Sleep Like a Baby

Heres the baby again, this time at about 3 months of age. She's dozing as babies do, not moving just long enough so that I can do this drawing. One tech pen sketch, another day of being an Auntie. Where is she now? She can't remember me because we never met.

Black tech pen on sketchbook page, 5" x 5 ", March 24, 1990.

Brandeis Student in Dorm Room

At Brandeis University we studied hard but we were comfortable while doing it. This is a pencil sketch of a fellow student lying on her dorm bed. Her name was Marsha Matzkin and I drew her picture in February 1972. I never took formal studio art classes at Brandeis but I was constantly drawing, just like now. Marsha's information is available at the "LinkedIn" site. She became an accountant after her college years. 

Pencil on sketchbook page, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", February 19, 1972.

Muted Colors of February

This page explores the quieter colors of winter's end (though I put it in the  "Autumn" section to go with the other Winding Road scenes). These are views of the back deck where you go to sit outside and enjoy wine and countryside. I especially like the pale greyish green at the bottom of the page. I am almost done with the individual winery pages and will be moving on to the cover soon. The cover will be more colorful, with a logo designed by my graphic artist friend Sue, at one time my co-worker at Trader Joe's.

Photoshop composite, 8 1/2" x 11", February 2019.

Interior of Wine Lodge

This page is a bit avant-garde for a winery piece, but a sip of wine should cure my unconventional concepts for the reader. The interior of the Amish-built lodge is warm golden knotty pine, just right for the rustic atmosphere we city folk need. The illusion of sunbeams lights up the space. 

Photoshop composite, 8 1/2" x 11", February 2019.

March Again

I've always liked this sketch and so even though it was published here before I'm giving it a repeat showing. I first posted it on April 30, 2008 and that was more than ten years ago, so I'm entitled to a repeat. In the picture, done in March, the leaves aren't out yet. The location is behind the "Hole in the Wall" used book and comic book store. I'd like to do more drawings like this but as always in the city it's hard to get a space to park while I'm drawing, not to mention weather conditions. I always have my sketchbook with me no matter what.

Black tech pen on sketchbook page, 4 1/2" x 3 1/4", March 19, 2003.

Winding Road title page done

And here it is, mostly finished, the title page for my feature on Winding Road Cellars. There are three others in the series, together in a set which is more or less the "sponsorship" of my book "Virginia Under Vine." They are not real sponsors, all expenses are mine, but I do get a free tasting of their currently available wines when I visit. The "winding" shape to the left of the lettering is their logo, to which I have added grape leaves to turn the road into a vine.

Photoshop composite, 8 1/2" x 11", February 2019.

Hawk and Fox

These creatures are in my back yard, along with many other bird and mammal species. There are red-shouldered hawks, one of which you see here, and foxes, one of which you see in the center. The snow is still on the ground and you can see the fox's "single file" tracks in the white. The hawks sometimes nest in a high tree trunk fork a short distance away, and I've seen them inspecting a place in their usual real estate area. This drawing was done from memory, but I see this view every day, and sometimes the wildlife too.

Black tech pen on sketchbook page, 4 1/2" x 4 3/4", February 27, 2003.