Here are the drawings I have done these past few months:
"Leaves in Snow", 12" x 16", colored pencil on tan paper. This is another addition to my ongoing "Leaves Series". This particular drawing was based on photos taken Thanksgiving day 2007 at my husband's cousin's back lot in Coon Rapids, MN. After eating I went out and took lots of photographs. I also did it again in 2008, but there was no snow then but I took many photos of leaves on the ground with the setting sun shining through them, many, many possibilities!
"Heavy Snow", 18" x 24", Oil pastel on purple-gray colorfix paper. This house and trees were just across the street from my house. There was a heavy March snowfall one day and I went around the neighborhood taking photos. This house and trees are now gone to make a parking lot for the catering business next door. The little tree was adopted and replanted elsewere."Nebraska Winter", 14" x 26", "Snow Storm", "16" x 26", Oil pastel on blue colorfix paper. This drawing and the one below it are based on photos taken in December 2007, my husband and I were returning from our trip to the Southwest on I-80 through Nebraska. The weather was horrible! There was an ice storm that kept icing up the windshield of the car. I took a few photos before it became too dark and another pair of eyes was needed to watch the road. Despite taking only a few photos, they became the inspiration for two drawings.
"Young Trees", watercolor and colored pencil. This drawing was featured earlier in this blog and was based on a photo taken the evening of Christmas Day 2008. 
"Late Winter", watercolor and colored pencil.
This blog is VERY INTERESTING to me!!! I have been drawing & painting pictures this winter also. I done old barns & sheds this time. Every winter I pick a theme of what I want to do. Its fun. I work with water color, arcrylics, colored pens & pencils & charcoals. I have been wondering how to get my work displayed in the area. Can you help me with that?
ReplyDeleteHi, I grew-up in Mower County in Mn. by Dexter on a farm & my husband grew-up by Adams, Mn. on a farm too. So I know the area well. I take photos & then draw them in whatever size I want & then sometimes paint them also. My parents were very good at creating things like drawings, poems, music, & etc., so i guess thts where I got the urge to do thiese things also. We travel around the U.S. & take a lot of photos & then I make cards, notes, & etc. from them. The people are nuts for them & i sell quite a lot. Thanks for the info on how you do things. Its very interesting!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your interest! Please post an example of your drawings. I would like to see how others interpret Southern Minnesota.
ReplyDeleteI went to Lyle Public School, did you go to Southland?
My husband and I travel around in the Wunder Bug (silver bug convertible)and take thousands of photos but I always find the local scenery most inspiring. Just a homebody.
I am represented by Gallery LaCrosse in LaCrosse, WI. Contact Anne Gronbeck-Peterson. I looked through my papers but don't have a business phone number for her. It will give you a good excuse to drive to LaCrosse and visit the gallery. The hours are posted on the side of this page.