All-Day Steady-Rain Rainy Day / September 18, 2023

September 18, 2023

All-Day Steady-Rain Rainy Day

Rain has been tapping on the roof and skylights all the live-long day.

But I feel as though I’ve been out hiking up hill and down, into small dales, beside copses, under big skies, along trails, fresh dry air abounding.

Thank you, sketchbook, tape, India ink, white gesso, oil pastel, eye dropper, tissue, water brush, and palette knife.

Are these down-and-dirty-don’t-stop-to-think-keep-moving-walk-away-in-minutes sketches fun or what?

abstractscape sketches in ink, acrylic, and oil pastel on sketchbook paper
2023

one close-up

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   Joyful Puttering

   September 18, 2023 at 6:41 pm

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   Fun indeed! So much to explore in each one. You got a nice little workout for a rainy day!

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      Dotty Seiter

      September 18, 2023 at 7:11 pm

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      I did get a nice little workout for a rainy day! It’s been awhile since I’ve just popped into my studio for such a satisfying burst of quick-moving intuitive creative play. The fun and experimentation were so welcome and buoying.

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   imajenationgmailcom

   September 19, 2023 at 2:59 pm

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   oh oh OH! Send us a little rain, would ya?

   I adore these little sketches – I can just imagine them HUGE! So much DRAMA!

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   carolee36

   September 20, 2023 at 2:58 am

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   Great little studies! When you have a sketchbook ready, a few tools, a rainy/sunny day, miracles happen.

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      Dotty Seiter

      September 20, 2023 at 5:08 am

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      Carol, yes! In a delightful précis, you have perfectly captured my experience!

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   Sheila Marie Delgado

   September 29, 2023 at 3:40 pm

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   So, so fun! I had to zoom into each one… like a lays potato chip, one just wasn’t enough! LOL. Love them all Dotty! 

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      Dotty Seiter

      September 29, 2023 at 6:17 pm

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      Love the Lays potato chip analogy, Sheila! Thanks! They were great fun to paint, and part of the appeal to me is their dwelling in a grid together.