Zippered Memories Sketch

An item on Hunt 184 was zipper or other closure.  I was at PT waiting for Gene so decided to sketch my art bag.  It has both a zipper and velcro on a side pocket.  So many memories.  It is from the Cumbres-Toltec Railroad between Chama, New Mexico, and Antonio, Colorado.  We rode it several times in the Parlor Car with bonus gifts like the bag.

Number 4, zipper or other closure - art bag in my new Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook 8.5 x 5.5 inches.  In ink and watercolor.

We saw our first bluebonnets on Saturday.  We went to Brandon's birthday lunch and when we got back he found this bluebonnet growing in the crack in the sidewalk.  How had I not seen it?  I was even planning to spray something to kill the grass and weeds growing in the crack.  Hmmm.

After that we saw a little bunch by the mailbox and one by the driveway gate to the enclosed yard.

We are having a small amount of rain so maybe we will get a few more wildflowers.  They are very scarce this year.

Marker Sketching

I got a new sketchbook from Jennie and Brandon.  It is a Marker sketchbook with propylene pages so the marker ink does not soak through the paper.  Very nice and smooth.  I decided to break it in today.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 184 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-184-feb-26-mar-10.8748/

Number 3 wagon or something with wheels - the firetruck and a Jeep in the Marker Sketchbook with Pentel markers.

You can't blend markers so the colors are what you have.  I thought about it tonight and I could hatch with straight lines close together and get a lighter blue for the sky.  I didn't take time for that today. 

It was respite day and I headed out to vote and then meet my friend, Susan, for lunch.  We met at Cedar's Coppice.  I hadn't been there.  It is a very nice coffee/sandwich place with tables and also couches and easy chairs.  (Gluten free bread)  They have items for sale and books to read or buy.  We stayed a couple of hours plus.   The sandwiches and other snacks were very good, I highly recommend it.  Beer and wine as well.  https://cedarsmill.wixsite.com/my-site-1 Beautiful to sketch next time!  We should have gone a couple of doors down to see the sculpture gallery, too.  I didn't think about it, we could have visited and looked! 

I parked across Chestnut facing the fire station again.  An item on the Hunt was "wagon or something with wheels".  The firetruck and Jeep qualified.  I sketched in the car (mobile studio) with the windows down.  It was warm but breezy so very comfortable.  I sketched before lunch and finished it after lunch.

The Texas Longhorn baseball team played Houston Christian this evening and won 16-3 with the ten run rule.  They are 12 wins and 0 losses to start the year.  It has been a while since that has happened.  Hook 'em Horns!

The sketchbook has a hard cover and the pages are about 7 x 8 inches.

Something new to practice -- sketching with markers.

Shop and Trees Sletches

I sketched while Gene did his PT today.  It was pretty warm so I sat in the car (mobile studio) with the windows open to catch a breeze.  Pretty nice actually.

New Hunt 184 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-184-feb-26-mar-10.8748/

Number 1 market or shop - James Avery corner next to PT.  It is brown/tan rocks with aluminum windows and brown wood trim and awnings.  I used the Ohuhu 0.3 pen in the small 5.5 x 8.5 inches plain paper Canson travel sketchbook.  This was the last sketch in that book ... finished!  Always fun to complete a sketchbook.

 

Number 2 tree or shrub - next to the Avery store, the brown/tan rocks continue on the back wall.  I sketched  with the Ohuhu 0.3 pen in the Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook 10 x 7.6 inches.  There are about 7 pages left in that sketchbook.  I like the paper in this sketchbook so I bought another one.  It is a little smaller 8.5 x 5.5 inches.  I will start it soon.