another chicken

This is the same chicken but I tried a different background - no background. (pencil and watercolor on mat board 2.5 x 3.5 inches)

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This is a chicken I saw and the San Diego County Fair drawn in pencil painted in watercolor. 2.5 x 3.5 inches, painted on white mat board.

Mother-in-law series part 3

This is the last installment of the mother-in-law series.

Mother-in-law series part 2

The mother-in-law series

drawings from tv

these are just sketches done while watching tv, mostly cops and talk shows

brown bear

zoo sketch

zoo sketches

zoo

sketching at the zoo

first day of zoo class

waiting for the zoo class to start

me as cards

well I wasn't feeling too happy when I did these

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Gorilla 2
gouache
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Gorilla
gouache
2.5 x 3.5 inches

The end of the Public restroom series

I thought this was going to be the last of the public restroom series . . .
but then I did this . . .

which is the end of the bathroom series.

Everyday Matters #174 Draw a bridge

a funny thing happened after I read that the challenge was a bridge. ..

I actually thought I would have to dig out some old pictures of the Coronado Bay Bridge in San Diego, but I didn't want to go through the hassle.

What bridge can I draw? Where will I find one?

Suddenly, out of the clear blue sky, my friend Eileen emailed some pictures from her recent trip to Berkeley, California.

There it was right in front of my face, bright as day.. the Golden Gate Bridge, in San Francisco.

Here is my sketch and my "entry" for EDM Draw a bridge from drawn from my friend's photo.

Thanks Eileen!

Quail Botanical Gardens

I worked in Encinitas today ... a beautiful day I might add...
which just happened to be the FREE day for Quail Botanical Gardens ... so I stopped in for an hour, sat under a tree and drew the following:

Its pen and ink with watercolor in a watercolor moleskine.

DMV

Spent time at the DMV today:

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Ostrich
found on the way to Wild Animal Park
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Pen and ink with Watercolor and marker

JUST my mantle

sketches while watching tv

br

BR series

Public restroom series (part 4)

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The Goddess of Creativity

mixed media
2.5 x 3.5 inches

The card matches my paper mache goddess
she is holding a paint brush and a musical instrument

Rest room series part 3

gopher

My dogs found this snake in the yard today.

I think it's a gopher snake . . . well at least it ACTS like one.

restroom series

this is the second installment in my public restroom series

(a public service announcement)

Public restroom series

This is the first installment in my bathroom series

Betty Bendixon Park

I did this sketch at the North County Society of Fine Arts Paint out. I think will sketch on location more. Since I have been working out of the home more, I have sketched or painted from photos because I think I am too busy to go out. I don't like that. I used to only paint from photos when I was learning to paint and now I find it very unfullfilling.

unorganic.

unreal.
unexciting

uninspiring

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Rodeo

Watercolor
16 x 23 inches

birds and hattie

Drawing with a brush pen in a watercolor moleskine.
Susan's dog Hattie at the paint out.

sketching from tv and NED

sketching from tv in my watercolor moleskine

Ned
I don't like him very much. . . he is always complaining about something.

edm 166 - draw a fish

Everyday matters challenge 166 is draw a fish.
This is a sketch from a photo that a coworker gave me after his fishing trip. I asked for the photo because I loved the color of the fish.

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Cow
2.5 x 3.5
gouache

Getting a hair cut

My Birthday sketches

just a sketchbook journal page

A watercolor moleskine page covered with tissue paper from a gift and drawings with a brush pen and watercolor.

Everyday Matters - #165 Draw the front of your house.

My birthday dinner

This is just a sketch while waiting for out bill at dinner. It's done in a watercolor moleskine but I had glued tissue paper from my friend Eileen. A gift sent to me that I opened first thing in the morning! I always write a jingle for my age, that's why there are so many little poems on the page.

sketchbook page

spread of random sketches

dance

watercolor and charcoal in the moleskine watercolor sketchbook

watercolor sketches

Watercolor sketches from the dance rehearsal.

more dance sketches

conte in a watercolor moleskine

dance rehearsal sketches

My figure drawing group got invited by one of the models to sketch at her dance rehearsal. She is director of this group: http://tdarts.org/

This was done in conte and watercolor background in a watercolor moleskine. The dancers were warming up.



This is all the same girl I sketched her in walnut ink with a Lamy Safari then used a water brush to create tints.

Paper mache pencil

This is one of the favorites I have made so far. I feel so silly but I love making paper mache. My pencil is 15 inches long.