Sunday, November 30, 2008

color needed


The blankets weren't this bright, but I needed to add color to a drab, sad scene.

Same media as last post.

Saturday, November 29, 2008

oxygen machine


In the nursing home there's things to draw that I don't see anywhere else.

Tech pen and w/c on Canson sketchbook paper.

Friday, November 28, 2008

for once, not a cat


We hung out with 4 dogs in Kansas. Two tiny bouncy ones I could never have captured, and 2 large ones.

This is Scampi, who decided she didn't want to stay there long enough for more detail.

Pen on canson sketchpaper.

Thursday, November 27, 2008

immersed in paint


Happy Thanksgiving! I'm grateful for many things--good health, caring family and friends, a job, and few debts.

And for lots of art supplies that keep me afloat through the ups and downs of today's challenges.

W/c rolled with a brayer over Strathmore drawing paper. Words added by writing with the mouse in Gimp, because I want to use the painting for a book cover.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

forced to imagine


Having drawn all the people I could see from my tiny seat, I was forced to draw an imagined picture.

This is what came out--still life with ice cube tray and peering child. I have no explanation for this weirdness.

Tech pen on canson sketchpaper.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

things nearby


Having drawn the 2 people I could see, my husband's sleeve was next.

Brush pen (with soluble ink), edges washed, on canson sketchpaper.

Monday, November 24, 2008

seat 16c



He had big ears, but in one of these, I may have emphasized it too much. There was a large shadow of it on his head.

Getting that skull shape was a challenge. Hair helps the artist!

Colored pencil; then pen and w/c, on the canson.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

I draw what I see


In the cramped seat of a 737, there's not much of a view.

Brush pen on canson drawing paper.

Saturday, November 22, 2008

waiting and sleeping


For once I found a sleeping person to draw. But I drew super fast anyway, sure he was going to move any second. Wall color added later.

Copic brush pen on canson drawing paper.

Friday, November 21, 2008

waiting for plane


We flew to Kansas to visit the elderly relatives before the holidays. Lots of drawing happened. Here's a 4-min capture of a woman in the airport.

Loved those argyle socks!

Copic multiliner brush pen on Canson drawing paper.

Thursday, November 20, 2008

more scraping


After I daubed and scraped paint, I intensified some of the areas with colored pencil.

These pieces make good book covers, or to glue on the front of sketchbooks. Good for using up paint left on the palette, too.

Aquabee Superdeluxe paper.

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

scraped and striped


Daubs of paint, then scraped down the page, then up, with a credit card. I filled in some empty spaces with black w/c pencil, then dissolved it.

No point, just experimenting.

On Aquabee Superdeluxe

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

waiting


All my waiting time isn't nearly long enough now that I'm drawing the scene around me.

The waiting area at the art museum, until my friend comes.

Tech pen in the Raffine sketchbook.

Monday, November 17, 2008

pencil and Gimp


Drawn from my car while I was listening to the radio. This tree had a lot of very pale green fungus growing on it. Quite scabrous.

I tweaked the wash with digital paint.

Pencil on Raffine sketchbook paper

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Remember . . .


For when you're feeling doubtful.

Saturday, November 15, 2008

parking lot posts


The view out the car window.

For when you think there's nothing interesting to draw :-)

Fountain pen and w/c on Aquabee Superdeluxe

Friday, November 14, 2008

and again


Tech pen and w/c in the journal

Thursday, November 13, 2008

starting in the middle


When I doodle, I always start in the middle of the paper. It gives me the most freedom to go any direction.

Just to fill the page is enough, sometimes. This reminds me of a blue zinnia.

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

sheer glow


Wallowing in color.

W/c on Moleskine w/c paper.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

cat


Grabbing the stretched neck, as he listens to a distant sound.

Fountain pen and w/c in the journal.

Monday, November 10, 2008

two-handed wash


I drew blindly and fast with a clear wax crayon. Then dipped a lefthand brush in red, a righthand brush in blue, and swished simultaneously.

In the Reflexion journal.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

and more fungi




They're buried under fallen leaves now. The woods paths are totally covered with bronze, gold, scarlet, yellow, and yes, brown leaves.

Saturday, November 08, 2008

last of the yard work


Lots of leaves to rake, and we've done bags and bags already.

A quick standing drawing of the wheelbarrow, for no particular reason.

Tech pen and w/c in the journal--great sketch paper!

Wednesday, November 05, 2008

basking in the hope

A wonderful, profound, exciting, challenging new path lies ahead with President Obama.

May we do what we need to, change what we need to, give what we need to, to make this world work better for all of us.

This is HUGE. Let's make it happen!

Tuesday, November 04, 2008

Finally!


For those of us who had to wait allll the way to November 4, finally we can vote!

It's been such a long road to this day. May we go forward with new plans and solutions to all those problems littering the landscape.

And could we possibly simplify and ease the whole election process for next time?!!!

Colored pencil and w/c on 90# w/c paper.

Edited to add today's voting experience:

A bit of background: Dixville Notch, NH, has 21 registered voters this year. They vote at 12:01 am of election day and the count is broadcast immediately.

Republicans (in this R. state) *always* win, usually by a large majority.

Today Obama took it, 15 to 6. The earth just quaked!

And for my own voting experience: A long line (maybe 200) for the polls that opened at 6 am. We got there at 6:05, moved fast, and being in the Q-Z check-in line helped. My husband and I were done in 20 min.

We vote on paper ballots that are fed into a counting machine. The location had 12 extra booths over the normal number of 12.

Monday, November 03, 2008

new travel paints


The lightest, smallest palette yet! A friend of a friend sent us both these palettes made with strips of Peerless Watercolor Paints.

These are color-saturated strips put into a folded cardstock cover. Perfect for dabbing a bit of color into a journal sketch.

I've only played with them a bit, but am delighted to try this as a super-light purse palette.

If you haven't voted already, tomorrow is THE DAY!! Finally, our chance to move past the religious-right's tyranny of fear and ideological division!

Sunday, November 02, 2008

photo, not scanned


The piece is so big I had to take a photo instead of scanning it. The lighting and the vague blue don't help the painting in any way!

W/c on 140# w/c paper.

Saturday, November 01, 2008

back to cozy


On Thursday 30s and a cold wind meant I started the first fire of the season.

The cats love the woodstove warmth. Chaucer moved right in with the firewood.