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Day 160 (Fri 6/9)

June 9, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, Day 160, drawing, Ellis, girl, ink, last day of school, project, sketch, summer vacation inauguration3 Comments

Even if you are 4, the last day of school is awesome.

Day 159 (thurs 6/8) watercolor flower

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, day 159, drawing, flower, gerbera daisy, ink, painting, project, sketch, watercolorLeave a comment

Day 158 (Wed 6/7) The Neighbors

June 7, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, barbed wire, barn, day 158, drawing, fence, horse, ink, neighbors, project, sketch, watercolorLeave a comment

My favorite type of art now… this just seems way too simple to count.

This is the road behind my house (even though I don’t live in the country). We, my husband and I, call it the cat barn, because our cat years ago would go visit the cats there, but I don’t really know if there were a bunch of cats or not. I assume there were cats… he’d come back looking a bit rough and mangled… but I never actually saw any.

This afternoon the two horses were outside grazing, and it just felt… pretty.

Day 156 (mon 6/5) more lettering

June 5, 2017June 5, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, calligraphy, day 156, font, ink, lettering, project, watercolorLeave a comment

The same project, but much better this time around.

Day 154 (Sat 6/3) an unfinished page of random people sketches

June 3, 2017June 3, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, day 154, dog, drawing, incomplete, ink, line drawings, newfoundland, pen 7 ink, people, project, sketch, unfinished3 Comments

Sometimes even MY life is just to busy to get much done. Still, I’ve stuck to my goal of doing SOMETHING with art every single day this year, so far, and am really seeing progress. Thanks, everyone, for holding me accountable! I’ll add to the page another day.

Day 152 (Thursday 6/1) “pen & ink” sketch

June 1, 2017June 1, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, day 152, dog, drawing, ink, newfoundland, people, project, sketch, tourist, williamsburg2 Comments

This 2017 project is really improving my sketching abilities!! There’s no way I could have done this a year ago. This, by the way, is from our day in Williamsburg, and is what most of our days out with Emmett look like! He’s a big tourist draw.

Day 144 (Wed 5/24) sketchy humans

May 24, 2017Posted in UncategorizedTagged art, day 144, drawing, family, goat tower, Hampton Roads Winery, ink, people, quick sketches, sketching, studies10 Comments

Drawing people accurately has always been a problem for me, so I thought I’d work on a few general shapes today. I’ve always worried too much about accuracy, I think, and used a pencil, erased, adjusted, etc… ending up with stiff-as-boards not-quite-right-humans. So today I thought I’d sketch a few people I took photos of this weekend while we were at the Hampton Roads Winery. (I took the photos specifically for this purpose!)… I didn’t allow myself near my pencil. Agh, so stressful! But a very good exercise. I’m sure if I do this more often (like, a LOT) I might get a more free feeling shape. I was avoiding faces but then went for it. My people are still stiff and choppy, but I’m pleased with my beginning results. They ended up nicer than I’d anticipated. No finished art, but good quick studies. Yes, my dog is that large. And yes, that is a goat tower. The winery boasts the tallest goat tower in Virginia. 🙂 Do you love the laughing woman and baby?? That’s my grandson, and my sister-in-law (much prettier in person), and the girl seen over and over is my granddaughter.

When you just DO things, and keep doing them… you get better at them. (duh)