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Friday, October 06, 2023

Blue Dodge Memory and Sketches

When I saw "dodge" on the Inktober list I just had to do the old blue Dodge from the Pie Place where my dad was working way back in the late 50s.  

Inktober Day 4 - Dodge, in the Canson Mix Media large sketchbook with Pichoo and Wexford pens.

I came to the ranch when school was out to stay and work with my dad.  I shouldn't really say work, I didn't get paid.  I really liked being a cowboy and staying at the ranch.  We would be there about a month and then go into town.  We would get some groceries at headquarters but that was about 35 miles away on a winding rough road over the mesa that took a couple of hours to traverse.  The pickup was not new even then.  It had heavy board sideboards suitable for hauling one horse.

Guess what?  I already told this story here on my blog:

https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/stuck-not-in-mud-with-dad.html

Hope you enjoy the tale.

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Inktober Day 5 map and Scavenger Hunt 86 Number 3 how to get from point A to point B - Gene's old bike map from Austin in the BookFactory sketchbook with a Micron 02 pen

 

Scavenger Hunt 86 Number 4 (I mis-numbered when I scanned it.) Vehicle - the pickup in front of us when waiting for a prescription at CVS in Bastrop.  This is on a coaster with a ball point pen from my purse.
 


Inktober Day 6 Golden - golden retriever and Scavenger Hunt 86 Number 5 and 6 something with legs and Number 7 edible - protein bar which I couldn't spell.  Sigh....  I was surprised that the gentleman didn't have a hat on as it is very sunny today.  Maybe he had sunscreen on his sort of bald head!

 


The sunrise wasn't very colorful this morning.  Was I too early or too late?




9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love the pickup!

— (not-so-anonymous) Joanna

Anonymous said...

Hey! I haven’t been able to comment from my phone and it let me today. Perseverance! :-)

— (not-so-anonymous) Joanna

Joan Tavolott said...

Fun story about working with your dad and the truck getting stuck. Good sketches!

R's Rue said...

I love your work.
www.rsrue.blogspot.com

Jo Castillo said...

Joan, we had lots of fun and hard work at the ranch. We didn't have any telephone. There was a radio phone of some kind at the next ranch about 28 miles away. No one to call for help. Thanks.

Thanks for coming by R's Rue.

bag blog said...

I recognized the coasters and was reminded to put some in my purse, although I did not do Inktober this year. I usually keep a small sketch book, which turns out out be more for notes than sketches.

bag blog said...

The blue truck is great! I love your stories about ranch life.

Jo Castillo said...

Bag Blog, I haven't been sketching on the coasters very much. Forget I have them. I use the back pages of my sketchbooks for notes, too. I also keep score when we play cards. Fun to look at them the next time we play.
I need to do some more ranch stories before I forget about them. Yikes...

Jo Castillo said...

Hey, not-so-anonymous (Joanna), your comments were hidden in my blog comments history. It let you post but didn't send me an email. I only remember to check there about every two weeks. Comments from Helen get hidden there as well. Sigh....

Thanks for your comments. Hugs.


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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 NiƱos. "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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