Art Adventure # 3 Before Sunset, a Lion and the King's Children

 

This week I was back to my recent fishing hole for a good view.

I got there earlier, defogged and deiced the back window twice which made some good drying time for the washes.

 a value sketch then a light sketch on the paper and ready to paint

 



 

 

ended up with this at the end of the session

 

I had fun listening to podcasts while painting. 

It was art class, history class and political science all in one.

 

 

I got outside to get these beautiful views.

 

 

 

 

happy for a warm snack

 

There seem to be a lot of planets and coffee here.

 

This advertisement made a little more sense to me than the sushi slippers.

 

 

 

  5 x 7 watercolor and colored pencil drawing

 

We saw this excellent creature at the zoo this summer.

 

 

 

 

The Five Eldest Children of Charles the I

by Anthony Van Dyke 1637 

 

This is a new favorite painting.  I love its human warmth and humor. The expertise is amazing: five young children, two family pets, expensive drapery, a still life and a landscape background.