I love to create.
I've been thinking I'll do another watercolor series
of Huntington locations.
My last one was in 2015-
30 Paintings in 30 Days
Here's one of those...
Then in February while shopping for drapery panels, I spied this print of a 1928 Paris sketch, and it spoke to me, so I brought it home for inspiration.
The artist used pastels (I think).
I want to work in watercolor and ink...
Hmmm.
Then my sorority sister and friend, Marsha, shared the website of an amazing artist, https://elizabethwadestudio.com/
who does campus maps like this one:
Elizabeth has many college campus maps (not Marshall),
plus other cool, creative stuff on her website, and
I found many other artists
who have their take on campus maps.
I was soooo inspired.
BUT, I needed one more thing...
no, not more art supplies, though I did
order more art supplies from 4 different websites.
That is a KNOWN DELAY TACTIC when you're afraid.
No, I needed...
Toby.
He's the most encouraging, pleasant, inspirational
sketching teacher a woman could ask for.
Here's a link to his teaching goodness:
https://www.youtube.com/@TobySketchLoose
I've put all this inspiration together,
and I've started my sketching practice.
This is Freshman South Hall
from a photo on the MU website.
It's messy,
but it's a beginning;
I had fun,
and I like it.
My plan is to create
a Marshall University campus map
of colorful little (very little) sketches,
as well as, larger individual sketch-like watercolors
of Marshall buildings, etc.
I'm not sure how long this project will take me, or
where it will take me, but
I'm so ready for some FABULOUS ART FUN
as this adventure unfolds.
Stayed tuned for my progress.
Thanks for following along,
Linda
