Today was the Hingham Arts Walk, a beautiful fall event during which artists are on the street, and in many of the businesses and galleries, showing and/or creating their art. My Girls Just Wanna Paint group gathered to paint in the round at the community center. Though we paint to a theme each month, we rarely paint together as a group. It was lots of fun, with tons of visitors. We painted around a still life in the center of the table, lit almost from the top. Each of us has a
different style so the paintings each have a different feel. I began by washing in the shadow areas, then painted into the shadows, holding back on the light areas until the last half hour or so. My finished painting will be posted later, after I tweak it a little bit.
This is my three hundred seventy-ninth daily drawing. I enjoyed doing a quick sketch of today's event, and enjoyed the event immensely. Thanks for your continued interest.
Tonight I attended the reception of a friend and artist, Gail Nathanson. She has a show of oil paintings, titled "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" at the Hingham Library. It is a vibrant show, filled with animals with distinct personalities. As I left, I looked back through the library window and saw this scene from the parking lot. I love the vibrancy of the art lighting up the night as seen through the large windows. Check out the show if you have a chance. Worth the visit.
This is my three hundred seventy-fifth daily drawing. Thank you for your continued interest.
My daughter and I volunteered at Rosie's Place in Boston the other day. We worked in the food pantry for a few hours, waiting on the clients. Each gets a number and we escort them through the pantry one on one. They get to choose what they want, and they leave with a couple of well-packed bags of food. While the clients wait for their number, they eat in the dining room, where my daughter and I eventually had dinner as well. This is my third time volunteering at Rosie's, first in the food pantry. I plan to make it a regular gig with my daughter, perhaps every two weeks. When I put together this drawing, I was very intentional about not including any of the clients. Each of the red aprons indicates a volunteer. Some volunteers have worked weekly for years, and for some it is the first time. Wonderful organization.
This is my three hundred sixty-ninth daily drawing. Thank you for looking.
Today was a lovely, warm day for first week of October. My husband and I took a picnic out onto the Scituate jetty; just enough breeze, wonderful smell of salt and sea, and lots of people clambering over the rocks, including families, a couple in almost matching tie die shirts, an engaged couple being photographed, some people fishing, and children building a wall of rocks on the jetty with that lasts-about-15-minutes urgency on a task that eight year olds can summon at will.
I took the time to make today's daily drawing, showing the constant stream of jetty walkers, and I added a little watercolor wash when we got home. It was a lovely day. As always, thank you for looking.
Yesterday I finished my first year of daily drawings! Thank you for following my year, for your comments and thoughts. I am celebrating by hosting a giveaway. I will choose a winner at random for this 8 x 10 drawing.
To enter the giveaway:
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Deadline is Friday, October 5, 2018.
Winner will be chosen at random and notified via Instagram direct message.
Again, thank you for following me on my daily drawing journey. Let's see what this year brings!
different style so the paintings each have a different feel. I began by washing in the shadow areas, then painted into the shadows, holding back on the light areas until the last half hour or so. My finished painting will be posted later, after I tweak it a little bit. 
