Playing in my Coffee

I was going to try some direct watercolor last night.  In direct watercolor you paint with the watercolor without drawing first with a pencil or pen.  I didn't have any water and I didn't want to use the waterbrushes.  Lazy me, I decided to just use the last of my coffee as paint.  It would have worked better if it had been a little stronger.  

When it got dry I did add some lines with a brown and dark brown Micron 005, bronze color with a Pigma brush pen, and more dark brown with a Prismacolor chisal.  I see a few more bushes to the right, do you?

It is doctor day for Gene and I.  We had to fast.  I think it is the day for the Medicare checkups so they test our walking, thinking, strength, etc.  Blood tests and more.  My mental/memory is much worse than a year ago.  Is it age or stress?  Guess I will find out today.  We will see Dr. Pompeyo Chavez.  He is a super doctor.  He is with Med-VIP so is on call any time and we can see him any day.  It is more expensive but worth every penny.  He is from Peru, so that is a plus for Gene.  They can talk in Spanish and remember good or bad times in Lima.  Ha.  We went with him and his wife for Peruvian food in Austin a couple of times.

Maybe I will sketch.

 

Motorcycle Sketch

Motorcycle was on the Hunt list this time.  I sort of watched for one when we went to the dealership and around town.  No luck.  I remembered the mailboxes around the corner.  One of them has a silver sculpter of a motorcycle on top.  I sketched it in the small Strathmore watercolor sketchbook I keep in the car.  I added the color when I got home.

For Scavenger Hunt 117

For Scavenger Hunt 117   https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-117-june-4-12-2024.6915/

 Number 10 motorcycle 

My sketch is out of porportion.  Nothing new there.  I usually don't do it over again.

I went back and took a photo.  

Mailboxes

Watercolor, Hmmmm

I'm never sure about watercolor.  Is it worth the time to try painting or just use it in sketches once in a while?  I liked the previous sketch of the soy sauce.  

Yesterday I tried some flowers without sketching, using the direct watercolor method.  Not even close to my original idea.  No posting of that.

This morning I tried sketching in the 9.5 x 7.25 watercolor sketchbook.  I did put in the shape of the glass with ink, a Sharpie.  The photo was provided by Kay in Big Spring on creativespark.art in the water media monthly challenge.  The photo looks sort of like smoke behind the glass.  My smoke looks more like yellow mess.  I have no idea how to do that with watercolor.  

I did work for an hour or so not counting some drying time in between layers.  The art business tutors say only post your best work but I'm posting this anyway since it was in a challenge.

https://creativespark.art/threads/january-2024-water-media-challenge.6440/

Blustery Day

Such a beautiful day yesterday.  Today we are back to blustery and cold.  I walked to the pond while Gene rode his trike.  Not a long ride or walk but at least we got outside.

I sketched in the Canson large mix media sketchbook with a Sharpie and then added watercolor back at the house.

For Scavenger Hunt 99  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-99-jan-14-jan-21.6479/

Number 5 wheels - on the vehicles next door
Number 6 brown - tree trunks and grasses

When I thought of blustery, I thought of Winnie the Pooh.  How about you? 
This version is about 9 minutes long.  There are some longer and some shorter.  Have fun.

https://youtu.be/p60buJnFUuI?si=m-1Ly0bw8SjPIxGO

New Day, New Year

Happy New Year!   This is my last sketch of 2023 not the new for 2024.  I did it midday yesterday and then never posted it.  Sigh.

I suppose it is time for an annual review and some new resolutions.  I think I will skip that and just go for the best day I can have every day.  Saving up for the future is not great advice at my age.  We never know what tomorrow will bring.  

I planned to do a pastel yesterday.  Gene was going on his  trike for his last ride of the year.  He rode 8.59 miles for a total of 812.56 miles for the year.  Wow!  He did well.  His goal was 915miles,  one more than the year before.  He only got to ride 122 days so not a bad total.  He laughs about his health.  A few years ago he decided to sign up for some health trial.  The last question on the application was, "In as few words as possible, tell us what your general health is."  He quickly wrote down, "Excellent!", and sent it off.

A couple of weeks later he said to me, "I've had 3 heart attacks, Parkinson's, and prostate cancer.  I guess that isn't excellent health!"  He did not make the trial.  :-)

Anyway, I was going to do a pastel.  I got my easel to set up on the back porch.  When I went out the wind was whirling.  Not good to have an easel set up in the wind. I thought Gene would be coming back early as he always says that when it is windy he has a headwind no matter which way he is riding. 

I came back in and got out my Canson mix media sketchbook, 9 x 12 inches and went to the screened in porch and sketched with a Micron 03.   It was beautiful after a short time, wind stopped, Gene rode on and I finished my sketch for Hunt 97.  

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-97-dec-30-jan-7.6431/

Number 3 cottonwood - no cottonwood trees in this area, substituted these two oak trees back of our yard.  They have grown a lot in 12 years here.

