Drawing

  • Drawing Selfies

    Drawing Selfies

    Our last assignment was to draw a self portrait from a mirror (no photos). I decided to use this as a review of the differnt media we used in class; Sharpie, charcoal, conte crayon and pencil.  I knew from wood carving that getting a human shape is not that hard, but to get it to look Continue reading

  • Drawing Continued

    Drawing Continued

    A few more At the start I had no idea of how to use charcoal. That was good to begin to work with. Softer than pencil and often working with removal by kneaded eraser. Also, learning to draw around the object, not using outlines. That is a work in progress. The last assignment will be Continue reading

  • More Drawing

    Drawing life. Cafe Domestique The “sermon notes” was from something I heard in the liturgy about being hidden in the Rock. Continue reading

  • Drawing

    Drawing

    I’m taking a drawing class with Bill Eddy through La Crosse parks and rec. The assignment last week was to draw breakfast. We went camping, as always in the rain. One morning we cooked cinnamon rolls over the coals. Quite tasty, but tricky. For shading I used charcoal from the previous evenings fire. The next Continue reading

About Me

I am a student of the Word and the World around us. These TWO BOOKS, World and Word or Nature and Scripture are the focus of these reflections. I am a retired pastor and a practicing artist and writer, now living in LaCrosse, WI, between the bluffs to the East and the Mississippi to the West. David E. Carlson

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