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Sketches of Home

Remember my TV-time drawing habit? I sit on the sofa and draw while the television thinks it has my attention.

I pulled out my sketchbook one night in April 2020 and did these small pictures of scenes in my home, from photos. Here are the photos:

Here is the (8″ x 8″) page. I was working with a drawing pen, very fine nib, I believe.

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Field Hockey

I live across the street from our local high school. There are some playing fields right in front of our house. I often go over and watch the sports. One day I sketched a lot of little figures from a field hockey game.

Some time later I cut them out and put them on artist trading cards.

Seemed like a good time to post them because it’s field hockey season again…

Here they are!

Stop It

This lady looks like she is just about to say, “Stop running in the house!”, thinking that the lamp will be on the floor pretty soon, if things don’t calm down.

Clay tiles, @4″ x 4″, Velvet underglazes on handmade tile, fired at cone 06, January, 2018.

Clay tile lady and lamp 1-18001

Solitude and Society in Nature

Clay tiles, Velvet underglazes , January, 2018, fired at cone 06.

: @ 4″ x 4″ on handmade tile.

: 4″ x 4′ on commercially made tile.

At the Table

At the Table 18 x 18 1-18002

“At the Table”, 18″ x 18″, acrylics, January 2018.

Seen on the Street

I did these tiles from photos taken in Philadelphia, PA, at various times. The scenes are more or less faithful to the original, as I saw fit!

Clay tiles, Velvet underglazes fired at cone 06, January, 2018.

: Man waving to a car, @ 7″ x 7″.

: Woman leaving the subway, @ 7″ x 7″.

: Bus and car at night, 4″ x 4″.

Watery Environs

One person is in hot water. The other is trying to stay dry. Yes?

Clay tiles, 4″ x 4″, Velvet underglazes on commercially made terracotta tiles, January, 2018.

Upstairs Downstairs

Acrylics on board, February 2018, 8″ x 10″.

If you want to see them in process, here is the Art Diary post they appeared in.

: “Upstairs at Home”

: “Downstairs at Home”

Who Am I, and Who are You?

Yes, you may ask that question, and what answer will you hear?

Clay tiles. The first one is 4″ x 4″, Velvet underglaze on commercially made terracotta, January, 2018. The second one is the same, except for the tile is handmade terracotta, @ 3″ x 7″.

Person and Cat

Person and cat times two, but always the same story. Cat knows, person wonders.

Clay tiles. The first is 4″ x 4″, Velvet underglazes on commercially made terracotta, January, 2018. The second is @ 4″ x 4″, Velvet underglazes on handmade white clay tile. Both fired at cone 06.