Drawing Adventurously 2019 (5)

This week’s theme, dedicated to the start of March is “in like a lion.” I had every intention of trying to draw a lion, but life intrudes. My home has just gone up for sale and with a flurry of showings, I’ve had to leave the house and my art supplies behind. I am not one to take a sketch pad and draw in the car! Anyway, the lion drawing would be complex and time consuming no matter where I set up to draw. Instead I offer a glimpse of the lion-like weather we’ve been having this past week. March really did come in like a lion, with cold, snow and lots of wind! A quick sketch done with just one pencil in my small sketch pad.

Painting (23) Climate Change

As you can see, this is not a high quality canvas. I misread the description when I ordered them on line. Oops! This is a canvas board, not a stretched canvas and you can see the texture through the paint. An underpainting would have helped I think. Anyway, it actually looks less obvious in person, but I do plan to try again. I started out with the idea of painting a misty sunrise and after getting the sky finished changed my mind to paint this stark landscape. Then the title came to me…

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