tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post5968288459825952281..comments2024-03-28T16:31:23.093-07:00Comments on Books in Northport: Tools for a Snowy DayP. J. Grathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-32978508510501881442012-01-20T05:45:31.290-08:002012-01-20T05:45:31.290-08:00Maps! I loved drawing maps when I was a kid, too, ...Maps! I loved drawing maps when I was a kid, too, dmarks. Had forgotten that! Most of them were islands with treasure buried somewhere, but also lots of coves along a complicated shoreline.<br /><br />Helen, it isn't that I have much talent at drawing, only that the world is so beautiful, and focusing on that and trying to draw it calms my soul.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-52379855446477622682012-01-20T00:49:27.730-08:002012-01-20T00:49:27.730-08:00This is a side of you that had been unknown to me....This is a side of you that had been unknown to me. You have so many, many wonderful talents...Farshaw@FineOldBooks.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05663199582891083995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-89174074299797262702012-01-19T18:53:46.603-08:002012-01-19T18:53:46.603-08:00Very nice. I used to draw a lot, but haven't i...Very nice. I used to draw a lot, but haven't in a while. This makes me think of drawing again.<br /><br />However, I think most of my talent lay in drawing maps.dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-85458539590347484402012-01-19T17:03:17.689-08:002012-01-19T17:03:17.689-08:00Dawn, when I was a kid I tried to draw horses. REA...Dawn, when I was a kid I tried to draw horses. REALLY wanted to draw horses. More than that, wanted to HAVE a horse, but I didn't, so I had no model to draw. Should have stuck with trees, like you.<br /><br />Last night Sarah wanted attention, so I got down on the rug with her and used her for a model. Dog noses are very hard to draw. When it comes to human faces, I can get everything but lips; with dogs, my drawing falls apart at the nose. I guess that tells me what I need to look at more carefully and practice drawing. Trees are good models because they hold still.P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-35636783333842915722012-01-19T16:37:30.962-08:002012-01-19T16:37:30.962-08:00Love the photo of the barn and the blowing snow. ...Love the photo of the barn and the blowing snow. Really really like that. Some of the books look interesting...when I was a kid I loved to draw trees with pencil, did that for many years...wonder what happened to all those drawings. Sometimes I still see trees, particularly in winter, that seem so drawable. I did a tree study in photographs when I was at UM going to school a few years ago...so I must still be tree lover.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00824027366993286152noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-14059882325533381112012-01-19T12:37:01.509-08:002012-01-19T12:37:01.509-08:00If I had any windows with the right kind of view, ...If I had any windows with the right kind of view, I'd do it that way, Gerry. There are examples in one of the Leslie books of sketches made by looking through windows. Be brave!P. J. Grathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12693462910472164289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130421352415377273.post-51401417394041035702012-01-19T12:32:07.271-08:002012-01-19T12:32:07.271-08:00I could almost be persuaded. Maybe I should just ...I could almost be persuaded. Maybe I should just go ahead and try it--the sketching I mean, probably not the sitting outside on a day like this. <br /><br />I could sit by my door - on the inside of it, looking out through the window. That way I could keep feeding the fire. It is cold out there. In fact, it is cold in here. If it gets any colder, the Cowboy's breath will freeze and it will snow inside.Gerryhttp://torchlakeviews.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com