tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107738132024-03-23T11:07:19.409-07:00Sketches & StuffJim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13348441956911573247noreply@blogger.comBlogger497125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-24873558583742771162020-06-04T18:20:00.001-07:002020-06-06T08:10:50.282-07:00After Willem DeKooning: My painting, "Foraging"<br />
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I signed up for an "Abstract Expressionism: Post WWII" class on <a href="http://coursera.org/">coursera.org</a> thinking it would be about exactly what the title says, and it is, but it is also about how they painted with an expectation that as a student I give it a try. This was fun.<br />
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This is my first attempt at a <a href="https://www.dekooning.org/the-artist/artworks/view/all?view_all=1">Willem DeKooning</a>, a Dutch stowaway in the early part of the last century.<br />
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Maybe I'll toss more of his bio here later on.<br />
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One thing about DeKooning was that he would, my word, ravage, his canvases. Oils only and years involved in his paintings due to the slow drying of oil, his need to paint wet on dry; and his overwhelming need for perfection. So this one has been modified from the one on top, but I'm thinking maybe more "ravaging" would have helped.<br />
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I know, it kinda <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd4k-pofmoSNAoD1BzE2GhrM6bjar6oIQK1-NZPTNqnFhf92QA14b6-1OOpow68FGD629kDd4pciAaloOp9Li2dpcy7WF4cjpJ-Hx2ZLOigYyQL-OEU2IjwTSttH1UT80hbo82/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-09-13+at+8.22.44+PM.png">doesn't look that way</a>, but . . . once you realize the image isn't supposed to be anything familiar, it is about itself, then perhaps it makes a little more sense.<br />
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It isn't for everyone, abstract expressionism. Until I understood what it is, I had no interest, but now, even in my sketching I find myself reaching for that "expressionism."<br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-54692540995213871982020-05-12T17:10:00.001-07:002020-05-13T09:11:09.861-07:00Time for a Re-Enlightenment<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa5cyYInqULJbmHFWBDtjSGTFt1SE10mEa8yNGI_gxx8xfQCXOVy5m5pHSa2PMTqvLaN5iCFoNm6eyCzvvWnl3e9YlxWdS9N56056mfy5md4vhrVMLZJXRPNwoPFAYHj8kJbE/s1600/desklamp.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1247" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCa5cyYInqULJbmHFWBDtjSGTFt1SE10mEa8yNGI_gxx8xfQCXOVy5m5pHSa2PMTqvLaN5iCFoNm6eyCzvvWnl3e9YlxWdS9N56056mfy5md4vhrVMLZJXRPNwoPFAYHj8kJbE/s320/desklamp.jpg" width="249" /></a>It became abundantly clear to me today that this blog died and no one told me. Omgosh, the last entry was October 14, 2016!!!<br />
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Methinks this may have happened as FB came exploding on the scene and all us ol' bloggers got hit like a tsunami. It was FACEBOOK or DIE.<br />
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But now, as I look back at this, it needs resuscitation, like our normal lives need resuscitation in these horrible times of the coronavirus, novel or not.<br />
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So, what to do? There's a ton of possibility here, maybe some interaction with FB, Instagram, Twitter, and my hard drive where there are hundreds of images from the past 4 years that languor quietly there.<br />
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Hang On, There's Light in the Room!<br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-33316418988550374552016-10-14T11:16:00.001-07:002020-05-12T16:51:58.646-07:00Urban Sketchers: Tri-Cities, Washington: Asotin County Courthouse - Asotin, WA.One block off the main road through the tiny village of Asotin, WA., stands this courthouse, constructed in 1907.<br />
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Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-4982772078684010852016-06-14T21:21:00.001-07:002016-06-14T21:21:13.506-07:00Gollum - Golum - Golom - etc.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My old buddy from another mother told me today that he went to the dentist and the dentist cleaned both his teeth. Good thing, ol Gollum has dental insurance. (black marxalot pen, white charcoal, on aquabee fashion pad #892)Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-23850517855747026762015-11-15T11:28:00.001-08:002015-11-15T11:28:07.047-08:00"Youth Basketball" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For one of the first times, ever, I just let my pen flow on the page with little concern about accuracy, or photorealistic effect, while trying to capture the high energy and chaos of a youth basketball game. My grandson is in the mix, he's number "5". Once drawn, I scanned the image and added the colors with Photoshop.<br />
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I like how it turned out; like it so much I posted it in about five different Facebook groups I belong to. It sora reminds me of Picasso's "Guernica" though I must be careful, I'm no Picasso. Though I would love to be.....<br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-78322365430787064912015-09-12T09:34:00.001-07:002015-09-12T09:39:37.539-07:00"Kadlec Adding Floors"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Some remember when this hospital was nothing more than a group of <a href="http://www.quonsethuts.org/huts/">quonset huts</a> put up in the 1940's to serve the tens of thousands of scientists and blue-collar workers who were working in the <a href="http://www.hanford.gov/">Hanford</a> area.<br />
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The building in the left section of the sketch came next, then more recently the tall and rather squared section with all the rows and columns of windows was added. Now there is a new section going up: 4 new floors. It looks massive in comparison to what sat there prior to this add-on.<br />
