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This book is paperback sized (4-3/8" x 6-1/2") but with an inflexible board cover. As stated in the back cover blurb:
"Permabooks combine the virtues of handiness for the pocket and durability for the library shelf. They are selected with care to provide reliable books for education and recreation. Each has been printed from new plates and bound in boards with a special wear-resistant finish to add to its appearance and to prolong its life."
This hard cover format only lasted three years, with the publisher (Doubleday) switching to the standard paperback appearance in 1951.
There were mountains of snow on the tarmac at Boston's Logan Airport. More than 2 feet of snow had fallen in the days preceding. And a couple more feet fell in the days after my departure. As I write this, there is yet another blizzard gripping Boston. I arrived at the airport for my early morning flight hours before sunrise. February 3, 2015
The wall of the adobe we stayed in for a week in Tucson, Arizona, opened through a blue gate to a large mesquite tree. In the late afternoon, shadows sprawled across the adobe wall. I drew from inside the front screened porch, looking into the side yard. April 21, 2013
See more about this adobe wall in my Urban Sketcher Midwest post urbansketchers-midwest.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-adobe-wal...
This performance space, at the Hearst Center for the Arts here in Cedar Falls, Iowa, has lovely floor to ceiling windows on either side of the back of the stage, that look out on woods and the Center's sculpture garden. Tomorrow I will be drawing at the Hearst with the public invited to join in for the 2nd of 3 artist residencies I have scheduled in conjunction with my current exhibit, Drawing the Town. flic.kr/s/aHsjDHxc1R Today was a warm up.
I have fond associations of this hall over the years. My daughter, a clarinetist, performed her graduation recital here as a high school senior 7 years ago. Without music, it is a calm and meditative space. February 20, 2013
We stayed for 10 days on Beals Island, a commercial lobster fishing community of Downeast Maine. Our rental house was right on the water, with a view of the channel and the the comings and goings of the fishing fleet. August 25, 2014
Last drawing from my Hawai'i journey. On the flight back to the mainland, Honolulu to Los Angeles, we were upgraded to Business Class! Strewn on our food trays were fresh orchids. July 17, 2014
Features of my Moleskine Notebook. It is because of such details that I love this pocketsize notebook. No other notebook compares to a Moleskine.
Sketching my fellow BART passengers, on my way to and from my daughter's. I never know how long I'll have before they reach their stop. November 21, 2025
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The young woman, who had raised this cow from birth and had brought if to the Iowa State Fair to show, was taken aback that I was doing such an "unflattering" drawing of her prize bovine. (I thought the curve of the spine as it became the rope of tail were splendid.) August 16, 2019
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A second floor balcony wrapped around 2 sides of the Balinese designed house where we stayed on the Big Island of Hawai'i for 2 weeks. This door opened over the tidal, hot pond below and the rainforest vegetation. July 7, 2014.
A car door stashed between two garages has a tree growing up through the window. A discarded heating oil tank is also jammed in there. I am on a quest to find interesting things in the alleyways in my Cedar Falls, Iowa neighborhood. I'm also interested in hidden places. April 18, 2015
See other black & white sketches of my town in this blog post: www.urbansketchers.org/2015/05/black-white-traveling-ligh...
A railroad track runs through my old town neighborhood of Cedar Falls, Iowa. Used infrequently, it carries coal to the coal burning plant at Cedar Falls Utilities. May 12, 2015
See more black & white sketches of my town in this blog post www.urbansketchers.org/2015/05/black-white-traveling-ligh...
This is No. 470 of my abstract series
It is named: “A portable alien device: a pocket-size dimension bender an object that can make peepholes to other alternative future (just kidding it is a pointless pointillistic artwork)”
The media: ballpoint and acrylics on metal
Peace and noise!
/ MushroomBrain a quantized art-creator
WARNING! There are to many kings in the world! Not a sigle reigning Queen at national state level! And a golden Crown is being made for Gollum at the first nation! Nostradude dammus might have said this!
