Eden Park and Daydreams...

This morning I woke up and met my friend over in Eden Park for a little figure drawing, well, I was figure drawing and Lauren decided she was not in the mood so was cross-word puzzling, but stayed still enough that I could sketch her. It was nice. I have found Lauren has become my art pal out here and is fairly willing to make time to go out drawing when prompted. In ways, I am striving to create a group of people who also like making art, similar to what I found with The Starving Artist, or who would like to just get out and go sketching. I find this is a great way to spend time together and develop my art skill set, or just cater to my persistent need to draw. So far this, and last month I have successfully met my goal of three sketches a week despite the fact some of these sketches may be as basic as beds from Pottery Barn's magazines. It is still drawing and observing so I count the effort.

Tuesday is my day off this week, and while I find it challenging to find people who also share week days off, I am comtemplating taking the time to do an outdoor oil day. I am not nearly prepared for this (ie. no outdoor easle or turp) but I like the idea all the same and may resort to my watercolor kit anyways. The leaves are changing and some are ripe with color. I can imagine what they might be like in New Hampshire about now too, though it seems there should be one more week before they reach their prime. As I have been drooling over this concept, I thought about travel easles... and below one can see the one I presently am in love with (found on dickblick.com). Someone I was speaking with pointed out if I get one for outdoors, I can still use it in my room, despite it's smaller size. Brilliant idea!