Monday Morning Detail

And, skeleton diagram from the back.

The First Tomato

I think you don't see something until you really look at it. Ha! How obvious though. Right? But what I mean is that even if I were just to draw the differences in the widths of the little branches of a tomato plant, the result would be interesting and beautiful. I would never notice these differences, however, unless I had first taken a good look at the plant. And, the best way to take a good look at something is to try to draw it. So, I can draw in order to really look. Then I can draw what I see.

Detail of Michelangelo Bacchus

Naming the Skeleton

And, oh look, another garden drawing. This is a tomato.



Drew a better skeleton and named the parts. Once, I worked in a flower shop. I remember taking delight in learning the names of the flowers. It seems to me that there is something significant about knowing the names of things.



It's a beautiful day today. Here is a picture of one of my favorite places to draw in the summer.

Mint Plant

Everybody Needs a Skeleton

Awhile ago, I posted about my impasse with the Joseph sculpture. Well, I did decide to actually go ahead and try to learn human figure sculpture. I've spent years saying I was *not* a human figure sculptor. Yea. I said that and at the same time completed several figurative pieces with with a I was not really happy. So, I'm going to do it. Or, at least I am going to start doing it. I'm going to learn how to do this right.
Here is my first step. A little skeleton drawing from a human figure website called Anatomy4Sculptors. It is a little thing, but it is a start.
A friend very kindly pointed this website out to me as a resource. Her name is Shana, by the way, and she is studying liturgical art in Florence. Her blog is http://www.john1v14.blogspot.com. Check it out.

The Washed Out Dogwood