Happy Birthday Gene! It is the 35th anniversary of his 50th birthday. Hope he has a good day. He has PT and maybe lunch with Joanna, Jennie and me. We will celebrate his birthday and mine together in a couple of weeks with cake and all.
Number 1 hand and Number 2 ink - I only have some acrylic ink.
Sketched in the Conda sketchbook, 8.5 x 11 inches. About 2/3 of the page, so about life size.
Gene went to PT today. I have sketched everything in there but decided I should do something. One of the items on the Scavenger Hunt was "underneath". The receptionist had on black and white pants, black shoes and a white blouse. The computer was black, chair black and counter white. No need for watercolors, eh?
For Scavenger Hunt 197 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-197-aug-12-aug-25.9212/
Wow, we get a new Scavenger Hunt tomorrow and I only did two sketches this time. I used to average about 10 sketches and we only had 9 days. Now we have 12 days and more time and I do less sketching. What a life?
Whiskey reminds me of Jenny Reynolds. https://www.jennyreynolds.com/ One of her old songs is Whiskey & Pie. Fun. She is a great performer and person. She plays a mean guitar, too.
Jenny Reynolds, Whiskey & Pie - https://youtu.be/yE94UAC2rYw?si=EiKBQUkLw2lJC_Wb
Yesterday evening I thought I could do a sketch and Gene could draw and write on a white board. I got out my pastel pencil set thinking that would be an easy way to sketch at the table and not make a big mess. It worked but pastel pencils on Pasteboard is slow and you have to go over it like colored pencil. You know I like fast and done. I had to finish very late after Gene went to bed. I wanted to work on it again this morning but it didn't happen so this has no background or shadows. I should have worked on a colored background. (When I wipe this off I will have a background for the next sketch. Ha.)
For Scavenger Hunt from Life 197 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-197-aug-12-aug-25.9212/
Number 2 whiskey - a fancy bottle of Four Roses. The bottom should be slightly larger as the top is square and it turns to round as it goes down.
My pastel pencils is a big set of Derwent pastels. 75 in the box I think. Even though it is so many pencils there is not a good variety of colors. No white or I have lost it. Most haven't even been sharpened since I got the box which I've had for years. I just don't like the "coloring" like with colored pencils. Artists like them for detail, but I don't do much detail.
I need to do a "real" pastel. Thinking about it......
