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"Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?"

2/27/2020

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In the words of the immortal Cranberries song...
Manga style portrait.

--KAR, February 27, 2020
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Head of a Woman/Nymph

2/27/2020

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From a ~1920s sketch (?)

--KAR, February 17, 2020
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Bengal Clock Vine (Thunbergia Grandiflora)

2/27/2020

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Flower (sketch for painted image). The original is an extraodrinary sky blue color, with white, and then an intense yellow, center.

​--KAR, February 16, 2020
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J. J. Sempé's “Reading Group."

2/27/2020

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My mother often noted that my father and I always draw "mean eyes." I don't agree. I think it's "guileless" that I myself have a problem with. Sempé is pretty much the master of guileless.

I am fond of his early Le Petit Nicholas series (written by Ren
é​ Goscinny, and illustrated by Sempé). This illustration is taken from a New Yorker cover. My subscription has lapsed, & I am missing my weekly dose of clever cartooning.

--KAR, February 17, 20
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Vernal Equinox/Transitional-Coat Hare

2/27/2020

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​One day before Vernal Equinox. I am ready to put the winter behind me!

--KAR, March 20, 2019
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Art Nouveau Borders

2/27/2020

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Needed some borders, this ended up being the day's doodle. The art nouveau stained glass book I was working from was less inspirational than I had expected.

​--KAR, February 15, 2019
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Vladimir Kanevsky

2/27/2020

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European dating!  This one looks to a Vladimir Kanevsky postcard. Kanevsky was a prolific Russian watercolorist during Soviet rule. He did many deceptively simple (really, I think, masterful!) watercolors of  winter forest animals.

​ --KAR, February 9, 2019
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Fierce Animal Face

2/27/2020

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Carved wooden mask/animal head. Permanent collection, Gardner Museum (of course, everything in this museum's collection is supposed to be permanent--it's written into the museum charter). I was about to give an elaborate explanation for the speed with which I executed this drawing. The light was failing as I worked, a big frustration. But... that is totally not the point of these dailies. They are SUPPOSED to be... unapologetic blurts.(Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA)

-- KAR, February 17, 2019
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Pencil Study/Winter Tree

2/27/2020

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Trying to remember how to use pencils. Tree in winter. ​

​~KAR, February 13, 2019
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Ukrainian Chicken

2/27/2020

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From a painted tray. Original with black ground.

--KAR, February 17, 2019
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