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Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Sketching on the Deck and Memories

It is a great morning again, didn't get up as early so it was warm enough to sit out there .. comfortably.  I had my usual decaf and rice cake with peanut butter, cream cheese and raisins.  I alternated yesterday and had bananas instead of raisins, but must admit that I have grown fond of the raisin combo.

I picked up the brown sketchbook and a Prismacolor pen.  I thought I had the same pen but as you can see, the 05 was in the binding of the sketchbook and I was had picked up  an 03.



The difference in the pens is you have a finer line with the smaller number.  You can see the difference when compared with yesterday.  For me it means I have to do more lines to get coverage.  It also means finer detail and works well when you are trying for that.  For regular quick sketches either is fine, just a preference.  On the brown paper the 05 shows up better.

I sketched for Scavenger Hunt 235.

Number 3, nails and Number 4, all in a row.  The windows on the condos across the way.

I mentioned that things tend to lean to the left in my sketches .. like the condos above.  I looked it up on wetcanvas.com and urbansketchers.com and it is pretty common for a right handed person.  Some have to really concentrate and measure to keep things straight up and down. Sometimes it is the way you hold the paper .. I had it on my knee.  I don't feel so bad now. 

I think you all know that I do crosswords and jigsaw puzzles.  Gene's mom, Frances, used to do puzzles, too.

Gene's Mom, Frances
She really enjoyed that, especially jigsaw puzzles.  She would even make a new piece if one was missing.  She would carve it from cardboard, paint and varnish it so that you could not tell it was hand crafted.  The last few months, before she passed away at 94 years of age, dementia was creeping in.  We still did jigsaws, but she struggled a bit with color and light.  When we went to Albuquerque the other day I got a couple of her crossword puzzle books that she had been working in.  Even though her memory was leaving her, she was still a very clever lady.  Check out the clue (4 across) for a four letter word and her answer in the puzzle.  Gotta love it.




6 comments:

Jennie said...

Tap Tap... Gott Love It.. :)

Jo Castillo said...

Hey Jennie, pretty cool grandmother!

Bag Blog said...

I love crossword puzzles as did my grandmother. I have an old book that she used to help her with the puzzles. She wrote little notes like grandkid's birthday's and such on the inside cover. These days, the computer is my big cheat when it comes to crossword puzzles. "Tap Tap" is very funny.

Jo Castillo said...

Bag Blog, I do cryptograms on the Merrian Webster site but haven't found doing crosswords on-line much fun. I do use the on-line dictionaries to cheat, too. I love puzzles.

Joanna said...

When Dad told me about the crossword puzzle on the phone, I didn't realize she'd put the words in two letter boxes. I thought she'd put the letters in 6 boxes across which wouldn't necessarily have been wrong. I like it.

Jo Castillo said...

It was cool, Joanna. There were some other interesting words, too. Strange how the mind works .. kind of on its own.


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I Grew up in a small town , Magdalena, New Mexico. I enjoy art and the pleasure other people get from my work. I always donate some of my sales and art to charities, especially for children. That started in Bolivia with Para los Niños. "I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colors. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns." -- Winston Churchill

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