The Art & Poetry of Mary Coleman

Wednesday Today I worked on the other hand and the rest of the right sleeve. This is going to take a very long time to finish as I seem to be only able to do small sections of the suit at a time. Tomorrow I won’t have time to paint…

8:30am Today is the Columbia Gorge Marathon and I am currently waiting for it to start. They are serving bagels and peanut butter with honey for breakfast so I’m having some of that. There are a lot of dogs here because it is a dog run as well (they start…

I worked on the hand, face, and arm of the little girl today. The day was fairly busy so I didn’t have time to do anymore than this. Monday I will tackle the sweatshirt and tee shirt poking out underneath. This was my first time painting African skin, and I’m…

Today I did the background. It took a couple coats to get it really solid. Some areas look like they still need some more paint. Tomorrow I tackle the child’s head, hand, and arm. I ran a 5k today. It was a slow run, but I felt heavy on my…

I finished the drawing this morning. FINALLY I’m through with the worst part of the painting process. The whole thing took 4 hours to do. Now it’s time for the enjoyable part, actual painting. Tomorrow I’ll fill in the background which will require a couple of layers to get it…

Today I did the other arm of the suited figure and his lower body. It took a long time as the suit is full of wrinkles and is much harder to draw than the body of the girl I did yesterday who is just in a loose sweatshirt. I did…

Today I drew the lines onto the canvas using the grid and took a Ritalin to help get started with the process because I hate doing it so much. It took a really long time to get anywhere and I’m only about a third of the way finished. I planned…

I started a new painting. It’s another PPE one. Here is the outline of the photograph ready to be transferred onto the canvas. It’s going to be 16×20 inches because I have a frame free for that size. All those lines are going to be hard to draw accurately onto…

I didn’t do any art today. It’s been 10 days of doing art every day and I need a day off or I’ll burn myself out. My next goal is another Bosch study on the iPad. I need a break from PPE work. Also I am giving up Inktober and…

I did not do Inktober today. Tomorrow I will do two drawings, but today I really wanted to focus on finishing my painting. All I had left was the glove and originally I split that into two days, but I figured if I put some extra time in today I…

Today I worked on the knee a bit because I wasn’t happy with it and I did the long sleeve of her shirt. Tomorrow I plan to start the glove and I will finish it on Thursday and then the whole thing will be done. After that I will try…

Here are my Inktober drawings for day 6 & 7

I painted the knees today. I was pretty tired after the race and didn’t feel like doing much. Overall I have been pretty happy with this painting and where it’s going. This PPE series has been a real challenge so far, but I’ve been surprising myself and am have not…

It was chilly yesterday. The house runs really cool usually which is good during summer because we rarely need to use air conditioning, but in the winter and fall, it is really cold, and there is almost no insulation, so heating the house and keeping it warm is an expensive…

Today’s Inktober prompt was “spell” so I did someone casting a spell with a wand (how imaginative). Not very happy with my drawing ability still. It’s very hard to do it, but the more I practice the better I’ll get. I haven’t been seeking out art to look at because…