I did do a little bit of work amongst my resting and walks on the beach...
I started reading and working through this awesome book called Figure Drawing - Design and Invention by Michael Hampton. Very clear descriptions of various parts of the body and depicted in a number of different ways... And the many gestures and poses shown are very dynamic and exciting.
I used one of them to also play a bit with oil washes on unsealed paper in a very quick and dirty fashion. Trying to get a feel for it to see if I can be brave enough to use paint at some of the long-pose life drawing sessions we have.But there was more figure painting to be seen....
A little ways down the beach was a darling little abandoned house that had the most cheerful and figurative graffiti I've ever seen! Nearly every wall was covered.
Most of the windows had been broken so some of the rooms were also wall-papered in ropes of ivy.
This apropos figure was painted in the remnants of the shower...
Octopi and flying pigs!
Looking out on the Sound amidst empty window frames and old buckled hardwood floors...It is so charming even in its current form, it must have been a wonderful house when it was younger and more cared for.
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Makes you wonder why someone would have let it go as the location seems ideal. It seems so lonely and forsaken.
poignant. love the sketches inside.
gorgeous view :) I wish the graffiti around here was like that instead of the horribly scrawled names that are all around
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