Aug. 31

Last night I went out for dinner with some friends - they surprised me with a "going-away" gift bag (drawn here) for my upcoming travel adventure!   
I am so lucky in life - and have the most awesome friends!!!!

August 29 - Sunday

What a beautiful day! Perfectly sunny - so went for a walk in the park, then to the phone store to make sure my phone will work in Europe, then out to breakfast where I ate eggs benedict until I was completely full, then ate some more. What can I say, everything was delicious!
So back home for a bit of r&r, then house work, and finally get down to some drawing.

Saturday August 28

Not a very successful drawing (I felt) of my dinner.  But, I'm trying not to be too critical, so this is still getting posted. If I wait for drawing that I am happy with, I might post only once a year!

Friday Aug. 27

I didn't notice the cannon and the pile of cannonballs on the wine label until I started drawing it.  What a unique idea for a wine name! And...it was very smooth.  Yum!

One in a thousand

Tried a sketch from a photo taken while on vacation in the Thousand Islands.

 Such a beautiful place to visit!

Aug 24

My daughter and son-in-law went to a lovely island in the Mediterranean, and he took some fantastic photos.  This is hopefully, just a warm-up.  Maybe can do more (and better quality ones!)

Arghhh

Much frustration- I have tried these caran-d'ache
crayons before with no luck.  I had hoped they would be the solution to the moleskine page texture, but no. I will continue using a drop of liquid detergent in my clean water, as it helped some.  The more I read, I think I need to make my own books, not a project I look forward to at this point!

Aug. 23

Just looking in my kitchen for something simple to sketch. I like the richer gold tones.

Stone Birds

A rainy Sunday and a pair of stone birds makes this sketch

Otsiningo Park - near entrance

Otsiningo Park - Willows

Friday at the park, it was gorgeous weather!

More than a sketch a day?

Here is sketch #1, I just want to practice and increase my productivity before the trip!!!

Again with the pears!

Don't worry, these are ripe, so you won't be seeing them for a while!

Modified travel paints

My Winsor and Newton travel watercolor set, I took out their colors and replaced with my favorite colors.  I can see how these work for travel.

What I see when I wake up....

A candleholder/sculpture of two hands, my favorite quote, an asian tealight holder and matching vase, and an ikea lamp. Well, it's only one dresser, I'll save the others for another day.