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Sunday, April 12, 2015

forced inactivity

Shoulder injury.  sore (!) tendons in the right shoulder.  It is not possible to draw or paint.  Ugghhh!  Here is the next project (reference photo).  Itching to work on it.  


Sunday, April 5, 2015

"Kettle Is On" (image)


"Kettle Is On"

A tarnished, old tea kettle sits on the stove, for the thousandth time, coming to steam, for a quiet  cup of tea.  Colored pencil on art paper.  based on my photo reference.  8"H x 11"W.