Monday, August 06, 2012

Two Drawings From Cape Cod

Katherine Kean, Cape Cod, Chatham Beach, drawing, graphite, clouds, atmosphere, mood
Cape Cod, Chatham Beach sketch Katherine Kean
Here are a couple of drawings inspired by a recent trip to Cape Cod. The sky was very hazy and soft, but through the haze I could barely make out massive cloud shapes. There is something about the soft shapes and scant beach grasses and the people looking so tiny in the distance that I like to paint.

Katherine Kean, Cape Cod, Chatham Beach, drawing, graphite, clouds, atmosphere, mood
Cape Cod, Chatham Beach sketch Katherine Kean
I was not imagining the clouds. Later on a thunderstorm blew in. Everything darkened and then it poured. The temperature up until then had been in the 90s and it dropped about 30 degrees. Ah, thank you rain!
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8 comments:

Kathryn Hansen said...

i love your sketches Katherine! very moody...almost looks like they are created on vellum, but it must be your technique!

10:07 AM
Katherine Kean said...

Thanks Kathryn! These are on Aquabee sketch paper. In this case I think it's the photography that makes that vellum look. There wasn't much light and my lines are light, all of it adds to the grayness.

11:05 AM
Lynne E. Windsor said...

Love the drawings Katherine! How lovely to be at Cape Cod!

1:57 PM
Pujdak said...

Katherine

One artist to another - you should do more sketches a series if you will and exhibit - they are extremely good - I like them and the feel they give - the density in the stroke ect..do more please

Nick

7:37 PM
Katherine Kean said...

Thanks Lynne - it was lovely!

7:46 PM
Katherine Kean said...

Thank you Nick.

I know there'll be more. If I ever show them, I'll be sure to let you know. Thanks for your vote of confidence!

7:48 PM
Jean Spitzer said...

Beautiful, evocative drawings.

10:09 AM
Katherine Kean said...

Thanks Jean.

10:13 AM

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