Jimmy Craig Womble II
Fort fun- daily sketching
I try to get out and sketch on the regular. The small sketchbook keeps the process from getting too precious, also making the sketch more...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Aug 28, 20211 min read
Sketching in
I have a passion for the line- and the line, when coupled with quick watercolor washes, gives the immediacy and honesty and truth to a...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Hello Wilmington, NC!
I have joined forces with New Elements Gallery, in downtown Wilmington, NC. There are three pieces there, and I’m working on some brand...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jul 19, 20211 min read
Down East
I’m just starting a piece that is trying to convey a sense of space and atmosphere, while having no elevation with which to work. Except...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jul 5, 20211 min read
Frames make a difference
It’s an unfortunate reality, but framing is an essential part of a painting. It finishes the piece and either adds or subtracts from the...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jul 3, 20211 min read
Sketching daily
Lately, I’ve become accustomed to sketching a couple pages a day in my Moleskine. I either sketch what’s close, as in the vacuum by the...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jun 21, 20211 min read
A big sketch
I do a lot of sketching out on site using a small sketchbook and a splash of watercolors. These are so fun to do, and I can get them done...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
May 2, 20211 min read
A new adventure awaits! Another sketchbook for the shelf.
It’s always bittersweet when you finish a sketchbook. There are usually months worth of sketches and ideas trapped within the wrinkly...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Apr 28, 20211 min read
Clouds over the sound
The days are getting longer, the air a little warmer, and soon, the times of hanging down by the water until dark will be back. The sea...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Apr 12, 20211 min read
Hello Friends!
So much has been happening this Spring, and I’ll get to some of it over the next posts, but I did want to talk a little about the joy of...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Mar 3, 20211 min read
On the trail
As a nice subject change, I’ve started a large piece based on our family walks through the nature trail around Fort Macon, on Atlantic...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 14, 20212 min read
Core Banks Kitchen #3- what’s old is new!
This painting was originally completed some years back, and has always been one I loved. But there was a problem I couldn’t quite put my...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 11, 20211 min read
In the Night Kitchen
Ah, Maurice Sendak’s great children’s book is a favorite of mine, and the title popped into my head last night while taking a few minutes...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 7, 20214 min read
Drawing as a Meditative Process
I’ve discovered something over the last year. We all need ways to empty our minds of the massive amount of stimuli that bombard us daily....
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 6, 20212 min read
Drawing and sketching. Some thoughts.
I’ve been “underground” for the past month, meaning not on my regular social media platform, Instagram. I’ve been deep in commission work...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 5, 20211 min read
Thunder over Emerald Isle- almost done?
Here’s a piece I’ve been working on for a little while now, 22x28” oil on canvas, and I think I’m close on calling it- he struggle that...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Out the window
Patsy must’ve had some sewing machine issues the other day. I sketched this van while it was conveniently parked in front of the studio...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Feb 2, 20211 min read
Morning mini- 12x6” oil on panel
In an attempt to bridge sketching and painting, I attacked this found still life in the studio from an odd, distorting angle, and did a...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jan 28, 20211 min read
Seek and ye shall find... sketching g subjects anywhere
Another quick sketch to get in the swing of just doing, without too much thought or planning. Even dirty dishes offer subject matter for...
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Jimmy Craig Womble II
Jan 27, 20211 min read
Honest sketching
It’s rainy and dreary this morning, I’m working on commissions, and am committing myself, yet again!, to daily sketching. I go through...
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