The Sax

The Sax
Graphite on bristol, 11x14
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Well, this is really getting back to my roots!  This traditional drawing in graphite is in the very exact style that comes so natural to me.  With all of the highlights and shadows on the shiny brass - there is an abundance of detail work on this instrument!  I love music of all kinds, playing the piano from early grade school on.  My children have all played something - guitar, clarinets, electric guitar, violin, and I have probably left something out!  Drawing and painting musical instruments is also very appealing to me.  It is the very act of looking so closely to an object, then transferring that to paper or panel.  This is completely done with the softest of pencils - the 8B, which is also water-soluable.  This piece makes 711 in 711 days!

Tenor Sax

Tenor Sax
Graphite on bristol, 12x16

Music has always been a big part of my life.  When I was only in second grade, I started piano lessons.  I continued them for many years, finally able to play many of the classics by Bach, Beethoven, Clementi - my all time favorite, and Mozart.  I loved the music, and loved the way it made me feel to hear the notes rise up from the piano my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother had played.  My husband, oldest son and youngest daughter play classical guitar, all three sons played the clarinet, oldest daughter first played the electric guitar and now plays the violin.  My Aunt Diana can play any instrument, my father played the organ (under duress), and many more relatives with various other instruments.  This sax was a very complicated thing to draw.  Shadows and highlights defined the surfaces - and there are SO many different planes!  This is the 612th artwork in as many days :)