Back to doing sketches. I've gotten all wrapped up in learning how to make silver jewelry, using wire and clay, with multiple steep learning curves and lots of brain work. But Robert Burridge's facebook painting challenge made me get my brushes out again. I've had pictures of the moon through my bedroom window for years and wanted to paint it, so I started it a few days ago and made more moves on it this morning. I'd like to learn to see the minimum essential elements of an object that sufficiently define it for the viewer, but are enough to carry the mood, the feeling of it. I think you can often do that better with a rough sketch than a finished painting.
I want to do a lot more of these sketches; it's been a long time since I put in any time just playing with the paint.
