September 30 x 30 # 30 Street in Oxford

September 30 x 30 # 30 Street in Oxford

Reference fro RIL at WetCanvas... Back-lit figures in a street in Oxford. Loved the diagonal lines and of course the patterns.  These last three sketches were done very quickly and if I want to capture the essence of any scene I have to do it quickly...

Really feel that this challenge has been a big help.. felt that my pencil was traveling over the paper sometimes with a will of its own....

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 29 Market Stalls

September 30 x 30 # 29 Market Stalls

This is from the same reference as the post #28... did some close cropping....

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 28 Market Street Scene

September 30 x 30 # 28 Market Street Scene

This has been a real challenge this month.  As I stated on the post for Day 1 this month is really crowded with events so I decided from the beginning I would do mainly quick sketches  in pencil on a small format 5 x 7 in my 90 grm Canson sketchpad... so I have succeeded in doing the 30 sketches by the 21st of September!!!

By the time this post will be published I will be traveling in Morocco hopefully doing some sketching and of course lots of photos. I still have a fear of sketching in public places which I hope to overcome. Keep telling myself this is a once in a lifetime experience... but also since its a group trip don't know how much time I'll have...

Because this month there are all the High Holidays + Shabbat etc lots of shopping/food preparing/family gatherings along with shopping for my trip which leaves day after Yom Kippor.. So I started early and today finished the last three sketches... scanned and ready for blogging and scheduling... I have mixed feeling about these last sketches but I have to distance myself from them for a fresh view.  Tried to capture the essence of the scene and the tonal patterns. The references for these last sketches are from RIL library at WetCanvas, a really great source for reference images,

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

September 30 x 30 # 27 Old Window

The reference was from Pinterest tightly cropped and changed.  There was a cat on the ledge between the pots...but it really looked a bit corny so hid him behind another pot inside .

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September 30 x 30 # 26 Sora Bird

September 30 x 30 # 26 Sora Bird

This reference is also from Kay's [Kreative] WDE . An interesting bird in a dry bird bath.
Found her feathers interesting.. see the shadow under her body?

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September 30 x 30 # 25 Star

September 30 x 30 # 25 Star

The reference for this piece was from this week's WDE Hosted by Kreative 
This beautiful cat caught my eye.. so regal.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 24 Bottles

September 30 x 30 # 24 Bottles

The was from a reference  from WDE ... I think it was a picture in the house of Matisse hosted by Crispur
Found the patterns of blocks and lights interesting.

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September 30 x 30 # 23 Plastic Bottles

September 30 x 30 # 23 Plastic Bottles

This screenshot has an interesting story.  A 3 part series from the BBC Welcome to India.  Films about how to survive and prosper in a crowded urban surrounding... what better than India .. what ingenuity.
The story of Johora that makes her living sorting plastic bottles that people throw away.

I started this sketch over a  wax crayon colored layer. had a hard time added some highlights. it did however make an interesting abstract patterns.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7

on crayon colored background

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September 30 x 30 # 22 Train and Tree

September 30 x 30 # 22 Train and Tree

Another screenshot from a film about the Trans Siberian Railway.. Didn't scan before adding the color which doesn't really enhance it.... some make it some don't...

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September 30 x 30 # 21 Out of the Box

September 30 x 30 # 21 Out of the Box

Random doodling boxes and circles... just an exercise to get "out of the box" A bit confusing but some parts maybe the start of some future abstract work.

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September 30 x 30 # 20 Cat Walk

September 30 x 30 # 20 Cat Walk

I think this is Ludwig crawling on Tamara's shelf.  Taken quite a while ago  with very little lighting. Was attracted to the huge huge shadow and the play of light.

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September 30 x 30 # 19 Face at the Window

September 30 x 30 # 19 Face at the Window

One of my own reference photos with a tight crop and some Photoshop filters.

Pencil Sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 18 Street Scene

September 30 x 30 # 18 Street Scene

The reference for this sketch comes from an interesting documentary from the BBC called Fake or Fortune.  These documentaries show various art pieces that may be originals or fakes.  This scene came from the video about 3 small paintings by the English painter Laurence Stephen "L. S." Lowry.  I took some screenshots of the street scenes. Clip from the series.

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September 30 x 30 # 17 Cat on the Ledge

September 30 x 30 # 17 Cat on the Ledge

A few weeks ago my daughter went o a weekend seminar in Ein Kerem at a Monastery. This is a crop of one of her shots.. I liked the interaction of the various textual patterns.

Pencil sketch 5 x 7 

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September 30 x 30 # 16 Museum Guard

September 30 x 30 # 16 Museum Guard

Tel Aviv Museum.... Museum Guard

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September 30 x 30 # 15 Shadow

September 30 x 30 # 15 Shadow

Viewer at an exhibition. See her shadow on the wall!!

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September 30 x 30 # 14 High Jump

September 30 x 30 # 14 High Jump

At a family gathering the kids had a great time on the trampoline.  Amir,13, made a great high jump!!!
Did this in pencil and then added some color.Not sure which one I like better. This was a very fast sketch!!!!

