quick pencilled head

on Strathmore drawing paper

punky hair

Pencil on Strathmore drawing paper.

A quick sketch of a woman who is thinking of modeling for the painting group.

tea kettle and toaster oven

A quick sketch of the two most used items on the counter.

Pencil in the Bienfang sketchbook.

Uturn said

From an early episode of the TV show Weeds.

Apologetic thug--an oxymoron.

manikin and balloon

I set up the mini-manikin, then gave him a very blobby big floaty thing to pull.

W/c pencil in the Bienfang sketchbook.

M in blue

Blue and brown pencil on Strathmore drawing paper

leaning on a ladder

Graphite on Strathmore drawing paper.

from a different angle

Colored pencil on Strathmore drawing paper.

a clothed model

It was so cold in the studio, we let the model stay dressed. But he had on a big plaid shirt that changed a lot in between each sitting.

So I left out all the patterns.

Colored pencil on Strathmore drawing paper.

their last blue sky for months

The fig tree and dracaena marginata, enjoying their last fresh air before they come in for the cold months.

I didn't put in the blue sky, because from this angle, all I saw was dark green woods.

Due to be in the low 40s for nighttime temps next week. Time to come in to avoid a chill.

Pen and w/c on Holbein paper.

drawing at the zoo, camel and baby giraffe

This is the single hump camel.

I drew the double-humped Bactrian, too, but he was eating and never stopped moving. As he was very pungent (as one fellow observer said) with the wind blowing toward us, I had to move on.

She stood so still I actually got the whole animal!

black w/c pencil and w/c on Strathmore drawing paper

drawing at the zoo, koala

The koalas stay much more still than most of the animals. They are busy with a lot of sleeping.

black watercolor pencil, w/c, on Strathmore drawing paper

drawing at the zoo, elephant

colored pencil for outline, w/c

on Strathmore drawing paper

drawing at the zoo, lion

I was so pleased to be able to capture a likeness of this lion at the zoo. I'm fast and she was kindly stationery.

colored pencil for contour, w/c, on Strathmore drawing paper