tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post1002045084268557022..comments2023-09-17T05:06:45.217-04:00Comments on Dan's Canvas: Out and AboutDan Kenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-59042635751414958432013-03-08T17:38:59.846-05:002013-03-08T17:38:59.846-05:00Great post. Thanks for sending me to it!Great post. Thanks for sending me to it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-41657796299514135292011-02-20T08:37:54.013-05:002011-02-20T08:37:54.013-05:00funny sketch of the lade. And very interesting and...funny sketch of the lade. And very interesting and informative to see and read what you carry around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-85096299246702519672011-02-19T18:41:07.445-05:002011-02-19T18:41:07.445-05:00Love your sketches of people.
I also love to see...Love your sketches of people. <br /><br />I also love to see people's tools.magpiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16413562301341155670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-91659026777859129162011-02-11T11:15:38.428-05:002011-02-11T11:15:38.428-05:00Love this post, Dan!
Thanks so much for sharing wi...Love this post, Dan!<br />Thanks so much for sharing with us<br />:)ANAIS G. BURGOShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13445145172853443836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-30230400487449671732011-01-29T23:50:47.389-05:002011-01-29T23:50:47.389-05:00Pretty good... the sketches and the post.. and tha...Pretty good... the sketches and the post.. and thanks for posting a pic of your paint set too.. this is a nice idea; keeping the labels of the paints against their positions!Shalinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550080769261275991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-80751337954214718192011-01-26T21:19:05.687-05:002011-01-26T21:19:05.687-05:00I love all of your comments - thanks so much - the...I love all of your comments - thanks so much - they are so fun and interesting!! <br /><br />Hallie - I see absolutely no difference between the colors I put in empty pans from tubes and the pan colors. Both work the same way - I dampen them when I need them and that is all. The difference I was told about (which makes sense) is that when doing larger works, since you can squeeze out more pigment from a tube, you can make a larger quantity of paint to work on the larger surface.<br /><br />Captain Elaine - Check out my post at http://danscanvas.blogspot.com/2010/05/fish-meets-girls-dzan-meets-pamo-sss.html where I state three different ways I created skin tones. Lately I've been using the brown madder plus raw sienna with a touch of cobalt blue, alot. For African Americans you can start with the Caucasian skin tone - this can be highlights, and then add something like burnt umber and other lighter browns for middle tones. <br /><br />Peggy - I don't know how long I sit there - varies from drawing to drawing, and I am in a different timeless zone anyway. Not long. Could be 5 minutes, 10 or 20 if they stick around - dunno.<br /><br />Celeste - I do not see you as a bag lady! But I did have one - only one - girl look askance at me - I could read her mind - she was wondering if I had a clutch purse. Jeeeez. If most people looked at me that way I'd ditch the whole thing.<br /><br />Alex - They <i>are</i> excuses! I venture to say that I have less time than almost anybody! I sketch or paint while I eat on my lunch break usually.<br /><br />Cheryl - Good for you!! It's addictive!<br /><br />MHH - Thanks for coming and for thinking that my lady is the BOMB!<br /><br />Raena - What a riot - crack spackle! Too funny! What is most amazing about our different pallets on the same page is the colors end up looking exactly the same anyway!<br /><br />Ellen - I seem to remember your comment too. It is not brave to do what I do. Brave is walking up to someone and saying "Can I draw you?" like Wil does in Canada. <i>That</i> is brave! I prefer my cowardly approach. I don't care if someone sees me sketching another. They become my partner in crime. God forbid my target sees me though. lol. <br /><br />Nancy - I don't always bring my paints with me either. I usually either sketch, or paint. I bring both when I don't know what I want to do that day.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-2470575952593886242011-01-26T18:24:53.704-05:002011-01-26T18:24:53.704-05:00Now that's weird...I know I posted a comment h...Now that's weird...I know I posted a comment here a couple of days ago. I wonder where it went. Hmmm... Anyway, I like your display of art supplies and love your bag. Love the drawing of the lady too! I just always wonder why they can't feel the cool air hitting their skin. Odd. Great job Dan...and brave!Ellen Burketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05586595186618297528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-86976559655678926182011-01-26T11:42:45.861-05:002011-01-26T11:42:45.861-05:00Excellent= all the jokes have been made already, b...Excellent= all the jokes have been made already, but really, nice catch. I love seeing what other people carry around in order to sketch. You are much more organized than I am. You inspire me to start going out and sketch in public again. I just wish we had Target in France.....caseytoussainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04482259941095650449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-18487228254749609382011-01-25T13:59:01.337-05:002011-01-25T13:59:01.337-05:00I thought I was going to be so original and say ho...I thought I was going to be so original and say how you "crack me up." But I see that I have many like-minded friends here. Neat sketches and just the very best way to build your art skills.