THNG-A-DAY

This will be my second year doing thing-a-day. Starts on Feb. 1st. It has been awhile since I drew anything...not to say I have to draw...it can be any *thing*. Since I have a lot of interests, who knows what I will come up with. Last year I drew all but one day, that was a photograph I took. I want to draw, because it will force to me live the courage of my convictions...stay tuned.

Just a little something....

Just a little something, I did this morning, while I was sipping my coffee. I actually did it with a sepia pen, but for some reason it scanned black. I am still working on the boat picture, trying to do it in oils, I am very apprehensive with it. I guess I need to just sit down in front of it and paint...what's the worse that can happen....what is the best? I certainly won't find out if I don't just sit down and try to do something with it, now will I??

He's in the house.....

Remember this guy....I sketched him back in April....scroll through posts to see....well, he won our hearts over, and weaved his way into our lives...The decision came when he came limping up to the house one day, a bite wound on his back leg...we took him into the vet to have it taken care of and that led to vaccinations, antibiotics, neutering....and a big price tag....he is adapting well, no major problems....still in the getting to know his brothers and sisters mode...but all in all he is doing well...he's a little purr box, and loves to sit on moms lap. I haven't done anything artistic since *the boat* which I worked on so much I ruined it...and became discouraged. I am going to be taking a colored pencil class at the local museum, hoping I can get the fire burning again. I tend to shut down upon failure...and I forget that all I have to do is get back up on the horse....

coming soon....

I have been working on *the boat*...I am almost finished, and I have it sitting up where I can view it, and decide my next step...I am doing it with WC pencils, I think I need to put another layer of wash on the water.....It makes me nervous.

On Vacation....

Going back home to the beautiful U.P. of Michigan...I am taking my sketching and wc pencils....I hope to post some work when I get back....

Last two pictures for Kates class

The first picture is my neighbors house. Where I sit and draw, I see it through our open door, and through our porch windows. I imagine it is a cinder block house that has been stuccoed, as ours is...only we put vinyl siding over what the previous owners had (shingle like material)...I visualize the stucco house across the road painted a clay color and having round wooden beams coming out the side near the top. It looks adobe-like.

The second picture is *pumpkin* he belongs to another neighbor. I was feeding one neighbor cat, Blackie...then Spot came...(see previous posts for his pic.) and now Pumpkin....They all seem to get along...but for about 10 years it has only been Blackie....At first he was a little put off by the new comers....and still reluctantly comes up to get food with the other two....Blackie and Pumpkin have homes and *people*...Spot...we don't know...as he has taken up residence in the little dog house on our porch I put straw in for Blackie last year. We also keep our door ajar to our porch in the winter time so Blackie can get out of the weather...It will be interesting to see how many cats will come in out of the cold this winter....

robin on a rock

This is WC Pencil on hot pressed paper. Done for Kate Johnson WC Pencil class...Most of the pictures I have done for this class are posted on Flicker, instead of here on the blog. Flicker is the classes *show and tell*. Below is my sketch of *the boat*, which I am working up the courage to add color too. I have not forsaken it, I do plan to do a few more boats from this series of photos, so plan on coming back to check my progress.