Hub and I stayed up half the night once last October in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina hunting for conch shells under a full moon with crazy mini flashlight things strapped to our heads. We only found an itty bitty one, so I bought this one in a souvenir shop before we came home. It still has sand in it! Yes, and a hole, but I don’t care. It’s a keeper. It lives on the windowsill in my office and reminds me that the beach lives and breathes several hours away. I can’t wait to get back there again.
What I learned:
- If you look at the inside of a conch shell, it is so freaking gorgeous. I mean, the whole thing is a work of art, but I could actually stare at the outer curved line that borders the inside of the shell. It’s sexy! (Yes, hub thought I was weird too, but wait til I draw this again from that viewpoint – oh, and get the lines and proportions right – it’s amazing.)
- There are so many colors in shells. They are amazing. Everything God makes is amazing. Seriously. Like, jaw-dropping-crazy amazing.
- I would love to be able to watercolor one of these, but I don’t even want to try it right now. But I will. Like sunsets. And sunrises. There are so many things I wanna be able to really do justice to in the watercolor medium. It’s an eternal challenge.
- This kind of curvy, spindly object is perfect for the Polychromos. My hand got tired trying to draw in about a million shading lines. But it was worth it.
Looking forward to drawing something with a heartbeat (yes, and feathers) for tomorrow. See you then.
You have inspired me to break open my box of colored pencils and start drawing again. Thank you for your daily meditations on art and life.
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I’m so glad to hear I’m inspiring someone! That is great news, and I’d love to see your work, if you ever felt like sharing. My email is createarteveryday@comcast.net. Enjoy!
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Another wonderful drawing. I love shells tool.
There are plenty of shells on the beaches in Avon…https://methodtwomadness.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/drawing-shells-1/
Also, all my Beach I Chings are photographed at the beach house in Avon last spring, from shells found on the beach.
Just stay a little farther south in the Outer Banks!
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haha, I’ve thought about staying in Avon, actually. Our daughter stayed there one year and liked it. Good suggestion! Thanks!
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This is beautiful! Some days ago I collected a lot of shells on the shore (not as pretty as yours though) and wondered what to do with them. Now I know: First, I will try to paint them 😊
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Yay! I can’t wait to see your paintings!
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