cats and boxes

I found this sketch from 2011 in an old sketchbook. Don't even remember why we had boxes packed for moving.

But Chaucer loves any new horizontal place to lie on.

 Marker in a Hand Book journal.

color impact

I love bright colored poster art, so went with that feeling here. A fast brush-pen sketch, flagrant marker-fillin.

Something bright for a winter day. And the purse isn't red, the keys aren't green, the walls aren't yellow . . .

On Strathmore sketchpaper.

the fish mug

The fish is a heavy clay addition to the thick mug. A lot of mass to keep tea hot longer, and great to draw.

Pencil on lined Paper Blanks paper.

suddenly the eye opens

Chaucer is sleeping soundly as I start to draw him, then suddenly the eye opens!

This is usually just before he has had enough of my observation and leaps away.

Pen and w/c in the lined Paper Blanks journal.

quick pencil, lined paper

The perennial curl.

Pencil in the small Paper blanks journal.

enthusiasm personified

A drawing from a website photo of a local author. Pencil on sketchpaper.

Serge Gainsbourg

I love the drawing video that is included in a 2-disc set about Serge Gainsbourg. This is a drawing from the paused video.

Pencil on sketch paper.

Always practicing

Mixing the colors of the beard and hair is somehow always a challenge for me. I did the background with a palette knife.

Oil on 11x14 board.

random closeups of surfaces

never paint a person head-on

I know that, and even better now! But I was mainly trying out a new palette mix. Not a success, but it's al-ll practice.

Oil on canvas board.

a mug of tea and a remote and . . .

sketching, a great way to spend an hour. No buttons on that remote; I couldn't be bothered with teensy squares.

Pen and w/c pencil in the PaperBlanks journal.

draw whatever is sitting there

Every object is practice. Gray brush pen and red acrylic. In a PaperBlanks journal.

just a head today

Rather ominous and floating. Pen and w/c in a Paperblanks journal.

Are you done yet?

Prismacolor watercolor pencil, lightly sprayed with water at the end. On Canson 90# sketchpaper.

monkey and a new friend

Pencil and a bit of Gimped background color. On 90# Canson sketchpaper.

scribbly waterered down acrylic

Trying out acrylic as a loose watercolor method, not so successful. But the bear is always patient with my experiments. On sketchpaper.

profile in pencil

A model who agrees to hold still for a few minutes is a nice gift! Pencil in the Aquabee Sketchbook.

the sole of running shoes

The design and engineering fascinate me. So much more than just a shoe sole! Pencil in the SuperDeluxe Sketchbook.

brown on brown

He's trying to fade into the surroundings.