<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-32520669101173971652015-09-06T15:16:00.000-07:002015-09-06T15:18:38.835-07:00"13th AnnualTumbleweed Music Festival" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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A windy, rainy day in Howard Amon park at the Tumbleweed Music Festival. While this group, "Sea Star," played I dodged the rain beneath on old maple tree in the back. Too bad about the weather, I remember last year the park was crawling with people and multiple venues. The venues were up and ready, but the crowd was sparse and easily shaken with only a few sprinkles. "Sea Star" was worth the trip over to do the sketching. Good stuff!!<br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-48930232361234836392015-08-27T21:11:00.002-07:002015-08-27T21:12:20.443-07:00"The Sketcher Klatschers"<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Our little group of urbansketchers here in the TriCities, met up in the local Barnes & Noble here in Kennewick, WA., last Wednesday morning. (we go sketching every Weds morning unless it falls on a major holiday, which is seldom.) There were fifteen who showed up and we were actually able to casually, and without planning, take over one entire side of the coffee stand. <br />
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Most will only give this sketch a quick glance and move on; but there is something about it that I really like. In particular, I like how the dark wood background pushed these artists toward you, the viewer. <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">6x9 Super Aquabee Sketchbook, Lamy Safari pen, Noodler's Lexington Gray ink, watercolors</span>Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-85482029101737891892015-05-15T23:02:00.001-07:002015-08-27T21:16:56.442-07:00"Nike Campus - Beaverton, OR" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
A former student contacted me asking if I would do a sketch of the Nike Campus where she works. Her enthusiasm for my sketching won me over and I said, "sure." </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She wants to present the sketch to her supervisor, Sonia Doel, who is retiring in a few days. She wanted me to inscribe the sketch with her name and the dates she was employed by Nike. She also wanted the sketch at 11x17, an odd size, but I learned long ago not to argue with the "customer." </td></tr>
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-23735308507821505622015-05-06T15:16:00.002-07:002015-05-06T15:31:41.928-07:00"Food Trucks along the John Dam Plaza" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On my way home from sketching the Uptown area, I spotted all these people enjoying the food trucks in John Dam Plaza. So, even though needing to make a "rest" stop soon, I pulled into the parking lot here, grabbed my sketching stuff and went to work. Quick, quick, quick - even adding the color before leaving. 40 mins in, time to go. <br />
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Out sketching with the Urban Sketchers: Tri Cities at the Uptown in Richland, WA., this morning. Some of us started out by having a spudnut, or two, and coffee in the renowned Spudnut Shop just around the corner from this spot. Then with great weather in town, we had a lot of fun sketching together.<br />
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With some time to kill this morning (an hour) I drove over to Roaster's Coffee in Richland, then parked in the nearest realtor's office parking lot and sketched these two structures. The sit along the Riverwalk and the one in the foreground houses, among other businesses, Rosy's Diner. It is situated just inside the two windows on the far left. This is one of those occasions when the importance of taking your sketchkit with you at all times becames apparent, as it often does with me. <br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-71072895488832788502015-04-16T10:00:00.002-07:002015-04-16T10:00:50.031-07:00"One of the Many Local Wineries: Goose Ridge" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I stood in the bed of my truck and used the roof top as a work surface to capture this winery from a slightly elevated perspective. It would have worked out better to be a row or two to the right because the winery is too close to center. Another sketch from ground level would have been interesting as you would not have been able to see the grape rows from the top making them a smaller portion of the overall sketch. This perspective is probably a better one. Perhaps a lighter line bordering the winery would have enhanced this sketch some; and always, always insert people. I often get to tangled up in the sketch and forget to do that....I would have had to make them up anyway, as from the particular point of view, no people were to be seen. </div>
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My son is a sort of savant with classical music. It started when he first discovered how to slide a CD into a player, about age 4 or 5, I think. You can play just about any piece of classical music for him and he can tell you who the composer is and, more than likely, the name of the piece. He's 33 now, and still appreciates classical notes. This past Sunday the Seattle Baroque Orchestra was in town at the Battelle Auditorium: Vivaldi's "Four Seasons." So he and I went. </div>
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Capturing the energy of the music they played is another challenge, so I decided, what the heck, go for it. <br />
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A few days later, I applied watercolor to see if I could somehow enhance the sketch to push the background back and bring the players and audience members forward. So many times I have ruined pretty good drawings (which I don't think this is....) with color, so it is always a step into darkness to add color to them. </div>
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-42927422108494044692015-04-13T15:11:00.001-07:002015-04-13T15:11:35.953-07:00"Carnival's in Town"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Each year there is a carnival that come to town, and usually it sets itself up in the Hobby Lobby parking lot on Canal Drive here in Kennewick, WA. Carnivals were always great fun when I was a boy, but the place I didn't like much was the Haunted House. One of the last carnivals I went to as a kid-at-a-carnival, a girl I knew was tossed out of one of the rides. Thankfully she wasn't hurt other than being a little bruised up. So, here it is, the Carnival. <br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-48926612480787329062015-04-09T19:39:00.001-07:002015-04-09T19:39:30.450-07:00"3 Rivers Convention Center and new Hotel" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The "3 Rivers Convention Center," on the left was built some years ago; the structure on the right is the "Springhill Suites: Marriott," which is bran-new. I've been waiting for the construction to be completed because I wanted to draw the two buildings from this particular spot for a long time. Today was the day, and I like how it turned out.<br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-60089052530909817232015-04-09T18:33:00.000-07:002015-04-09T19:34:17.823-07:00"Clover Island with Pioneer Woman and Lighthouse" <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The USkTC group went down to Clover Island, again, this last Wednesday morning to sketch what they could find. I've long been interested in the juxtaposition of this sculpture of Pioneer Woman to the faux lighthouse in the distance, so today, I sketched it out. <br />