From the driveway of the house where we stayed for 9 days in Montecito, California, the space between two white trunked eucalyptus trees captivated me. February 9, 2015
For me, doing winter landscapes means looking out from inside. Here, southeast from my living room window in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Preliminary sketch for Nightfall after Snowfall. January 26, 2016 Here's the more developed gouache drawing flic.kr/p/CGXPyH
I thought I'd finish the day with this cheeky little chappy I met the other day, and wish you all a wonderful weekend.
....And I hope any snow this weekend is only fun and not too dangerous.
In Cedar Falls, Iowa, train tracks cross First Street, then go into a scrappy woods. There, below street level and without leaves on the trees yet, I discovered a limestone arch in the train track embankment through which a creek flows. This stone relic was probably built in the 1880s from Stone City, Iowa's Anamosa limestone (the same stone used to build Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in 2003.) I did this quick sketch on April 13, 2015. And then went back the next day to do a more developed color drawing in wax pastel.
In the Sheep Barn at the Iowa State Fair 2019. A man grooms his sheep in preparation for showing (right). Once all cleaned and spiffed up, a sheep is cloaked to keep it nice until led into the show ring. August 16, 2019
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Perhaps the smallest and lightest 6x9 camera with a rangefinder ever manufactured (about 700 grams as measured on the kitchen scales). Series VI hood does not interfere with any camera operations. The four element coated Solinar lens has good contrast and is very sharp at f/11 and f/16 and closes down to f/32, where it is still sharp. Except for a Tessar on a pre-war Ikonta, this is the sharpest lens I've tested on a 6x9 folder. There is a self timer for those selfie addicts in the audience. The shutter release button is threaded for a standard cable release. Agfa made these cameras 1953-56, a relatively short period.
Its unusual to have a shutter on a 6x9 camera that goes to 1/500th but almost a requisite for using ISO 400 film. [ N.B.: At 1/500th, the shutter speed must be set before the shutter is cocked!] .
Rangefinder and viewing windows are the same. The uncoupled rangefinder overlap-image seems small but its easily visible and has good contrast. The distances are marked in meters, as is the lens. The actual negative size is 57 x 87 mm, a tiny bit larger than most 6x9 cameras.
Red film window causes fog on occasion, you must be careful to not let sunlight strike it directly even with ISO 100 film. There is a useful depth-of-field display on top right hand dial (with 105mm, the DOF is less than you might expect). A red indicator shows that film has been advanced; an interlock prevents accidental double exposure.
Agfa’s synthetic bellows are notorious for developing pinholes but this one is leather, someone replaced the original some time ago.
A test shot of a landscape with this camera/lens is several images forward in my photostream, and other landscapes shot with it. Old glass is wonderful!
Looking the opposite direction on the same alleyway as "Apple Tree on the Alleyway"
This was the last drawing in pocket-size Moleskine that I started on July 10, 2014. October 5, 2014. See more about this alleyway in my Urban Sketcher Blog post www.urbansketchers.org/2014/10/south-then-north-same-ceda...
I traveled to Baltimore to see this much revered artist's work at the Baltimore Museum of Art. After three hours of absorbing myself in this vast exhibit, I sat in one of the galleries to sketch. May 12, 2022
I find that when I sketch and write down the recipe, I remember how to cook it next time.
watercolor sketch in a pocketsize Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.
Stationed outside of the large animal barns at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines are mounted horses, their rider at the ready with a lasso, just in case a cow, hog, goat, or sheep escapes and needs to be rounded up. August 16, 2019
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First steps with my new Panasonic DMC-TZ10.
A giant in pocketsize, bringing back good memories of my old FZ18.....
Have a great weekend my friends!
I'll catch up later on today.
These three volumes from a set of twelve have been adorned with fore-edge paintings. The fore-edge is the outside edge that a reader would use to thumb through the pages. In order to view the painting, the leaves of the book must be fanned, exposing the edges of the pages and thereby the painting.
