With just a little practice, anyone can learn to sketch whatever she (or he) sees. That’s the premise underlying “Eye and Hand.” All you need are a pencil and a journal or sketchbook. And as we’ve seen, this low-tech, low-cost method of fixing images on the emulsion of memory has a lot to recommend it. But there’s one place where it falls short: The ordinary lead pencil just doesn’t do color, and color is all around us—particularly now, when hills are ablaze in their autumn drapery of red and gold. Is this shortcoming really the sketchbook scribbler’s Achilles heel? Not necessarily. Pencils come in many hues besides graphite gray. So if you want to add color to your world, all you have to do is carry colored pencils in your kit…Read more…

 
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