Corner Bakery Cafe, Wauwatosa 9x12 pencil 11/17/17

San Laurio Cafe, Muskego 9x12 pencil

Last picture started as I was waiting at the bank. Soon as I started drawing they took me.

St Johns Ev Luth Church 3x5 pen

Expresso Love Cafe, Mukwonago 8.5x11 pencil 11/3/17

starbucks brookfield 4x6 pen & 8.5x11 pencil 10/27/17

The light is very blue in photos at this time of year

breakfast bowl 4x6 pencil

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

drawing table 4x6 pencil

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

4x6 knight pencil 10/23/17

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

 also a pen drawing started that day

3x5 night-time in pic n save parking lot 2/6/16

found this floating around so taped in to 4x6 book

marinette 4x6 pen

Dino Town 4x5 pencil 10/19/17

Pterodactyl 4x6 pencil 10/17/17

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

Just scanning these.

Racing Rex 4x6 pencil 10/16/17

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

3x5 pen sketch 14th st 10/16/17

Dino Baby 4x6 pencil 10/15/17

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

Renaissance Words, 4x6 Pencil 10/14/17

Practice from Mark Kistler's "Imagination Station"

8.5x11 pencil, Marinette 9/20/17

 Sun, Shadows, Reflections.

Gearhead 9x12 collage/acrylic

for Martini Girls "Steam Punk Junque" Exhibit
at ArtBar Riverwest
Opening Reception September 1, 6-9pm

Greendale Village Acrylic Sketches 7/20/17

I actually started with the 9x12 sketch but was enjoying painting the rocks so much that I started a rock drawing. Rocks were painted with Paynes Gray and Burnt Sienna with very little white.

WinchesterAcrylic Sketches 7/13-14/17

6x8

8x6

8x8

Winchester is near Presque Isle in Wisconsin

East Troy 4x6 pen sketches 6/29/17

I got here earlier than Vivian and Terry so decided to do a few pen sketches, then never got around to painting.

hoyt park bridge 9x12 pencil 6/22/17

Tried downloading google's photoscan to my iphone but it's "not compatible with the device"
Then tried Genius Scan for documents. Got a pdf but it missed the lighter pencil marks, so ended up taking a picture and straightening it out.

Quite a few of us showed up, Carol, Mark, Cindy, Gary K...

ways to correct keystoning/ perspective in photoshop elements

I've been using the scanner for little pictures but larger pictures just don't work. I cannot take a square picture so I always have to correct it.
Here are some links for that:

• https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-fix-keystone-issues-in-photoshop-elements/
• https://digital-photography-school.com/correcting-perspective-in-photoshop-and-photoshop-elements/
• http://www.essential-photoshop-elements.com/straighten-leaning-buildings.html
• http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-editing/keystoning/

A lot more messing around than in my old photoshop program but still doable.

Secret Knowledge by David Hockney

Secret Knowledge
rediscovering the lost techniques of the old masters
by David Hockney
isbn: 0-670-03026-0

Very interesting book. Lots of examples. He presents his case that many of the old masters probably used optical devices such as the camera lucida to make their paintings. He shows subtle clues from the paintings that indicate that optical devices were used. He also recreates experiments showing the effect of optical devices on sketches and paintings.

4x6 pen sketches, hart park