Three More Sketches from My Attic Discovery

Oh, I’m so glad I found these; I really was wondering what happened to the first one, which was a colored pencil study for a color woodcut that I never made.  The second sketch was an ink study for a single-color (B/W) woodcut that I did make, which came out well.  The third image was just an ink sketch of an in-progress painting in my tiny studio setup in the tiny house I shared with a roommate in 1988.  I did complete two paintings like that in the sketch — very colorful ones.  🙂

Study for Stargazer and Tiger Lilies Colored Pencil sketch 9″ x 12″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn
Study for Speed Laces Pen and Ink sketch 9″ x 12″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn
Abstract Painting in Progress Pen and Ink sketch 12″ x 9″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn

A Few More Scribbles and Sketches

It’s been so long since I packed these away, I forgot that I’d ever drawn them.

There’s nothing spectacular to be seen here, which is probably why I’d never made digital images of these before.  The bedroom curtain scene was clearly left unfinished, but I am rather fond of the kitchen scene – I still have the covered cheese board, copper pepper mill, copper double boiler, and Romertopf clay cooker, and they all still get lots of use!

Kitchen Still Life Pencil sketch 8″ x 10″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn
Light Through the Window Pencil sketch 9″ x 12″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn
Tree Trunk Pencil sketch 12″ x 9″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn

More Old Sketches Found in the Attic

Here are three more early, early sketches for Caturday — they were all done necessarily quickly, many years ago.  I’ve been searching for the first one for years!

Sleeping Roomie Pen and Ink sketch 12″ x 9″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn
Sleeping Cat Pencil sketch 12″ x 9″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn 

 

 

Two Cats
Pencil sketch
12″ x 9″
© 1988 Marilyn Fenn

A Few More Very Early Sketches

More from my attic discovery…these remind me that when I was first learning to draw, I hadn’t yet begun to understand the idea of telling a better story, visually, by leaving out unneeded detail. That stone house – oy! Not great, a suggestion of stonework strongly drawn in places would have been so much better.

Of course, this was during my first drawing class, in the hot Austin summer, so perhaps I can be forgiven for being a bit heat-addled.

Beach House, Padre Island Pencil sketch 9″ x 12″ © 1988 Marilyn Fenn
Laguna Gloria Museum Pencil sketch 8″ x 10″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn
Stone House, Austin Pencil sketch 8″ x 10″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn

Found Sketches from Way Back

I’ve been working in our “new” attic room — sorting through so many boxes, and finding wonderful stuff among tons of junk.  In one of the 26 boxes stored in the attic that contained previously unknown content — boxes that I just sorted through — I found 18 sketches from my early college art classes. I’ve been searching for some of these for years, though I’d forgotten about some of the others. I’m so happy to have found these!

They’re not awesome, but I was just learning to draw — and I had a lot to learn — so bear with me.  Here are 3 sketches from my first drawing class after returning to school to study art:

Stuffed Animals in a Basket Pencil sketch 10″ x 8″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn
Still Life Study with Tennis Shoes Pencil sketch 8″ x 10″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn
Still Life Study with Blue Jeans and Tennis Shoes Pencil sketch 8″ x 10″ © 1985 Marilyn Fenn