Saturday Evening Sketching Trip

Late yesterday afternoon, I took a drive - with the sole purpose of sketching.  I filled up a clean watercolor palette with colors like cobalt violet, brown madder, naples yellow, vermilion - fall colors.

I drove the backroads just drinking in the beauty of the sky, the leaves, the mountains - breathtaking!  Then I'd find a spot and pull over and sketch.  The sketch below was done before I went home to get a decent brush, a water container and the palette with fresh paints.  The Niji waterbrush used below frustrated me so bad!  I find that it clogs and I have to squeeze and squeeze and still can't get enough water out to even wet the bristles.  I used the needle to clean it out, but apparently not well enough.  I think the problem is I leave water in it all the time and rarely use it, so it clogs.  Anyway I don't like it. 

But the sketching trip is something I want to do again and again.  Terrific therapy and the perfect way to spend some time alone with my art - although some company would have been great too!

This Week's Sketches

I finally purchased the Pentel Pocket Brush pen that Roz uses in many of her sketches. And I agree that it is great!  The first colors of autumn are starting to show their display and I captured them quickly at lunch last week in watercolor and colored pencil.

Saturday Evening Post

This is my messy corner of the living room - books, books, books! Oh how I love books!

Speaking of books...below are a couple of two-page spreads in my SKETCHbook --- I did these just now while my husband watched VA Tech play football -- fun! This has been a very cool (cold actually) fall day (felt like winter actually). We accomplished a lot today - cleaning, organizing, getting ready for winter with blankets and sweaters.





Happy Autumn Evening everyone!