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Sunday, February 08, 2026

Houseplant Sketch

The Christmas cactus called for sketching a houseplant.  It has one bloom left that hasn't quite opened.  They were pretty this year.  Very white!  The sketch covers about 1/3 of the page of the large Canson Mixed Media sketchbook.  That makes it about 5 x 7 inches.  Drawn with graphite and colored with watercolor.  A few strokes of ink with a Micron 03 ended it all.


 For Scavenger Hunt 182 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-182-feb-2-feb-14.8680/

Number 5 houseplant - Christmas Cactus

Before getting out the watercolors I sketched at my computer desk with a Micron'02 in the same sketchbook under the sketch of Gene so about 1/2 page.  Number 3, elephant and Number 4, hand


The elephants are made of rock maybe.  They say made in Kenya.  Sort of heavy in a dark gray material.  I don't remember where they came from.  I know they were a gift so I feel bad that I don't remember.  Maybe it is in my blog.  I have sketched them before.  I found the sketch.  I didn't post about the gifter.  

Also the baseball games I mentioned previously are next weekend.  Two things I had the wrong date in my mind, almost the same day.  Yikes.  Baseball and dentist so no connection.

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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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