Scavenger Hunt 50, Sketch #1

Scavenger Hunt # 50 started yesterday. Here is my #1, something just outside the back door, Micron 05 burnt umber pen in the NY sketchbook. 15 minutes. The circuit breaker box and meter, watering can, buckets and a towel over the bucket. Pretty sight! Ha.

My sketching is getting better I think. I am getting faster and a bit more accurate. My style doesn't change. I would like to do very even hatches and some dots like pointillism, but that would mean more time and as you know, I am not patient. I want it done yesterday. It is more important to me that I am getting an image that I can live with. I do not erase and usually my sketches are the first try. Rarely to I scrap it and start over.

It is interesting to me because I am not impatient in other things. I can just sit and look at the sky or birds or whatever and I don't get antsy, but with art I want instant gratification. Maybe that is why I like ink and pastels as opposed to colored pencil or watercolor. You have to do many layers and in the case of watercolor, wait for it to dry.

I pointed you to Linda Blondheim Art Notes the other day. Today's recipe is for a tuna dip and she uses toasted bagel bits instead of chips or crackers. It sounds great. I would use regular tuna, not smoked, but still makes me hungry ... and of course the rice and nut crackers for me. For any gluten free person out there check out Nut-Thins made by Blue Diamond. They are excellent. You can find them at main grocery chains now. I see on-line that they have several new flavors. Yummmm.