Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Fleeting Moments

Sitting in a coffee shop in  Beaverton a girl walks up to the counter, my friend with me says, "Sketch her." I quickly open my book bust out my pen and I sketch her as quick as I can, because in just a few seconds she'll move, or be gone. I try to remember the details, the colors, the pattern on her pants, the wrinkles in her sweatshirt, her lean. She is gone, and I fill in the background with little scratchy bits of pen here and there taking note of the details, colors, and textures. When I'm home I use my watercolors and pencils and fill in the colors and patterns from memory. A sketch, an idea, a fleeting moment, is captured.


Edge Coffee - Beaverton

3 comments:

  1. Not many can create a lovely sketch in a brief time and then describe the process so accurately and poetically. Congratulations!

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  2. Wonderful commentary on the (quick) drawing process....and your results are great.

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  3. Thank you very much! We do what we love, then share it with the world and hope for a kind response. Very kind words, very much appreciated.

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