Thumb Sketch

Pretty boring, I know.  But sitting at my desk and commenting on the Hunt, I realized I hadn't sketched one for my own Hunt since the Halloween sketch.  I numbered it Number 1 instead of 2.  Sigh...

I scanned it twice once in pure gray tones and once in black and white.  The gray was light and I sharpened it to get stronger lines.  The black and white one has more contrast but it picked up black like dust and the scanner was pretty clean.  Hmmmm.  I usually scan in the gray.  Now I know why it is much closer to the actual sketch.

Number 1 thumb gray scan - Sketched in the Conda sketchbook half page with a Pilot ball point pen.

And in black and white.  It looks a little like charcoal dust, eh?

Skeletons - Boo!

I went to lunch with the "Lunch Ladies" today on my day out.  I stopped to sketch on the way.  I had about 30 minutes so I sketched for my Hunt that actually starts tomorrow.  I doubt I will get a chance to sketch any more Halloween decorations so cheated and sketched today.  I made the new list and added Halloween decorations for one item.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 174  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-174-oct-29-nov-10.8417/

Number 1 Halloween decorations - Skeletons, chain saw man and pumpkins in the Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook with an Ohuhu .5 pen and watercolors.  I left out the big skeleton coming out of the ground.

For a couple of years, David has been sending photos of a house in Kentucky that has skeletons and change them around and dress them up in odd costumes about once a week.  When I saw these on the way to PT a while back I knew I had to sketch them.  On the way home from lunch I drove down a different street and saw other houses with skeletons, some were huge.  Skeletons are popular this year in our world.

These are the ones I sketched today.

Tree and Lamp Post Watercolor & Ink

 It was a beautiful day for sketching outside, about 82 degrees.  While Gene was in PT I sat in the comfort of my mobile studio with the windows open and enjoyed the 45 minutes or so...

 For Scavenger Hunt from Life 173  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-173-oct-17-oct-29.8361/

Number 4 tree and Number 5 lamp post.  I sketched in the Ohuhu Mix Media Sketchbook with an Ohuhu .5 pen and watercolors with the Ohuhu water brushes.

I intended to see the red umbrella up and shaking in the breeze but it had collapsed in the 2 or so inches of much needed rain we got over the weekend.  No one had picked it up by 11:45 am when I finished my sketch.  It still added some color to my sketch.