Course work: A four-part drawing of a pecan tree, done in charcoal. This particular specimen is about 15-20 years old, and is producing enough nuts to at least keep the squirrels and crows happy.
Reading:
Rose-Marie & Ranier Hagen What Great Paintings Say (Vol. 2)
Taschen, Köln, 2005
Pp 710-715
(This completes my reading of Volume 2. I have acquired a Volume 3: curiously, about 40% of its content is duplicated in Volumes 1 and 2. I shall read the remainder.)
Margaret Livingstone Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
Abrams, New York, 2002
Pp 100-137
Personal sketchbook work: An attempt at sketching some of our ever-enlarging plums with my old nemesis, markers, a medium I may never get to behave properly.
Weekly reflections on learning experience: Transitioning from buildings to trees has seemed fairly easy, since I prefer the latter. The biggest difficulty I’ve had has been in finding interesting trees isolated enough from others to permit good assessment of their forms, as our trees tend to grow intermingled in unorganized woodland. I’m still seeking an ideal one for the next part of the assignment. I’ve had a little difficulty in interpreting some of the instructions in the text, and have made my best guess at meaning.
Total time: 1 hour 34 minutes
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