Keeping Our Distance

Keeping our distance isn't easy is it? I've been texting and on video calls a lot this last week. And it's been good to catch up with friends and relatives I hadn't spoken to in a while.

One of the things that's keeping me sane is a nice long morning walk. The video above is from an old kid's camp that belongs to the town of Westford, MA. What a great place for a hike! I think I see some paintings here...

Another thing that's helping me is, you guessed it, painting. This time of year I'm usually painting my favorite nautical subjects from inside my studio. But this week I'm preparing to do a virtual demo for Anthi's Drawing Room in New Bedford, since the gallery is closed for the duration. You can tune in on Saturday any time between 2 and 3:30 PM on my Facebook page, Bobbi Heath, Artist to watch this live. I'll be painting a little boat like this one. I've also put a time lapse demo below to give you an idea of what that's like. I'll give a tour of my studio, and talk about how I choose the subject, lay it out, and create the painting.

You can see that drawing is pretty important for this kind of painting. And contrary to some thinking, drawing is not actually that hard. For those of you who'd like to give drawing a try, I've got something for you below. Download the line drawing file and print it out. Now turn it upside down (mast pointing downward) and place it on the table in front of you. Take a sheet of paper and a pencil and copy my drawing.

Now turn your drawing right side up and take a look. What do you think? The beauty of this exercise is, if you don't recognize what you're drawing, it's much easier to draw. By the way, this is also a great exercise for kids. And coloring the drawing is fun too.

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