Vickery Creek

Still gathering ideas for a series of oils, today I took a walk along Vickery Creek.

Vickery Creek is in Roswell Georgia and feeds the Chattahochee River. A mill was built there in the 1839, ruins of which still stand, to produce cotton goods. Now it has been developed into an area with trails and a new covered bridge over the creek.

The creek provides many subjects for sketching or painting. I’ll be going back this week most likely.

Be sure to click the images on this and the previous two posts to get a larger look at the sketch. Charcoal sketches lose a bit of detail as you reduce them.

Post a comment — Trackback URI RSS 2.0 feed for these comments This entry (permalink) was posted on Sunday, May 13, 2007, at 8:59 pm by Don. Filed in Landscapes, Nature, Sketching and Drawing.

12 Comments

Annie

You are right, Don, about to see charcoal paintings enlarged to get full benefit– it is just stunning.
Annie

Posted on 14-May-07 at 6:30 am | Permalink
Don

Hi Annie,
Glad you liked it. It occurred to me that some visitors might not click on the images so I thought I’d give a nudge.

Posted on 14-May-07 at 7:09 am | Permalink
Tina

Wonderful composition! I’m wondering what size your original sketch was. I always seem to need to work larger in charcoal.
Tina

Posted on 14-May-07 at 8:52 am | Permalink
Don

Hi Tina,
Thank you for the kind words Glad you like the sketch.

The original is 5×7.

I sketch charcoals in a 5.5 x 8.5 Canson Dessin sketch pad. On this particular one, I eye-balled a border at 5 x 7 centered on the page.

On the previous two sketches, I used the entire s 5.5 x 8.5 page.

Once they are in my PC, I crop to the edge and add the black border.

Posted on 14-May-07 at 2:08 pm | Permalink
lindsay

This looks very painterly. Love the contrast oflights and darks.

Posted on 21-May-07 at 9:48 pm | Permalink
Don

Thanks Lindsay. Just getting my head around charcoal

Posted on 24-May-07 at 7:23 pm | Permalink
karen Sandstrom

Don, Don! Wherefore art thou? Sketch me something!

Posted on 31-May-07 at 7:01 pm | Permalink
Don West

Been tied up with assorted poop. I will get something up this weekend. Thanks for the prompt!
Don

Posted on 01-Jun-07 at 12:09 am | Permalink
June Parrish Cookson

Hi Don,

Wow this is really beautiful. Really love the light and dark contrasts. Very mysterious and intriguing. No doubt this would make a great oil painting.

Posted on 02-Jun-07 at 11:01 pm | Permalink
Don

Thanks June!
I’ll be posting again shortly.
Thanks for stopping by

Posted on 03-Jun-07 at 1:38 am | Permalink
Annie

Waiting patently, Don, for your next post when the time is right for you.

Posted on 11-Jun-07 at 9:34 pm | Permalink
Don

Hi Annie,
Thanks for stopping by! Sorry for the delay. I’ve been very tied up with a website project I was hired for.

I should be back in a few days.

Posted on 12-Jun-07 at 8:30 am | Permalink