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An evening in the drawing room

 

 The VisArts in Rockville has open figure drawing every Tuesday evening. I haven’t drawn from the figure in a while so  I thought I would go. The evening started with one-minute poses, followed by several 20 minute poses. This is one of those. Next time I think I will bring watercolor and try to get a few quick paintings in.

Flying High

 

During the third week of January, our house was full of guests visiting DC so they could be part of the inauguration of our 44th President. While I stayed home at home watching everything on a new 32″ TV set, they battled the cold, crowds, blocked roads, and general mayhem, just so they could be a part of this special time in US history. I was impressed by how calm our new President seemed and how much he seemed to be enjoying the whole long and elaborate ritual on what was a very cold and somewhat gray day. I felt the least I could do was do some work in the studio to make up for not being there. I tried to capture some of the spirit of Obama’s energy by modeling him somewhat on Superman and his ability to fly.