Well, it was foggy, rainy, misty for much of the trip, so the mountain lines were really tame, almost invisible. Instead of deep vista sketches, I made do with creatures from the Biltmore House.
A foppish lion, one of two at the entrance, carved of pink marble:
And a boy throttling a swan or two, in the Winter Garden. Halfway through drawing this, I was told I wasn't allowed to sketch inside the house. I protested to three people, successively higher up in the ranks, and was allowed to continue if I promised to be discreet. Which was hard,
because my natural tendency is to sketch while swinging from a chandelier, nude, bellowing out the Volga Boat Song.
Thank you for your comments, everyone! The rationale behind the no-sketching policy at Biltmore House is that they want to protect against people making commercial versions of their art pieces. I've never had this problem in Europe or at any of the many art museums I've sketched at here in the US, so I was surprised to be told I couldn't do it there. Oh well, I managed to get permission anyway, but I won't be going back.
Posted by: Laura | August 25, 2005 at 07:37 PM
I haven't been here in a few days (busy at work) and I get here to find all kinds of great stuff.
Congrats on your mini break. It was def. good for your sketch book.
Posted by: Niff | August 25, 2005 at 03:34 PM
I am glad you supressed your Volga Boat song bellowing tendencies to present us with these marvelous sketches. :)
Posted by: BoisdeJasmin | August 25, 2005 at 01:21 PM
LOL-now I can't get the image out of my mind....you disruptive sketcher you!
I thought of you last night when I saw a little quote in our local paper about the colour purple:
God gets ticked off when you walk by something purple and don't notice it.
Anita Walker.
I thought it was ironic because I know one soul, (you) desperately trying to notice everything purple!
xo
Laura
Posted by: Laura/kyahgirl | August 25, 2005 at 11:57 AM
gorgeous! all of them! nice to take time to get away and draw a little bit, huh? (not that I would know of course)
Hey what happened to the summit report? I'm waiting for pics and doodles and text ...oh my!
Posted by: Amanda | August 25, 2005 at 11:03 AM
These are really marvelous! I think the lion is my favorite because he looks so majestic, but all the sketches have such wonderful detail. Impressive:>
Posted by: carla | August 25, 2005 at 10:56 AM