I'm Still Loving My Angels

"I have refused to live locked in the orderly house of reasons and proofs.  The world I live in and believe in is wider than that. And anyway, what’s wrong with Maybe?

You wouldn’t believe what once or twice I have seen. I’ll just tell you this: only if there are angels in your head will you ever, possibly, see one."

 

 From Felicity by Mary Oliver

I am a believer and a collector so doing these sketches fits I think.  I do a five minute graphite sketch every morning and another quick ink and watercolor in the afternoon.  I started following a workshop by Sue Kemnitz then started working from magazine poses.   Here's one of each, the afternoon angel is from a Land's End models pose.

 

"You might see an angel anytime and anywhere."

Mary Oliver continues ...

"Of course you have to open your eyes to a kind of  second level, but it’s not really hard."  The poem is from The Cottage By The Sea and I love the last stanza:  "I'll just leave you with this.  I don't care how many angels dance on the head of a pin.  It's enough to know that for some people they exist, and that they dance."

Maybe not exactly dancing but certainly having fun. Today's 10 minute angel is based on something Sue Kemnitz did that I wanted to try.  I see I have her left foot wrong but that doesn't bother me.  I'll try this again another time.  I usually start with an energy line but Sue started with her bloomers so I decided to give that a try.  I may have to try this again but not right away.  

My Land's End catalog came and while I'm not buying anything I did go through to look for poses to try.  We shall see what happens.

 

One More Angel

 This pose is based on a photo of my great aunt Juliet, one of my grandmother's siblings.  She was stylish and sketching her was fun.  I also spent an evening sketching heads.  Two pages worth and this is one of them.

I circled the hair I like best.  Do you agree?