Saturday, September 25, 2010

Saturday Is For Art: A few Pencil Drawings






Here is a drawing of a couple of houses in the Oregon District of Dayton, Ohio that were exhibited in the Old Court House on Main Street in downtown Dayton in November, 1995. The drawings were done on foam-core board with a drawing surface on one side in pencil. I used several different hardness of pencils. There are actually two separate drawings, but they become one piece when I inserted them in to the window frame that I savaged from my 2-family back in Cincinnati. The height of the drawing is 16 inches with an overall length of 44 inches. In 2004, I started another large pencil drawing, but put it aside for a few years before I went back to it and completed it in 2007. This piece I titled MY ICONS, and I placed it too in an old wood window that I savaged from the apartment I lived in when I worked in Columbus Ohio. I have always loved drawing and looking a drawings. Drawing with a pencil, as a little boy, was my first art work. Too bad I never saved any of those early pieces. : )

4 comments:

Naomi said...

Oh, Fred - your pencil drawings are just gorgeous! Really love the idea of using the window frame, too. Well done and kudos!

Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox said...

These drawings make me feel I am there! You are very adept at taking a keen eyed view of things. The bottom drawing is beautiful.
Kathryn

moneythoughts said...

Thanks Naomi. How is the new gallery doing? Any room for some small pieces of political satire?

moneythoughts said...

Thanks Kathryn. I haven't been writing a lot lately, but I do tune in to see your work. Wishing you continued success.