Summer Orchestra Concert, Continuous Line Art, Pasquale Grasso

Here's a few things I did in Edmonton during my recent blogging break --

Summer Orchestra Concert

I attended a lovely free concert by the student symphony orchestra of the University of Alberta's Department of Music. They very ably performed pieces by Vaughan Williams, Mahler, and Rimsky-Korsakov. A truly pleasant Sunday afternoon!

Continuous Line Art Workshop

I like trying my hand occasionally at "continuous line art" (where the pen/pencil is never lifted from the paper while sketching). The workshop instructor supplied various objects for us to draw, including some plants. In my defence, I feel obliged to say that the following plant actually looked that wonky in real life, honest!

[continuous line drawing

done directly in Sharpie marker, 

with India Ink wash and accents]

Every single thing I did in the workshop later ended up in the garbage at home. This one almost did too, but I relented at the last moment and decided to post it here, LOL.

Pasquale Grasso Concert

At last month's Edmonton Jazz Fest, I was thrilled to attend a wonderful concert by Pasquale Grasso, the Italian-born New York jazz guitarist. In the following video, he is accompanying the fabulously talented singer Samara Joy (who I featured once as a "Beautiful Woman of the Day" on my other blog). And I must thank blogging buddy Tom of Tom the Backroads Traveller where I first saw this video, thereby learning of Pasquale Grasso's existence and becoming a fan!