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The lighthouse is for decoration and is not functional, as a lighthouse. Still, it's an interesting feature on the island, one that will maybe someday draw more tourists here. <br />
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We traveled a couple of hours to LaGrande, OR, today and found some interesting sketch opportunities including the wide view of <a href="https://www.eou.edu/">East Oregon University</a>. This one is a panorama was fun to do as I was seated on the curb's edge of a rather busy street with plenty of rapidly moving vehicles just behind me. It was also a fun sketch to do...note the extension of a small section of the Blue Mountain range in the left-side background. <br />
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<br />Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-15276996135703178792015-01-09T14:09:00.001-08:002015-01-09T15:40:48.321-08:00"Architectural Study"<br />
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While running a few errands this morning, I drove by this church for the 865th time and decided to find a spot in the parking lot across the street. Hunkered down in my warm vehicle with a clear windshield and a favorite online radio station and my sketchbook. What could be better?<br />
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After a long year of planning a 50th class reunion, Lois and I decided after it was over we would get out'a town for a while. <br />
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We discussed a number of options, but it came down to a ten day trip to either Paris, France, or somewhere we had never been: New Orleans.<br />
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Then, because one place I have always wanted to see is the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Florida, we decided to take a two-day road trip along the coast to Savannah, Georgia where we would spend the last few days of our trip before coming home.<br />
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This is the city courthouse in Savannah, Georgia. It is my favorite sketch from that trip and you can see the others by simply <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bmgarner/sets/72157648539448379/">clicking on this link</a>. <br />
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This sternwheeling cruise ship comes into the dock at Howard Amon park in Richland, WA., frequently. I happened to be driving to Richland today and noticed it on the river, so I hot-wheeled it down to the benches just off the dock and sketched it coming in. The park was quiet today, hardly anyone there, but fortunately this lady jumped in the frame to get a few pics, so now she's in my sketch. <br />
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Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-52671457503986477632014-08-28T00:46:00.001-07:002014-08-28T00:47:40.813-07:00USkTC in Walla Walla <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The USkTC group drove to Walla Walla today and met up with Walla Walla sketcher, Jim McNamara, at Starbucks downtown. </div>
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After a short meet up in the coffee shop, everyone spilled into the downtown area to sketch, then we met back at Starbucks at noon. Normally when we meet up later we have a sharing, but didn't really do that today. I guess sometimes we get too excited about other things going on and today it was when Patty told us she had come across a lady from the Walla Walla Tourist Bureau who wanted to take a few pictures for their webpage. </div>
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We had the pics taken, then we went to Olives, just across the street (picture below), and had lunch. Afterward we drove over to Jim's house where he and his wife, Diane, showed us their lovely home and Jim's studio. </div>
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We had a great time. I think this was the most fun we have had on an outing and we have had some really good ones this summer! </div>
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We are definitely interested in going back to Walla Walla for a longer session next time. </div>
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Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-41616587451773972822014-08-28T00:38:00.002-07:002014-08-28T00:38:58.352-07:00WSU Campus: Richland, WA. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We went sketching at the WSU Richland campus a week ago. This is the back side of the administration building and not one of my favorite sketches. Still, we were there, so I'll post this to my blog, for posterity's sake . . . whoever posterity is. Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10773813.post-48332351686488624522014-08-17T23:55:00.001-07:002014-08-17T23:55:13.419-07:00"Sketching in Tacoma, WA." <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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While in Tacoma, WA., this past week to attend a wedding, I found time to capture this scene of the Tacoma Court House and Museum of History and Industry. We were just leaving the pub where we had lunch and when I stepped out onto the sidewalk and looked left, this is what I saw. I grabbed the basic lines and perspectives in maybe 10 minutes, added a few details and colored it later. <br />
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The Ice Harbor Dam sits on the Snake river just a few miles upriver from where the Snake dumps into the Columbia river meandering its way westward toward the Pacific Ocean. Ice Harbor was dedicated in 1963 by then, VP Lyndon Johnson. I remember yelling, "Hi ya, Lyndon," when he passed me by in his motorcade that day. All I got was a stern frown; and probably a wish to know my name so he could change my draft status. Jim Bumgarnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15239031501783525649noreply@blogger.com0