Sketches - Ketchup, beard, eyebrow

I painted on the Boys and their Toys today, as you saw in a previous post. Tonight I did a few sketches for the Scavenger Hunt 23. #9, tomato product - I sketched ketchup with my ZIG Millennium pen and watercolors. I used the watercolor pencils and then some pan watercolors as well. You know I am a real beginner with watercolors. And in my generic sketchbook the paper isn't really made for watercolors.



#10, beard or mustache - I sketched both while Gene was watching TV and #11, my eyebrow. The last two were with my ZIG Millennium. All the sketches took about 15-20 minutes.



I started sketching with the Scavenger Hunts this summer, July, I think. I have tried to sketch for years, but have been very sporadic about it. I believe these few months of steady sketching have made a difference. More confidence and a variety of subjects I may not have tried .. a trash can, for instance. Hopefully I will continue to sketch to improve my "eye", speed and accuracy on the fly. I don't consider these drawings and do not do any pencil sketches under the ink. I have been trying various media for this to keep a fresh eye. But, no erasing even when I do use graphite pencils or pastel pencils.

I'm working on some goals for this year. The most immediate of which is to get my entries in to the Austin Pastel Society Corridor Juried Show by January 12 and my State sales taxes done by January 20. :) Not art related - play some golf and clean the house.