My pen cup 4/17/08

I managed to do this quick sketch at work right after lunch today. It's a cup of pens by my computer.

I used an 8B Stabilo graphite pencil and then washed over it with watercolor. I was surprised to realize how hard it is to draw scissors! I may have to try this exercise again just for drawing practice.

Coffee Pot - Boring Meeting

This is a sketch I did at a rather dull point in a meeting yesterday. The coffee pot across the room made a lovely subject to sketch. Maybe you can read the writing...

Painting in the Park 4/15/08

I painted this in the park at lunch yesterday.

In my journal (a separate book) I wrote:
"It feels so good to sit here with the blue sky above me and the sun shining through the sun roof. Oh, it feels so good! It is an awesome day. Cool and windy but beautiful!"

Then I continued on to write my to-do list for the evening, which I did not accomplish. I wanted to clean the studio, which happens to be in my kitchen, and purge some of the art supplies. My goal is ORGANIZATION and SIMPLIFICATION; Focus -- Prioritization - okay that's several goals. I want a space for my family to eat and relax that is straight and organized, and a place for me to paint and be messy too. I will continue that project and let you know my results :-) I'll even give you a peek at just how bad it is at the "before stage" later. Right now I am off to church.

EDM 166 - Draw a fish 4/14/08

My second drawing for today is EDM 166. A fish, but not just any fish. It's a fish figurine I picked up at The Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. I love the colors in this little guy. For a buck, he's given me lots of smiles. For this drawing I used a Pigma Micron 08 pen and then colored him with Prismacolors. Then I added some Sakura Glaze Gel pen to give it some "oomph", but the scan doesn't do the gel pen justice. Hope he makes you smile too!

EDM 4 - Draw your cup 4/14/08

I started out the morning by doing EDM Challenge # 4 - Draw your cup. This is my favorite cup I have ever owned. My tomato red Longaberger mug. It looked so nice sitting on my desk this morning with the light from the window hitting it. I used an olive green Prismacolor pencil to draw it in and shade it and then I used about 6 or 7 different shades of red to finish it off. I worked on it off and on all day - it's in my 5 x 7 Pentalic Nature Sketch I picked up at the art supply store recently.

EDM 30 and 40

EDM Challenge # 30 and then I was able to combine it with # 40 quite by serendipity. My husband's sweathshirt just happened to have been left in the chair - so a chair and something with folds. Did this with a 5B pencil and then washed it with Prismacolor Premier watercolors. In retrospect I would have left out the square. I couldn't fit the drawing in the square, so it's just there - distracting... out of the box.

EDM Challenge # 164

Here it is - my new digital camera - a Christmas present from my husband and daughter. I drew this in pencil while I was having lunch in the park. Then went back to work and washed over it with watercolor - mainly to give it more dimension, but also to keep the pencil from smudging onto the facing page.