from the cover of the ACM

Copying a photo in pen.

On journal paper.

ending the month with a familiar

blue cat, because he's always nearby for modeling.

Watercolor pencil, lightly sprayed afterward. In the Handbook journal.

a fellow passenger

Colored pencil on random paper.

paused Tommy Kane

Tommy Kane, excellent artist and blogger, from his video teaching in Sketchbook Skool (google him and it).

 Pen in the Hand book journal.

sure, draw me

Quick pen sketch, in the Hand book journal.

quick shoes

My new sneakers have purple soles. (Not blue and orange tops though.)

Dampened w/c pencils in the Handbook journal.

finally, sandal weather!

It's been cold soooo long! Bare feet are a treat.

Colored pencil in the Handbook journal.

Double Chaucer

Colored pencil and a water-soluble Derwent pencil, dampened floor.

In the Handbook journal.

catching the moving model

He moves a lot more than the cat.

Ball point pen on random paper.

the very professional model

Sometimes he doesn't move at all through the entire drawing session. So accommodating!

Colored pencil in the Handbook journal

walking west

Doodling creatures in the Handbook journal. Colored pencil.

The template on the blog got confused somehow. A simple switch to another resolved all layout issues. So now it will be cinnamon red for awhile.

inspired by Carla Sonheim

Thanks to Carla Sonheim's excellent online Draw! class, I now fully understand how to create these imaginary animals.

Such fun! And a great way to doodle in the journal. This was inspired by a blob in a painting over my fireplace. A place I never expected to find a fish. 

W/c pencil.

time for elephants

head shot

Again, in blue w/c pencil

on Strathmore drawing paper.