Slow Start

I am off to a slow start in 2019.  That is not a big surprise.  The longer you stay away from doing anything the harder it gets to come back.  My cooking is the same.  I thought I was a pretty good cook but the less I cook the harder it is to do it.  Sigh....

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I sketched in the big coffee table sketchbook.  The two sketches cover a page.  You can tell I was in a hurry, but I got a sketch done.  I've not been sketching as much either.  Actually I haven't been doing much of anything.

Number 1 round and number 2 triangle, a wheel on Gene's walker.  He uses the walker more to carry stuff than to walk.  It is handy sometimes like carrying in the groceries on the seat.
Number 3 view out the window and 4 water.  Water related is the rain gauge on the post in the lower left. 

I hadn't painted anything for the Southwest Challenge for January.
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I always use the excuse that I don't care for painting from photos.  I did want to do one so I picked this landscape.  There were some neat photos provided by Tuscanny (Christel) from South Africa. 

The View Where I Live
Pastel about 9 x 12 inches on the recycled sanded paper from previous pastel sketches.  The paper was a dark gray after wiping off the red jar so worked well for this stormy sky.  The view could easily be in New Mexico.  Maybe that is why I picked it.

 Here is the Super Blood Wolf moon from the other night.  Not great, on my iPhone.  Check out Joanna's photo on Instagram.   https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4vPO_l_Bc/

And one of our regular sunsets.  I think it was a couple of nights before the moon shot.  I failed to crop off the corner of the roof.