By-Product Postings while I take a short vacation in wine country with birding options.

"Art Model" is pencil on sketchbook page, 7" x 4", 1975.

Woman Writing with Actual Pen

Sometimes people actually write with a pen or pencil. This coffee-house customer appears to be doing this archaic activity. Computer styli don't count. She is probably highlighting her study book; is that writing or is it another form of information management. I wonder what the round little stand-up mirror is near her writing hand. Maybe it's reflecting backwards like Leonardo Da Vinci's mirror writing. Maybe she's the Mona Lisa with a different hairdo and glasses.

Sepia brown tech pen on sketchbook page, 5" x 5", June 21, 2019.

Drapescape 2

If you "de-abstractify" this drawing you will see that it is an attempt to portray the complex crumpled shapes of bedsheets and a blanket. The dates are from my sketchbook journal. The sheets are actually a lovely shade of sky blue but I am not coloring it in. The drawing was done on June 20. It might make more sense if I colored it in, and added some highlights, but this one is finished so onward, my handful of blog abstractifiers.

Black tech pen finished in Photoshop digital drawing, 3" x 4 1/2", June 20, 2019.