When There is No Time to Paint

We didn't have much Time.....
.....before we had to pick up the dog.  I had driven to Missoula to visit my good friend Bob Phinney.  We both wanted to paint but it wasn't going to work out.  Dogs to walk, young kids to tag along and I had to leave at a certain time to make it back up to our cabin.

So we went out painting.  While you might refer to it as 'drawing', it feels more like painting to me because I'm more focused on composition, large forms and the general relationship and feeling of things....only it doesn't involve a brush very much.  It's a distinction that may be my own point of view but I've read some articles that talk about those differences and it makes sense.

Here are a couple more done this last week that I think of more in the 'painting' realm.  It's a distinction of state of mind rather than tool choice.  Sharpie ultra fine marker, three values of valued marker and some white gouache.

Thanks for looking!  I'll be looking forward to showing you more.

Artist's Home, 10x10

Hiding behind some bushes.....
.....enabled me to stand and paint without being disturbed.  They weren't home but, being artists themselves, I didn't think they'd mind.  I've had an urge lately to paint things architectural or, at least, with architectural elements.

You can tell it's a home of artists because they have a fish diving into their shrubbery.  Look again....you can see it.  It was actually one of the things I had to repaint several times to make it believable....if half a fish in your front yard can ever be believable.

This painting was from just the other day.  The drawing is from about two weeks ago waiting to meet my friend Marsh for lunch.  It is continually amazing to me how a blank sheet of paper and some ink scribbles can turn into a symbol for a recognizable scene.

If you haven't tried drawing with markers I recommend it.  They are great for travel, amusing yourself, studying composition or waiting for someone to show up for lunch.  A book on it is in a tab above....but just try it and maybe you'll get as hooked on it as I am.

Thanks for looking.  I have more to post soon.