Gloomy day, sketches

It has been cloudy for two days. Drizzle. Gloomy.

Yesterday we did paperwork and watched golf. We had brunch at 'Geronimo's", a New Mexican restaurant. They have menudo, which Gene loves. They do put the dry corn in it in New Mexico, so it is more like posole and I would like it more, I think. It has cow's stomach and had tripe, before the mad cow disease scare took that away. It has red chile and spices. I would prefer it later in the day, but it is commonly served in the morning for a hangover cure, I suppose. We did go out to eat last night at the Red Barn, family restaurant. No exciting photo ops for the day.

Today started off with clouds and drizzle. It did clear up so that you can see the closest hills. I watched golf and sketched for the scavenger hunt. Concentration on sketching is hard to manage with Tiger playing. #12 - the bed, was done in the Canson sketchbook with the Pigma Brush pen, sepia. It is like a small paint brush, so no detail. Interesting to use. #13 - bookcase, was done the same. #14 - light bulb was done in the smaller Canson with a Zig Millenium, black. Out of proportion but interesting to draw. #15 - transparent, was the hardest. I was distracted and messed up the pillows on the couch. I wanted something behind the package for the bulb so it would show through. Oh well, it made me think.

(Added later: I was distracted from my writing as well, evidently. The next to the last sentence is wonky. The transparent package is from the light bulb. I wanted the pillows in the background so you would see them through the transparent plastic.)