Two Sketches: In the Breeze and In the Sun

 

Profile, Breeze
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    What if we were surrounded by a beautiful, refreshing breeze?  Or what if we were sitting out in the bright sun, with a jaunty hat?

   Two different kinds of weather, but both being enjoyed by the two people in these drawings.  The first woman is shutting her eyes in the onrush of wind; she shows us a tranquil profile as she leans forward and the air whips a few loose strands of hair over her forehead.  The second lady, gazing at us with a smile, is clearly suited up for the a sunny day at the seaside; we can see the cheerful pattern of her sundress and its little tie at the back of her neck, not to mention that clever hat...

    These drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or peaceful faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Summer Day
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: a Pair of Stylish Hats and Their Wearers

Three-Quarters, Lady in a Hat
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    For today, two hats which make quite definite statements, and their elegant wearers.  The first hat is a boldly stylish shape and carries a stripe across its jutting outline; the second is simply big and broad and would provide any amount of shade in a brash, sunny climate.  However I chose to name the second drawing after the lady's short shirt-jacket, a bolero pulled over her light polka-dot bodice.

    These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

The Bolero
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: Ladies, Flowers and Changing Seasons

Lady with Daffodils
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    Two drawings with flowers; one, a lady holding a lavish bouquet of daffodils, and then – a picture of changing seasons, appropriate for the onset of colder days.  This second image shows a woman with hair streaming back; the flowers of summertime float away as the snow rushes toward her eager face.

   These two artworks are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Changing Seasons
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: Bright Sun and Dancer in the Wind

Bright Sun
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    Let's imagine what we would most want; a bright sun overhead, inviting us to bask in its light, or a warm wind blowing around us as we dance?  Or both?  These two sketches are about weather and our reaction to it; one lady reclining at ease in the brilliant sunshine and the other whirling in a breeze so strong her hair flies bodily into the air.

    These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Dancer in the Wind
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: Woman in a Tiara and Profile of a Woman

Woman in a Tiara
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

     A golden tiara – resembling the diadems of Ancient Greece - ornaments the head of the lady in this first sketch.  The next drawing shows a lady with spiraling, fly-away curls and a light necklace of pearls trailing along her neck as she turns in profile.

   These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Woman in Profile
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: The New Hat and Lady with a Flying Mantle

 

The New Hat
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    And now here are two stylish ladies, one with a broad hat tipped just a little aslant on her head, in a way that matches her bright glance, and one with a cloak that flies out in the brisk wind blowing past her.  She reaches up to keep it close to her neck – this is an early winter day already!

    These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Lady with a Flying Mantle
(c) Sarah Myers
Pen on paper.

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Two Sketches: a Pair of Elegant Ladies

The Elegant Collar
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

   Two women in elegant clothing; the first with an upright collar, fit for the chilly gray weather today (although her earring in the shape of an upside-down pineapple suggests brighter climates) and the second with a deep back to her evening gown's neckline – perhaps an idea for a later hour tonight?

   These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Woman from the Back
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

 

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Two Drawings: On the Beach and At the Piano

At the Beach
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

   Which would you prefer to be doing?  Reclining in the sun on the beach or playing a splendid piano concerto with great concentration?  Two horizontal sketches for us, much rarer in my sketchbook than drawings using the vertical orientation of the page...

    These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Woman at the Piano
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on Paper

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Two Sketches: Woman with Crown of Leaves, Woman with Braided Hair

Crown of Spring Leaves
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

    A classical, almost Renaissance touch for today.  A woman with a wreath of spring leaves and another with a crown of braids encircling her head.

  These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Woman with Braided Hair
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

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Two Sketches: Woman with Flowing Hair and a Lady in Lace

Woman with Flowing Hair
 (c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper

     A woman with flowing locks of hair gazes wistfully out at us; and another, in graceful profile, shows the delicate lace of the collar or shawl wrapping her shoulders.
   These two drawings are part of my special “sketchbook series”.  Their clear lines, a black pen following across a light sketch in pencil, make the portraits of women you will see from this procession of pictures; ladies with lively or tranquil faces, fashionable hairstyles and hats, and a sense of poise or grace.  It is a daily story, told with a pen and very occasionally with a line of charcoal; please enjoy the visual words that create their identities and expressions.

Sarah Myers

Lady in Lace
(c) Sarah Myers 2020
Pen on paper.

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Two Horse Pictures

Head of Galloping Horse, S. Myers   Charcoal on Paper

   I have posted two pictures produced in very different artistic vocabularies.   They are expressions of the same horse, flying at an excited canter...

Schnauzer Sketch

Small Schnauzer, Eating

   You never realize how frequently a small animal moves until you are poised with a pen in your hand...  How many lines can you place on paper before the little shape escapes from its picture-plane altogether?

Dachshund Study and From Life or Photo?

Reclining Dachshund

    This picture was sketched from life, as were two posted earlier, Labrador and Dachshund Drawing.  Very Small Dog and Pale-eyed Puppy were worked from my own photos.

    There is a huge difference between drawings taken directly from life and those from photographs.  Sketching from a photograph is by far the simpler process (objects do not move, the angles are predetermined) and there is information the artist will never discover by any other means - no one knew the exact positions of a horse's legs at the gallop or the air-foil movement of birds' wing feathers until the invention of the camera.

    But the artist's eye looking at reality and looking at a secondary image will perceive totally different priorities.  Somehow a leveling occurs with the photograph; not only is every detail visible but every detail is equal.  Viewing the photographic image, the artist finds the corner of a man's collar as intriguing for pencil or brush to reproduce as the corner of his eye.

    When you are looking directly at a living thing this lack of proper priority is far less likely to occur.  What was emotionally important when you viewed your subject will, if you are careful, retain its importance in the finished work.  Indeed, you may be forced to simplify to just those important elements in order to finish your study before your sitter moves too drastically!

     It is this emphasis on the most expressive elements that gives a sketch from life its true liveliness.  Drawing from life is twice the challenge of working from photography - it often results in twice the Art. 

Sketch of a Very Small Dog

Very Small Dog

The Pale-Eyed Puppy

Puppy Looking

Line Drawing of a Labrador

Labrador

Elephant ink sketch

Elephant Striding

Exhausted - (Jack-out-of-box)

Dachshund Drawing

Portrait of Norbert, 2012