New Hunt for a Palm

Already a new Hunt and one item was "palm frond or unusual leaf".  At Gene's PT, I found this tall plant.  Looks a bit like a palm.  It is about 6 feet tall, I just did the bottom half.  I sketched for about 25 minutes doing the sketch and watercolor on my lap with the water brushes.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 177 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-177-04-16-december-2025.8534/  The Hunt started on the 4th  so I am late to the party.

Number 1 palm frond - sub this plant in the small Strathmore Visual Journal sketchbook.  Nice paper for water.  I never liked Strathmore pastel paper, it was slick and didn't hold pastels.  Hopefully they improved.  I sketched with an Ohuhu .2 pen.

I've been making some gift tags for the great grands.  Gene helped me paint the wooden "balls for the tree".  I got them at Hobby Lobby.  I wanted Christmas trees or Texas shapes, but this was all they had left.  I got some small gifts for the kiddos so they will have something to open.  The tags will make it a bit more interesting.  

Gene painted the solid colors and I added the decorations.  I won't show them here until after so they will be a surprise.  Some look at my blog once in a while.

We decided not to bring the decorations for Christmas down from the attic so I bought a little tree and decorations.  Got a bow for the mailbox and that is it.  Now I'm missing our old ornaments with all the history and memories they bring up.  Oh, well.  We will also have less time with the kiddos so I need to make some of the food ahead of time that Jennie and I do just a day before Christmas.  We will have more "play" time that way.

Wish me luck. 

 

 

Hunting for Hunt 176 Ink

 I sketched quickly today at PT for Gene.  You wouldn't recognize these people so that is good.  My figure sketching isn't great when I take my time so these are so fast.  I sketched in the small Canson sketchbook with a fine line Sharpie.

 

 

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 176 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-176-nov-22-dec-4-2025.8493/

Number 4 person or people 
Number 5 festive - small trees and red glass on the counter.

 As the rabbit in Alice in Wonderland says ....
      No time to say hello, goodby, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late..... 

Character in Watercolor

My day out today took me to Smithville, Texas.  It's about 20 miles from home.  I was shopping for a new chair with ottoman for me and a dining table.  Both of these items are in pretty sad shape.  There is a nice furniture store there.  I found a nice small recliner, but I really want a chair with ottoman.  If I have a recliner I lose my sketching table!  I found a table at an antique store.  I have to measure to see if we can put it in the Expedition.  It is rectangle which doesn't fit as well in the dining area but it would work.  In good shape, so I will think about it.

I sketched while I had lunch at the Quinto Patio.  I had a puffy taco.  I had never tried one of those.  It was very good.  There was a statue on the counter about 3 feet tall so that fit the item "character" on the Hunt.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 176  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-176-nov-22-dec-4-2025.8493/

Number 3 character - statue in the Ohuhu sketchbook with Ohuhu pen and watercolors.  The paper is good for water media so I ordered another one yesterday as this is about full.

I didn't take any photos today.  I had hoped to sketch some outdoor Christmas decorations or something but the time got away from me with the shopping and errand to the pharmacy.  Smithville put us ginger bread men all over town.  Most are about 6 feet tall.  There is a huge one by the Chamber of Commerce with a bunch of the smaller ones all around.  They are wooden and painted in many different ways.  One of these days........