Pencil Sketch with added wax crayon

5 x 7 

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Pencil Sketch 5 x 7 

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September 30 x 30 # 13 Escalator

September 30 x 30 # 13 Escalator

Going up to the new wing at the Tel Aviv Museum.  Galleries mainly showing Israeli art.

Pencil Sketch 5 x 7 

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September 30 x 30 # 12 Museum Gallery

September 30 x 30 # 12 Museum Gallery

Another view of the Master's Gallery. Noam and Uri listening to the explanations of the paintings.  The gallery is dim with spotlights on the paintings which I tried to capture.  This was the first visit to the Tel Aviv Museum and they were overwhelmed by the size and scope of the exhibitions...

Pencil Sketch 5 x 7

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September 30 x 30 # 11 New Wing

September 30 x 30 # 11 New Wing

Back at the Tel Aviv Museum of Fine Art. This is a view taken on one the ramps to the new wing of the Museum. I loved the various angles and tones.I am using a regular HB pencil along with a 2B mechanical pencil.

5 x 7 Pencil Sketch

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September 30 x 30 # 10 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 10 Cat

This is the fourth pose of Traudi's cat.  She is amazing!!!

5 x 7 HB Mechanical Pencil

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September 30 x 30 # 9 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 9 Cat

Another interesting pose!!!! This cat changed poses fast... I  think I shot these 4 shots  in less than 2-3 minutes!!!!

5 x7 HB Mechanical pencil

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September 30 x 30 # 8 Museum Dufy Portrait

September 30 x 30 # 8 Museum Dufy Portrait

Back at the Tel Aviv Museum. The main gallery has numbered paintings so that the public including special ones for children can look,listen and learn.  Cropped the reference to bring the kids closer to the painting..Yes I have a licence!!! Almost sure this is a Dufy!!!

5 x 7 Pencil Sketch 

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September 30 x 30 # 7 Jungle Abstract

September 30 x 30 # 7 Jungle Abstract

First sorry about the crease in the paper... my scanner picked it up... This reference from the Orangutan jungle film...ITV The Wild Collection with Julia Roberts and the giant Orangutans.  not a good portrait of Julia... sorry!!!!

5 x 7  Pencil Sketch

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September 30 x 30 # 6 Cedar Cove

September 30 x 30 # 6 Cedar Cove
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Another sketch from a reference from the TV series Cedar Cove.... I know the show is a bit "kitschy" but even "kitsch" can be relaxing....  Loved this scene of a group watching the day go by!!!

5 x 7 Pencil Sketch

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September 30 x 30 # 5 Jungle

September 30 x 30 # 5 Jungle

Its really funny where we get our inspiration from.  I love watching various TV series and documentaries . I am an avid fan of Bit torrent other wise I would  get to see most of the shows..  One of the more recent documentary was from ITV a documentary The Wild Collection with Julia Roberts and the giant Orangutans. My video player allows me to take screen shot.  Very interesting affects.  This was of some shapes in the Jungle. Light and foliage make interesting patterns...let my pencil travel around the shapes... this may be a good starting point for an oil and cold wax study.

5 x 7  HB + 2B Pencil

on paper 

September 30 x 30 # 4

September 30 x 30 # 4

This is the second  of Traudi's cat... Was interested in the the negative spaces around her body and the interesting shapes. What strange positions this cat takes...

5 x 7 HB + 2B pencil

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September 30 x 30 # 3 Museum

September 30 x 30 # 3 Museum

Back at the Tel Aviv Museum main gallery collection Uri and Noam checking out their recording instruments. This is their first visit to an Art Museum and along with the paintings they enjoyed the electronics.

Trying to simplify the shapes and tones.

5 x 7 Pencil and charcoal sketch

September 30 x 30 # 2 Cat

September 30 x 30 # 2 Cat

At a brunch at Traudi's I noticed her cat on a rag rug in several very interesting poses... I will be making several sketches of these poses. In this sketch I added a bit of color. I am enjoying doing these quick sketches... they are helping get back in the "creative" zone!!!

5 x 7 " Pencil sketch

added colored pencil

September 30 x 30 # 1 Old Masters Gallery

September 30 x 30  # 1 Old Masters Gallery

Here we are again..another 30 x 30... by Leslie Seata . Thirty days to promote more creativity painting sketching or what ever...  Shush... don't tell anybody  but I am starting a bit early for several reasons. The first one being that on Sept 25 I will be leaving for 12 days to Morocco... so I want a head start. Second this year the High Holidays are all in September... lots of shopping and preparing and family gatherings that with trip preparations time to create will be tricky.... so this time around, my fourth, decided to do pencil sketches... may add color or may not... will go with the flow. As Leslie states... main rule is to have FUN!!!

This past month I have made several visits to the Tel Aviv Museum... the last was with my 2 grandsons Noam, 10, and Uri ,6.  We rented earphones so that they could follow along in the main galleries... I took a few photos for references.  One of the galleries was the Old Masters... I loved the light patterns in this reference of Noam listening to an explanation.

5 x 7 "

HB pencil + charcoal

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