I had the day off from physical therapy so went outside and sketched. It was nice and I didn't have to hunt shade, it was a bit overcast. PT Solutions is just past the jewelry store. I sketched in the little Strathmore travel sketchbook with a Micron 03 and watercolors.
Number 3 building
Number 4 heavy - the cars
Today from the porch as usual and the same old landscape. In the Canson Mixed Media sketchbook, half page, with the watercolors and a bit of Micron 03.
Number 5 landscape
A new Hunt with "salt" and "onion or other vegetable" on the list. I never have onions here except fresh green onions if I'm doing Chinese or eating a sandwich and thinking of my dad. He always had green onions in his garden. We would listen to baseball games, eat sandwiches and dip them in salt and maybe the green chile fresh as well. Yummy.
I decided I would like color but didn't want to do watercolor or pastels so got the iPad out. I was almost finished with the sketch and somehow put a "layer" on and then deleted the whole thing as I never use layers in the App, Brushes. Sigh. Doing over is so boring so I lost some of my detail and inspiration. I think it was much better on the first go.
For Scavenger Hunt 161 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-161-may-27-june-7.7996/
Number 1 Salt and Number 2 veggie - some jalepeños.
The salt grinder is about 5 years old, Kirkland brand, says it is Mediterranean Sea Salt. Hmmm. Not sure why I have it.
We tried a new service today. Valet service from Sames Ford here in Bastrop. The car needed an oil change and general check up. They picked it up and brought it back, no extra charge. So nice for us not to have to go sit at the garage.
Loving our weather at the moment and we even had about 1.6 inches of rain yesterday. The porch was a good place to sketch.
Number 7 has wings - Well sort of. This is a plastic owl that Gene bought to scare the birds away from the window. He put it to face the window so he could see it. I told him the birds should see the face, otherwise it looks like a stump. The head was supposed to bobble and turn around but it doesn't. The birds come and sit on it. Ha.
https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/2019/02/sketching-in-big-book.html
I sketched it here and I guess the first one didn't have a bobble head. The one I sketched yesterday, does have a moveable head but it doesn't move and it faces the window. Sigh....
