Category Archives: art

Georges Lemmen

Posted by melydia on November 1, 2017 None comments

Georges Lemmen is one of those painters I discovered by clicking Wikipedia links from painters I’d heard of.

Gustave Courbet

Posted by melydia on October 30, 2017 1 comments

Gustave Courbet was a brilliant painter but wow, some of his paintings are NSFW.

Wickliffe Church

Posted by melydia on July 11, 2017 None comments

I took advantage of the gorgeous weather on Mothers Day to visit a mostly inactive church in Berryville: Wickliffe Church.

Pilot Metropolitan

Posted by melydia on July 10, 2017 None comments

My friend Angela gave me a Pilot Metropolitan fountain pen. And I love it, even if I cannot get within three feet of it without getting ink all over myself. One night I decided to play with it for a while by drawing assorting pictures of my cat, Hook.

May 34th

Posted by melydia on July 8, 2017 None comments

This is what happens when you forget the month has changed until you’ve already written the last one. So you go for technically correct which, as we all know, is the best kind of correct.

George Washington Birthplace National Monument

Posted by melydia on July 7, 2017 None comments

The weather was lovely at George Washington Birthplace National Monument. The house on the grounds was inspired by architecture of the time period (in other words, based on nothing in particular). The foundation of the real house was found about 100 feet away. Still, I enjoyed sketching one of the few houses George Washington never slept in.

Hidden Julle’s Cafe

Posted by melydia on July 6, 2017 None comments

I was in Haymarket for a doctor appointment, and since I wasn’t going to work that day I figured I’d kill some time to wait out morning traffic before heading back home. So I enjoyed some breakfast at Hidden Julle’s Cafe, which was good. I also had bulletproof coffee for the first time. Surprisingly tasty! And then, in desperate need of a nap but knowing I’d rather sit in a cafe than in my car, I drew the flower arrangement on the table.

Motorcycle

Posted by melydia on June 29, 2017 None comments

This is what happens when you don’t plan your space well enough. As I sat outside Union Market waiting for my husband who was at a Nintendo Switch demo, I drew this lovely motorcycle in front of me. When I was nearly finished, a family sat down at my table, one of them directly in between me and what I was drawing. Good thing I was almost finished.