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your have sketch kit, will travel setup.Mary Paquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05847021818957221109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-57615053772603030492011-01-25T01:05:27.805-05:002011-01-25T01:05:27.805-05:00Awesome! Love the first one, so funny! When I wa...Awesome! Love the first one, so funny! When I was teaching, I used to keep a tub of 'crack spackle' at the front of my class to remind them that I do NOT want to see their cracks! I had huge lectures the first day of school devoted to the topic. They all know that it shows, and believe it or not, the girls usually think they look sexy like that! <br /><br />PS Great setup you have there. Amazing how different our palettes are! Most of mine just came with the sets, so there wasn't much of a choice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00231453420718519162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-18121868866304677142011-01-24T23:04:54.413-05:002011-01-24T23:04:54.413-05:00Found your blog through my friend, DJ. I have to s...Found your blog through my friend, DJ. I have to say, your "lady at Target" is THE BOMB! I'm just learning to draw (taking a class, as apparently i forgot how somewhere along my life...) and I want to go to a big box store and draw, draw, draw! I love your use of color and will have to work on that. I'm blithering, but I love "the bomb!"MHHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02873545711562347260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-19820027941249106442011-01-24T12:04:48.891-05:002011-01-24T12:04:48.891-05:00Hi Dan! What a timely post, as this will be my fir...Hi Dan! What a timely post, as this will be my first week in drawing class where I have to go out to sketch and paint in public. Fortunately we are not doing people at this point, but even objects seem scary under public scrutiny. Love that you can capture people without their knowledge. Brave man, cause she looks like she could have hurt you!Cheryl Razmushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569568671357207377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-756350759379011592011-01-24T10:40:48.704-05:002011-01-24T10:40:48.704-05:00Thanks for sharing. I think its fun to see where ...Thanks for sharing. I think its fun to see where people develop their palettes from. <br /><br />Somehow I don't think that woman would be too pleased with her likeness in that first pic, lol. You are doing a great job with drawing people.Timareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769047120660859743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-88090422620916116952011-01-24T03:15:15.814-05:002011-01-24T03:15:15.814-05:00Wow! You're one well-equipped walkabout artist...Wow! You're one well-equipped walkabout artist! At least art is easier to equip oneself for than scuba diving is! Imagine lugging all THAT stuff about!<br /><br />The lady in the first one looks so melancholy...Maundering muttererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007758736758966777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-21082003622626176152011-01-23T16:59:30.509-05:002011-01-23T16:59:30.509-05:00Well, of course, a wisecrack remark came to mind w...Well, of course, a wisecrack remark came to mind when I saw your Target lady but by the time I got to the comments practically everything had been used ;). Not only do I enjoy seeing your sketches but I am always happy when an artist lets me 'look into their kitchen'.Elzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04343216584494678733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-77951267632801560432011-01-23T12:23:44.729-05:002011-01-23T12:23:44.729-05:00No puns from me ... but, I do really like your ske...No puns from me ... but, I do really like your sketches as always, and I love seeing what other artists carry with them. I always have a sketchbook and pen with me, but don't always have my traveling paint supplies. I'll check out the brown madder - your "skins" always look right on! nancynanke's stuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597989427187199295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-40214566668531758912011-01-23T11:23:30.435-05:002011-01-23T11:23:30.435-05:00How funny, yesterday I was at the Harvard Bookstor...How funny, yesterday I was at the Harvard Bookstore in Cambridge (it's a Barnes and Noble in disguise) and I saw the sketch pouches and moleskins! I considered buying one too, but the reality for me is I don't do well going out and about sketching. You're sketches are so fun, and I love the spontaneity of your drawings.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05473234128433916311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-70159587581825212132011-01-23T08:37:44.868-05:002011-01-23T08:37:44.868-05:00As always, I'm the last to post, good job I...As always, I'm the last to post, good job I'm not competitive like Pamo.<br /><br />Interesting post and great sketch.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511653763073963362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-26316320450107448022011-01-23T07:29:40.385-05:002011-01-23T07:29:40.385-05:00Another great post, hope she never reads your blog...Another great post, hope she never reads your blog!Cathy Holtomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12510196597713178864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-25460526745986088782011-01-23T07:05:55.242-05:002011-01-23T07:05:55.242-05:00How I laughed! I dare not attempt a pun ....