Little Saint Simons Island is a private Island off the southern Georgia coast. Undeveloped, accept for the eco-Lodge that hosts about 20 guests at a time, it's a nature lover's paradise. Shell-packed Beach Road connects the Hunting Lodge compound (where all the guests stay) with Main Beach. It's 2 miles, some of it with the salt marsh on both sides of the road. I use the fat-tired bike with front and back baskets for my art materials that they supply to get around. January 3. 2015
At the Legion of Honor restaurant, she intently worked on solving the puzzle. November 6, 2024
Secon to last page of this Moleskin
Steady rain all morning and into the afternoon. My husband wanted to open the windows a bit to un-fog the glass, to see out better. I wanted to capture this late winter phenomenon, so he had to wait. If it were below freezing, it would be frost on the windows. March 10, 2013
Take a look at my story on Urban Sketchers Midwest: Unrelenting Winter, Waiting for Spring
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We went to Martin McDonagh's black comedy "Hangmen" on Broadway. We sat in the third row, stage left. As the other theater-goers took their seats, I drew the opening scene's set--the jail cell where a hanging will soon take place. May 13, 2022
Time to renew my license. Too bad it was such a short wait. I was up for doing more drawings. July 13, 2015
On Little St. Simons Island, to get to the boardwalk and wildlife viewing platform at Goose Pond, I pushed my bike through ankle deep puddles and mud. It was well worth the slog: apparently, in winter, it's THE place for the American alligators to congregate in the placid, brackish water. I saw at least five floating about, their bulbous eyes on top of their heads trained on my every move. Lots of white ibis, too, on the far bank. And the ever-present vultures overseeing it all from the scrub. January 5, 2015
A familiar scenario if one travels by air, especially in winter. Everyone on their devices or looking tired and disgusted, like the guy on the right. This was at Chicago O'Hare airport two weeks ago, on my return home to Iowa. The good news: the flight finally took off (3 hours late). The bad news: the gate agent didn't know what was going on and announced every ten minutes of those 3 hours that boarding was going to start momentarily. January 11, 2016
The church that Georgia O'Keefe made famous. This is the front. It was the back apse that she memorialized. June 5, 2016
Jan. 31, 2022
Beautiful day! Visited the Cannery. Laundry drying with a red umbrella. Nearby people are setting up for Chinese New Year.
Moleskine watercolor sketchbook, pocketsize
Once again, sketching from the TV screen for the final game of the World Series. The San Francisco Giants won the Series. The Kanas City Royals (who I was rooting for) lost by one point. It was the most exciting World Series I've ever watched! October 29, 2014
Glad I had my sketchbook kit with me. While waiting for the tow truck to take our broken down car, I took the opportunity to sketch.
Sacramento is known for its palm trees. I'm just so fascinated by them.
Moleskine watercolor sketchbook, pocketsize
Outside: the notable shark fin El Salto Mountain, part of the southern extension of the Rockie Mountains known as the Sangro de Cristo Mountains. June 5, 2016
On a hike to the beach at Point Reyes, California--I tried to capture a place with just one line. I ended up with more. April 27, 2016
During my morning walk, I captured these pine trees which are common.
moleskine watercolor sketchbook, pocketsize
A lot of the time, when talking on IM with friends, I ask them something, or ask for a favour, or ask for them to send me something, the one word that they always say is this:
Hang on
So I sit here, on this side of the computer screen, hanging on. But I always wonder what I should hang on to. I am always tempted to ask them what I should hang on to.
I did once, out of curiosity. And that friend told me to hang on to the table.
Not too happy about this 365 photo. I know it could've been a lot better, but these days I've been really short for time. So I'm trying my best to hang on, because psychologically, I'm right on the edge of the cliff trying to hang on for dear life! Argh! So much stuff to do! So little time!
I attended Let's Draw Davis sketchcrawl this past weekend. We met at the library. I decided to do a montage of sketches on a pocketsize sketchbook. It worked but next I'll stick to one sketch per page.
Now that people know I'm interested in drawing vintage trailers and campers, they're telling me where to find them in my Cedar Falls, Iowa neighborhood. This one is permanently parked in the driveway and being lived in. There are antlers on the front! May 27, 2015
See other black & white sketches of my town in this blog post www.urbansketchers.org/2015/05/black-white-traveling-ligh...