Friday, 3-9-18. Sitting on the ground. 61 degrees, partly cloudy. 3:33 pm to 4:17 pm. Watercolor pencils.
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3-6-18 sketch at Tulip Grove
10:45 to 11:10 am, Tuesday morning before work. 59 degrees, sunny. I sat in my car and sketched while drinking coffee and eating cookies bought at the little café at the Hermitage.
Watercolor pencil.
Weekly sketch 3-2-18, Cheekwood
Cheekwood Botanical Garden, Friday 3-2-18, 1-2:30 pm. 56 degrees and sunny.
A brave day, I drove here by myself. I didn’t let the monsters in my head win. This is part of why I bought a membership here – to encourage me to go sketch.
This is the “Ruins” section – there are fragments of the original columns from the Tennessee Capital building, which was finished in 1854. The limestone columns didn’t endure the weather and started to decay. They were salvaged and brought here, to create a sort of small amphitheater.
(My scanner make the colors unusually bright and vivid)
scan 
And an unusual view of the Japanese section –
Photo of sketch-
scanned
SAAD angel sketch
Not far from the grave of Oliver Bland is the SAAD angel. Arabic? Calvary is a Catholic cemetery. The writing on the gravestone might be Arabic – I don’t know. It is beautiful.
Calvary cemetery 11/17/17 Friday, 1:05 pm, 59 degrees, sunny. Around sections 15 and 16.
My view on site.
Other views of the angel.
Views of the grave.
From my research, this is probably the grave of Marie Saad, buried 5-24-1927, age 30 years. This is section 15, lot 38, space 11 at Calvary cemetery, Nashville. There are several Saad family members nearby.
Books to inspire your artistic side.
Do you want start or become better at sketching? You can’t go wrong with these books –
The Art of Urban Sketching: drawing on location around the world by Gabriel Campanario
Urban Sketching: the complete guide to techniques by Thomas Thorspecken
The Creative License: giving yourself permission to be the artist you truly are by Danny Gregory
An Illustrated Life: drawing inspiration from the private sketchbooks of artists, illustrators and designers by Danny Gregory
Watercolor Journeys: create your own travel sketchbook by Richard Schilling
For inspiration, look at:
When Wanderers Cease to Roam: a traveler’s journal of staying put by Vivian Swift
Drawing from Memory by Allen Say
For mixed-media artistic experiments, try these –
Art Lab for Kids: 52 creative adventures in drawing, painting, printmaking, paper and mixed-media for budding artists of all ages by Susan Schwake
Drawing Lab for Mixed Media Artists – 52 creative exercises to make drawing fun by Carla Sonheim.
Also, look at anything by Keri Smith to get your head out of that rut. “Wreck this Journal” is a mandatory purchase.
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