sketching in the galleries

I'm taking a Sketching in the Galleries class at the MIA. Here's my first sketch and the object I worked from, a Ruth Duckworth piece called 'Cup and Blade'. I was pleased the sketch particularly the shading. In looking at the 2 next to each other, I now realize I didn't get the graceful curve of the cup.

I'm not going to post the stuff from the 2nd class because it was really pitiful. It was a chair and I spent most of the time fussing around with getting the angles and dimensions correct. At one point the instructor very kindly suggested that I should start over.

Sketching

Weathered by salt water, wind beaten wood
fiber glassed patches, and peeled painted dory

The Turn

Grass crisp and sun chilled
Mold dust hangs, suspended
Rusty bike and squeaky wheels
Maple leaves bathed in gold.
Squirrels dart, scurry and itch
Black liquid eyes searching morsels
Wood smoke and dropped apples- breath
Whilst the sun glints off tractor rims.

A weekend in Maine

Tiny collage

Ok- so I admit it, this one is a little older, but at least I'm thinking about getting back into it.