porcelain box

my final post of 2008...
Thanks everyone who visited my blog this year and left comments. It is much appreciated.

avocado & pear

a study of texture and light

lemon on linen (detail)

jade frog

HB & B graphite pencils.
I bought this jade frog while in Chicago's China Town back in the early 90's.

acorn squash

2H pencil, B pencil and black Prismacolor pencil

red leaf

I forgot how poorly reds scan. Maybe I will try photographing the painting instead. The original painting has a much broader range of pretty reds.

Illustration Friday - "Wise" (kate's leaf)

(in my watercolor Moleskine)

"While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, winter and summer, and day and night shall not cease." - Genesis 8:22

There is wisdom in remembering that there is a purpose for every season in our lives and it is all part of a bigger plan for us.

little brown leaf - november

watercolor study

banana

note: I gave in and ate the banana as I was posting tonite.

autumn's apples

"McIntosh"...the way I prefer my apples and my computer. : )
I used only a 2B pencil. I find it challenging to draw with a natural light source on days like this when the weather is blustery and the sun keeps popping in and out from behind heavy clouds.

Onion

Maybe tomorrow I will add some garlic...

glass bottle

Study of a glass bottle in my watercolor Moleskine. I made this study for a sketchbook class I was teaching this past summer. (Unfortunately, not all of the values were picked up on my rickety little tabletop scanner.)

small box (illustration friday - "vacant")

office supplies

©Kathleen Rietz

autumn oak

The leaf was drying and curling right before my eyes as I was trying to draw it....a real challenge, but one I sort of enjoyed.

golden eggs

an older drawing....a study for one of the art classes I taught last year.

Welcome to my new Moleskine Sketch Blog!

"A Lovely Pair"
"Red Glazed Bowl"
"Leftovers"
quick study of limes
a mosaic coaster I made in 2003 and drew in 2008
loose study of limes and tomato using a wide graphite stick