I had plans for my weekend to spend much of my time finishing the painting that is taking up all of my easel space but as often happens those plans didn't come to fruition. Not to say that all was lost on the creative artist front, but it just wasn't as productive of a weekend as I had hoped and with my solo show "Down Country Roads" coming up quickly on April 1st I'm getting a bit of an overwhelming feeling. So much painting and so little time. What's an artist to do?
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| My pencil and ink sketch called "The Early Birds" |
This little sketch I started yesterday while enjoying my usual morning McDonald's coffee time with my husband. Today, I decided to add some color and used my new set of Prismacolor pencils. I have found that drawing is an excellent exercise to prepare me before I pick up my paint brushes. These little chicks are going to be added to the composition in my painting "Something to Crow About" that I am currently working on.
The sketch actually turned out cute enough that I'm going to matte and frame it and also add it to the show. I also decided that the sketch of my little early birds made a cute addition to my greeting card designs. I started playing around with my new printer this weekend and have come up with 4 designs so far that I think work well printed on greeting cards. As you can see both the chicks and the crowing rooster are featured both on canvas and on the front of a card.
If you are interested, cards will soon be available on the Country Store tab of my website at JulieTownsendStudio.com.
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| Work in Progress |
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| "Down Country Roads" greeting card line |
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