Title: Draw & Sketch
Location: Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Description: Meet up with other artists (any age, medium, and talent welcome) for a morning of free drawing. Gather inspiration for new artwork to take back to the studio or simply come out and sketch with a group of people. This is a FREE event. Meet [...]

Title: Draw & Sketch
Location: Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Description: Meet up with other artists (any age, medium, and talent welcome) for a morning of free drawing. Gather inspiration for new artwork to take back to the studio or simply come out and sketch with a group of people. This is a FREE event. Meet [...]

The first drawing of the year brings me back to my initial love: child art! This pastel art work was all about the possibility of childhood and the daring view of seeing the world for the first time, with all it’s possibilities, regardless of the initial surroundings.

From initial quick sketch…to something more substantial…

to a more [...]

First step: Practice sketch and color scheme.
Final drawing being colored in.

“Sharing” :: 12×12″ pastel pencil on textured paper. 2009 Pia f. Walker

What harm could there be in simply, just, floating?

While the process of making art remains elementary, paint, its ever changing capabilities, as well as my own stories, will provide for a rich tapestry of future “firsts.”

Within calmness lies the foundation of self-confidence, of being assured of one’s own personality regardless of the place or situation.

Several stories began to take shape, and the flow to certain bodies, certain scenes appeared on the sketchbook pages.

The neon colors were outside my comfort zone. I worked tirelessly with whites to try to tone them down – yet was I being counterproductive?

The sketches from last week were waiting, simmering, strengthening themselves in my mind and in my hands.