Two Days in one, Scavenger Hunt #3

I'm writing this the night of July 26, but blogger.com has been down so will not post this until morning.

I decided to post this sketch even though Iam not real happy with it. It is the first sketch for Scavenger Hunt #3 on wetcanvas.com which was started while we were in Magdalena with no high speed.

I did the sketch and then started over 4 or 5 times. It didn't get better. Then I realized that it is just a sketch and I liked the concept and it is practice after all. So here it is, the first attempt, items 1 - What's for dinner? (Chinese), 2 - Three vegetables (brockley, carrots, mushrooms, squash, bamboo and probably more, so at least 3) and 3 - glass (the wine glass) Out of whack, and I hadn't started on the wine yet, hmmmm.

Regina is going to join the scavenger hunt this time as well, you will enjoy her sketches.

We ran into rain coming to Silver City. Actually we mostly followed it. In some places the water washed over the highway and some small rocks had washed down. No signs saying, "Watch for falling rock", either. There was one pretty good sized boulder and smaller rocks in one place, blocking one lane of the road. (Photo included) Here at the house, very little rain. We have taken many photos. I'll try to post one every once in a while. New Mexico is an amazing place with amazing and beautiful vistas.

Today's sketch of the patio was done in the Canson sketchbook with the Sharpie. (fine point of course) It was about a 30 minute sketch I would guess. We don't have a balcony or terrace. This rock patio will have to do. It was time to put up the feet, have coffee and wine and relax. Ah, forgot the wine in the sketch!

The discipline of sketching every day is great, we should see improvement. I hope.