Markers and Ink Sketches

Our weather has been between late winter and late spring this week.  Cool and then hot with no in-between.   Sort of missing regular spring.  But ... nice to sit on the porch and watch the folks out walking.  We saw a couple on horseback today but no photo or sketch.  Gene was having speech therapy also on the porch.

I sketched yesterday in the Marker Sketchbook with Blick gray markers.  Number 1 in the new Hunt for "spring flower".  I bought a new geranium.  It is a bit fuller than my sketch.  I'm sure it will be bedraggled like the last one in no time.  I ordered it with groceries and they had potting soil on the website.  I ordered it too without thinking about size.  So I got one small geranium and like a 20 pound sack of soil.  Never thought about that.

For Scavenger Hunt 186 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-186-mar-22-apr-3.884

Today I did these three.  Number 2 fits in hand, Ohuhu pens

Number 3 statue or figurine - the plastic owl on a pole that is supposed to keep birds away from the windows.

Number 4 building - next door.  I have painted the shed in pastel and called it a fishing shed as it is by the water.  Seems to actually be a tool shed.

These three are on one page in the large Canson Mixed Media sketchbook.  
 

 

 

Another Tree

I am behind on my sketching so decided to sketch this tree yet another time.  I wonder how many sketches of it I have - with leaves or without and in a group or alone.  There are two trees close together and I thought I would do both so left room for the other.  I got tired of making leaf marks so this is what you get.  We also have to go to Austin again to the eye doctor.  We went Tuesday to Gene's oncologist.  Makes for long days and the traffic is getting so bad.  

 For Scavenger Hunt from Life 186 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-186-mar-22-apr-3.8844/

Number 1 tree - From the porch in the large Canson Mixed Media sketchbook with Micron 03

 

There aren't many bluebonnets this year but Jennie took photos of the grand-dogs in a little clump at the end of the back porch.  Gray doggie is Chewie and the black one is Reese.

 

 

Reese in Markers

We had a visit from Jennie and the grand-dogs today.  It was fun with some tidying up paperwork, sitting on porch, having chicken fried steaks from the Roadhouse Paige and visiting and watching movies.  Wow, lots accomplished.  

Both doggies were standing at the screen trying to see what was going on out in the world.  Listening to birds and some dogs in the distance and a few voices trailing in.  They had been for a walk out there earlier.  I went to get the sketchbook and of course Chewbacca decided to sleep in the sun.  So Reese accommodated me by looking out a couple of different times.

Number 3 yonder - Reese was trying to see what she was hearing over yonder.  She is so black that you can't see any shadows or form so I added a bit of gray.  She is really just black, black, black.  Jennie took some photos of them by our bluebonnets, I will ask to share them with you.

I haven't mentioned much about Longhorn Baseball.  The team is doing great with 18 wins and 2 losses so far.  They travel to Auburn tomorrow.  I will watch on the SEC streaming.  Hook 'em Horns!