Pastel - Ink and Link

Pastels called to me this morning.  Actually they have been calling for a few days.  I only had a short while to work on this so a sketch for the Scavenger Hunt.

 Number 5, 6 and 7 - bowl, animal and cup.  This is on the wiped off piece of Pastelbord, 9 x 12 inches.  I may work on it again to correct the bowl and make the whole thing lighter and brighter.  

 And the set up.

Later we went to a check up for Gene. All good, back in 6 months.   I sketched with a Micron 03 in my small Canson regular paper sketchbook.  We moved several times for lab, see the doctor and a shot, so my size on my hands is a bit off.  It was fun to work in spurts. 

 Number 8 art supplies - sketchbook, pen and hands.

 

I have followed Julian Mero-Smith for years.  A daily painter that probably started the popular movement a few years ago.  Right now, Plein Air has taken over.  I still follow several artists that continue to paint daily.  I love these strawberries.  They are in a basket, haven't seen those in years.  You can look at more of his work by clicking on previous or next.  His still life work is my favorite. 

Daily painter Julian Merow-Smith, Postcard from Provence:   https://shiftinglight.com/2025/07/strawberries_10.html

Table on the Porch

Of course I sketched on the porch.  When it isn't too hot and muggy, that is the place to be early in the morning with my coffee and snack.  I had an HEB protein bar today.  I hadn't had one in a while.  They are so good and about half the price of the name brands.

For Scavenger Hunt 165 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-165-jul-13-25.8088/

Number 4 table - one of the glass end tables.  The shed and trees through the screen in the background.

I do not use layers or do many changes on my iPad sketches.  I try to have them be just like my sketches with a pen or pastels.  I do use different brushes to get texture, like the triangles on the leaves.  I also use different pressure on the brushes like for the reflections on the table.

I don't do digital sketches very often so it is always a learning curve to remember what I did before.  Therefore, it takes longer to sketch on my iPad, iPhone or iMac.   
 

Soft Useful Free

I sketched at physical therapy for Gene today.  It was just too muggy to sit outside, so....

 For Scavenger Hunt 165 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-165-jul-13-25.8088/

Number 1 soft - tissue, the boxes have clever writing on them
Number 2 useful - hand sanitizer 
Number 3 free space (half) - a lady had on some neat Sketchers and left before I got the first outlined so I half finished it.  The shoes were very light in color, pinkish and had fun design and texture.

These are in the small Canson sketchbook with a Micron 03.  You may remember that I lost a lid to one of my pens.  Well it was in the coils of that sketchbook!

Tomorrow is another day without any heavy schedule so maybe a pastel sketch.  We will see.