Ball-peen hammer
Posted: December 2, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 8 CommentsNo time to draw today but this was an extra one from another day.
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You did a good job of this. Aren’t tools such interesting still-life subjects? Particularly old ones… with scratches, gouges, knocks and corrosion. Let me suggest that, on a day when you have a little longer to draw, you try some power tools… the attached electrical cords add another layer of interest, depth and shadows (and they aren’t that hard to draw… the cords, I mean).
Yes, tools are beautiful still-life subjects. Now I will have to go hunting around in the basement for some interesting power tools. I’ll see what I can find.
Are you really going to do that or is this another one of those answers designed to placate annoying commenters? …like night-time sketches with head lamps, babies in terracotta pots or FAQ pages… the list goes on. : )
The suggestions that are on the “distinct possiblity” list are: FAQ section and power tools from your suggestions and Paintings for Sale from my list. On the “placated, hopefully” list are the night sketches with head lamps and the babies in the terracotta pots. And probably other stuff too.
OK, I can accept that… I may however start seeing a therapist to help me cope with life’s severe disappointments. And I guess that means that my suggestion of dressing up in the pirate outfit is on the not-a-chance-in-hell list?
And while we are discussing disillusionment… white gouache???!! Isn’t that heretical for people like you? Have you crossed to the “dark side”? I am guessing that next you will be doing paintings on an iPad. : )
Right about the pirate costume.
Right about the gouache. I don’t normally use it and used to lump it in the same category as frisket but I am coming around on this one. I could never have painted around snowflakes like I do with other white areas.
I tried painting on the ipad and on the ipod touch for a while but quickly gave up because of the tactile quality I was missing. I went back to this sketching thing because I wanted to work on paper. And except for today I am usually happy with paper.
Very nice. This hammer looks as if it has a history. I am embarking on a project to draw stuff that belonged to my Dad (born in 1900). I want our kids and their kids to not just have these things one day but to know about who made them.
You’re right Lee. This hammer does have a history. Of course it was my father’s.
I love the idea for your project and I think it will be very special for your kids and grandkids not just to know the history of the objects but to have the drawings too. How lucky they are to have you.