Everyday matters challenge #215

My thumb in watercolor. Too bad I don't have any nails.

everyday matters 178 draw something red

This is my red coffee pot. I didn't like it at first because my kitchen is blue and gray. Now I like the way it stands out. Bright and RED.

eVERY Day Matters - Draw something that needs fixing

This always needs fixing. Just when we think we are done, something else goes wrong.

Everyday Matters - smell

EDM 161 is draw something you like the smell of.
THIS IS THE BEST SMELL in the world.
I just love it.

I thought I was using waterproof ink but I wasn't.
This tube of lotion is in the shape of a tube of paint. I like that.

EDM 69

This is everyday matters 69: draw a beverage and write a little about it.

this is my second favorite beverage
i used to love beer but I don't drink it anymore

just coffee and water

lots of water

EDM #82 draw your art space

Everyday matters #82 is draw your art space.

A messy drawing for a messy art room. : ( This is shameful.

EDM #143 Draw a spice or herb

Everyday matters challenge onefortythree
I drew a spice in pencil, colored pencil and marker.

black PEPPER!

Every Day Matters - Draw something soothing

EDM Challenge 148 is Draw or paint something soothing.

"This is silly, but soothing to me. From my computer monitor I can "talk" to friends and family, read, play games, look at pictures, listen to music, and sell things. Buy things, create things, learn things and explore. I like it."

Edm Challenge 91 Apple

Everyday Matters Challenge 91 is draw an apple. This is my apple done in Watercolor.

EDM #134 Draw something from an angle

Everyday Matters Challenge #134 is Draw a person place or thing at an unusual angle. I went for the forks facing me with their prongs looking very short and bent upward. They came out hilarious.

Everyday Matters Challenge #81

EDM Challenge 81 is draw a street light. My light is a boring rectangle shape. It was hot outside and my dog kept dropping his ball at my feet, waiting for me to throw it . . . poor thing.
This is pen and ink with watercolor drawn in a Moleskine.

EDM #131 Draw a spray bottle

Everyday Matters Challenge #131 is draw a spray bottle.

Sometimes when I draw people from life, I draw their heads really small. I guess I do it on spray bottles too!

I didn't want to draw a 409 bottle. I wanted to draw my water bottle that I use to spray my watercolor palette, but I couldn't find it.

Note: I DID NOT mean to draw my fingers in the "flipping off" position.

Drawn with waterproof ink and watercolor pencil.

Everyday Matters Challenge #130

Sketchbook pages and EDM #42

Me, Susan and Joan went to Balboa Park to paint and sketch. I sketched some of the lawn bowlers and drew this San Diego Landmark at Balboa Park. It's the clock tower and the bridge leading from one end of the park to the next. Everyday Matters Challenge #42 is draw a landmark of my city.

Susan fed the squirrels peanut butter sandwiches and later we went to lunch in Hillcrest. Home of the City Deli. I've always liked the Hillcrest sign that spans across the street.

EDM Challenge 92 Draw a brown paper bag

THIS is a sketchbook page which has an exercise from the book "Keys To Drawing With Imagination" by Bert Dodson. The exercise is also one of the Everyday Matters Challenge to draw a brown paper bag.

Everyday Matters Challenge #128

Everyday Matters Challenge 128 is Draw a view from one room to another. This is the view of my kitchen, through the den, entry way and living room. It's done with a rollerball pen and watercolor in a moleskine.

EDM #10 Draw a hand

Everyday Matters Challenge #10 is Draw your hand or hands (or someone elses) THIS is my hand drawing. I like the yellowish paper of the Moleskine.

Hamels Surf and Skate Rentals, Mission Beach, CA

I went to the Belmont Park in Mission Beach to sketch and paint today. It is the home of the first and only roller coaster ride I have ever been on. It was double scary in the 70s because the wooden frame looked a little old and rickety at the time. It has since been restored and I was impressed with the look of the area. It has some neat restaurants and shops in the main entertainment area surrounded by some of the older buildings.

My drawing is of Hamel's Surf and Skate Rental. There is a Tattoo Parlor right next to it. I am lucky I got another EDM Challenge done. Number 36 is draw out in public.

EDM Challenge 122 Shade

This is my shade challenge. A piece I have been working on the last few days. When I draw with ink, I don't pencil first. This piece had 2 major errors but I managed to scratch the ink off with an exacto knife then paint over it. Thanks to the thick watercolor paper.

EDM Challenge #125 Draw something yellow

I got a deal at the farmers' market today. My $5.00 bunch of flowers looked like 2 bunches! This is a little yellow flower from the bouquet. mmmm I'm thinking about this yellow. Did I make mud or is it the new gomboge yellow that makes it look orange . . . probably a little of each. Everyday Matters.