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Suburbs

July 30, 2012 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

072412_snatick_ink

I’ve been using a sketchbook to look for outdoor painting locations that offer parking, shade and other necessities, along with the subject itself. The pen is liquid ink, made by Pilot, claims to be archival.

ABOVE: Houses, pen & moleskine, 5×8 in (13×20 cm), 07/24/12

072412_observatory

Observatory, pen & moleskine, 5×8 in (13×20 cm), 07/24/12

072912_greenhouse

Greenhouse, pen & cachet, 8 x10 in (20×25 cm), 07/29/12

072812_corot_ink

Went to the MFA to see the Katz portrait show; preferred the Corot, from whom Picasso — Gorky, Matisse, Porter, and many others — learned so much. Corot, pen & moleskine, 8×5 in (20×13 cm), 07/27/12

Filed Under: Drawing, Figure, Ink, Landscape Outdoor Tagged With: Corot, greenhouse, suburbs, wellesley

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