Ceramic and Wood Sketch

As usual, sketched on the porch.  I put my models on the arm of the wooden glider and sat there.  While sketching we listened to the birds and watched the people walking.  Not too many folks today for some reason.  Person(s) is on the list, so I was hoping to see more.

 

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 194  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-194-jul-7-jul-19.9140/page-2#post-145180

Number 4 ceramic - plate 
Number 5 wood - arm of glider

Sketched on the bottom of the page from the last sketch in the Fixsmith 9 x 12 inch sketchbook with a Micron 02 and colored pencil.  

I do not enjoy coloring with colored pencil.  There should be at least two more layers of color to get close to the colors of the items.  It takes time to do that.  My painting buddy, Regina Burchett, says coloring is therapeutic.  Not in my world, it makes me crazy.  I prefer the old pastels.

I had avocado on rice cake.  An attempt to be like avocado toast.  The avocado was not nearly ripe enough so I had hard slices to chew on!  It was still good but not great.  If it had been ripe I would have had a hard time finishing the sketch before eating the snack.

 

 

Bricks Glass Sketch

We have been able to sit on the porch a bit in the mornings.  It is pretty warm but with a fan and just sitting there it is OK.  We were listening to birds with an app called Merlin.  It listens and identifies the birds.  There were about 10 this morning.  It doesn't recognize the local rooster.  That was a surprise.

I got out my new sketchbook.  It is a FIXSMITH 9 x 12 inch plain paper sketchbook.  I've been sketching with ink in the watercolor sketchbooks and that is sort of a waste.  If I want color on this paper it will be with colored pencil.

Our Scavenger Hunt from Life list https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-194-jul-7-jul-19.9140/ had brick and glass as a couple of the items.  There it was, the lamp on the wall of the porch.  I thought I was being careful with perspective and got a line wrong and that messes up the whole thing.  You can see, I hope, that it is metal and glass on the red brick wall.     

Number 1 brick and Number  glass sketched with a Micron 03.

We are doing OK.  Gene is slowly recovering his strength and that helps a lot.  We won't be traveling or anything like that but we are hanging in there.

With Wheels Sketch

I started to look for an item on the list this afternoon, taking a break from paperwork and washing clothes. I saw "with wheels" and right in front of me was Gene's wheelchair.  So.....

 For Scavenger Hunt from Life 193  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-193-june-25-july-7.9123/

We are doing OK.  I need full time help with Gene now.  It is difficult having another person in the house.  We will figure it out.  Lots of doctors appointments after Gene's hospitalization.  Checking in with family doctor and all the specialists.  Hopefully he will get back in PT in a couple of weeks.  We have an intake evaluation coming up.  Yay!

 Hope all of you are well and sketching/painting/reading/writing/making music, etc.  Back soon.