I do...How I laughed! I dare not attempt a pun ....<br /><br />I do hope that nobody else mistakes your 'Sketch' case for something filled with money and makes away with it!<br /><br />Great sketches, as always.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-47564190195285084372011-01-23T05:50:27.689-05:002011-01-23T05:50:27.689-05:00Thanks for sharing this! As a deadly curious perso...Thanks for sharing this! As a deadly curious person, I always enjoy looking other artists over the shoulder. :)<br />I really need to get a little braver and sketch living subjects. And not cop out in the last second and sketch my shoes again. *hem* Getting out more often might help, too, I guess. ;D Thanks for always being so inspirational!E*phihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06818154916303014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-72962441205694214912011-01-23T05:02:59.619-05:002011-01-23T05:02:59.619-05:00You're so right about many things. Other than ...You're so right about many things. Other than an awesome bag of drawing tools and colors, you also need a lot of courage and fuel to sketch in public(what great looking sketches those are)... and you need time too which I don't have. You know that's just an excuse, and you're right about it again..I need to spend more time outside and less time with my PlayStation3 :pAlexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703463476504355697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-40843932925171752292011-01-23T02:22:27.607-05:002011-01-23T02:22:27.607-05:00You immortalized the crack woman! If only she knew...You immortalized the crack woman! If only she knew! I can't believe people don't feel a breeze when their nether regions are exposed..lol. Well, you do carry a lot of things. I like to have quite a few supplies with me at all times too...so I have taken to carrying this big tote bag. I can really get away with this as I am female! However, I do think D is beginning to wonder about my sanity...because it has just a little of the "bag lady" look--it's probably a little big. Do you have another overall pillow case to carry it all together? <br />Love the sketches...and yeah, the background unifies!Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-57352869159891821312011-01-23T01:41:31.447-05:002011-01-23T01:41:31.447-05:00Hi Dan, Fun posting; some people just like to crac...Hi Dan, Fun posting; some people just like to crack other people up, I gather! So expertly drawing; how long do you sit there? I enjoy reading what other people take with them; get's the ideas flowing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7926475327161474509.post-56594821282704620102011-01-22T23:34:59.114-05:002011-01-22T23:34:59.114-05:00You are such a wise-'crack'. I laughed out...You are such a wise-'crack'. I laughed out loud when I saw the little icon of this drawing in the blogger:dashboard. And, to hear that it was drawn at a Target snack bar is just perfect.<br /><br />The fourth figure in your 'family' piece is cool. Is it a long-lost relative? Or maybe somebody who came between these two sisters in the past? The red color makes me lean towards my second thought...<br /><br />I like your portable kit. Thanks for sharing. As for brushes, I have WAY too many and find myself using the same 5 or 6. I've learned to keep my favorites nearby and the others stored safely for when I do want to use them.<br /><br />Happy Creating!<br /><br />-Don-Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549962962379079880noreply@blogger.com