Roof Vehicle Sketch

Gene had a dentist appointment today.  We went on the right day!  I sketched out the window for the Hunt.  It was another beautiful day.  The crown took about 1.5 hours.  Amazing.  Start to finish: prepare and measure, make tooth, bake it, put the tooth in permanently.

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

Number 5 roof - the Bastrop City Hall Building and Number 6 vehicle - a white panel truck.  It must be the dog catcher which now is called animal control I imagine.

I sketched in the small Canson sketchbook with plain paper and an Ohuhu  0.2 pen. 

 Our sunset tonight.  

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.

Home Sweet Home

I sketched out on the porch!  No this isn't an old post.  It was such a beautiful day today and one of the prompts/items on the Hunt was "outdoors".  We were on the porch for lunch so I decided to get the Canson Mixed Media large sketchbook and do the scene I have done so many times.  Then we came in and Gene rode his bike.  I skipped riding mine to get another item for the Hunt "person".

 

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

Number 1 outdoors - the scene off the porch minus water in the lakes.
Number 2 person - a bad sketch of Gene.  In self defense I will say he was moving at the time!  He is always a good sport about it!

We went on Tuesday and had our teeth cleaned.  The dentist found that Gene needs a crown where an old filling is loose.  Fine come back on Thursday.  We went today for a 12:00 noon appointment.  They prepare the tooth and make a crown all the same appointment.  It takes 2 hours or so.  We got in the office and the young gentleman, Kendrick, that always takes good care of us said .... "oops, maybe I said Thursday without the date, I meant next Thursday, February 12."  I think maybe I just got it wrong and he said that to make me feel better.  At any rate we came home and went out on the porch for lunch and stayed a while before going back in for Gene to get his exercise.  We had the door open for quite some time.  I really like that.  

UT Longhorn baseball starts tomorrow.  They will play UC Davis in Austin at the Disch.   Looks like the weather will be super for the weekend.  Unusual, Hook 'em Horns!  I'm sure that there will be some cold weekends before long, but we will take this good weather.  Joanna and I have been in the stands when it is 45º or so.  Long handles, hoodies, and blankets.   Brrrrr.