When I finished I decided to add some color with watercolor.  

I like both versions.  Can't decide which.  The watercolor is permanent so can't go back to the black and white.

The leaves on this type of oak seem to hang on and on.  I think the green buds will start before all the leaves turn really brown and fall off.  I will try to remember to check.

We are having "cold" weather this week.  It will stay in the high 50s and low 60s (F).  Not bad but no trike riding for Gene to start the new year.  He will settle for the inside bike and some exercises.  A few years ago when we were going to Angel Fire we were excited to sit on the porch there and have our coffee at about 45º in the morning.  No way now.  I guess our blood has thinned.

Did you watch the ball drop in the Big Apple?  We went to bed about midnight.  The shooting and fireworks were very loud until after 1:00 a.m.  Dick Clark's party was on ABC and we don't have that right now on DirecTV.  So.....

I hope 2024 is good to all of you, well all of us! Back soon with new sketches and some paintings.

Sketching and Procrastinating

The day, yesterday, had started of damp and cool.    We had been sitting around trying to decide what to do.  It was time for a sketch.  I got up and looked out .. wow!  We hadn't noticed that the sun was shining and it was about 70º F.  Gene decided to ride his trike and I decided to walk over by the ponds. 

I took the Ohuhu sketchbook and a Micron pen.  I sat on the first bench to the west and sketched. I don't usually take my phone, but with Gene on his trike I did take it.   While I was sitting there a friend, Lynda,  called.   Such a wonderful surprise.  She and husband, Bill, are in Idaho now. We know them from Magdalena, when I did shows there years ago.   Many good memories.  What a way to jump start my day!!  Thanks, Lynda!  

Number 7, free - I chose this scene from the bench.  I have sketched it before.  I sketched in the Ohuhu sketchbook with a Micron 03 pen and added the color when I got back to the house.  I can see the same view so had a good reminder for the color.

For Scavenger Hunt 94

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-94-dec-6-dec-14.6354/

So now back to procrastinating.  So much to do and not very excited about it.  Sigh.....

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Items Repeat Sketch for Hunt 94

Hunt 94 is a repeat/recycle of Hunt 60 from the spring.  I decided to sketch the same items and see how they come out.  Interesting don't you think?

Here is the link to the new Hunt 94

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-94-dec-6-dec-14.6354/

Here is the link to the old Hunt 60

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-60-march-7-15.5248/

This sketch was today for Hunt 94

#1 Pair of cups out on the porch with Micron 03, Piochoo and Pentel marker/pens

#2 Hair - on bear  #3 pair of mugs - cups from Texas State University where Larry went to school and The University of Texas at Austin where Joanna went to school.

For Hunt 60 in April

#2 hair on bear and #3 pair of mugs - pastel
#1 Pair of something different style - Micron, Prismacolor chisel and watercolor

My favorite is the pastel, of course.  :-)

Seasonal Watercolor

After sketching from someone else's photos I decided to sketch from life in watercolor and ink.  I sketched lightly with a Micron 01 and added watercolor.  This is our only fall color near our house and in our yard.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 93  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-93-nov-27-%E2%80%93-dec-6.6310/

Number 4 Seasonal - the last of fall in our yard.  This is in the Canson Mix Media sketchbook, 9 x 12 inches.

A friend of ours has a webpage for selling stuff, she said accessories, for your dogs.  I'm passing on the info.....  Looks nice.

https://darlingdaizyxo.store/

Watercolor Christmas Sketches

I sketched in the Canson Mix Media sketchbook, 9 x 12 inches, early this morning before I could get sidetracked.  I did an outline sketch with pencil then used my mix of watercolors with the water filled brushes not a regular brush. 

These are for the Water Media December Challenge on creativespark.

https://creativespark.art/threads/december-2023-water-media-challenge.6330/

You can see the photos there and take part with us if you have an inkling to do so.

I think my background on the Christmas cactus bloom would have been better if I'd used a regular brush and wet the paper first.  Live and learn.

I have two Christmas cacti growing at the moment but since they were moved here recently and haven't acclimated to our home they won't bloom this year.

We have a tiny bit of fall color in the yard an toward the easterly pond.

That was accompanied by a beautiful sunset later toward the westerly pond .....

Hope you are having a restful weekend and ready for the holiday rush ....

Inktober 23 and Water Sketches

Inktober is almost over.  I'm always excited to do it and it isn't too hard as I sketch almost every day anyway.  But by the end of the month I'm having some trouble.  Maybe it is the prompts.  You don't have to stick to their prompts, but it is a challenge for me to do the "evil" ones especially.

Inktober Day 27 Beast

From a photo on the internet in the BookFactory sketchbook with a Micron 03 pen.

I was feeling like color and didn't want to take my easel to the porch.  I chose watercolor to work with.  I always need practice with that.

For Scavenger Hunt 89 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-89-oct-25-nov-2.6141/

Numbers 2 fruit, 3 cloth and 4 brick.

A couple of small pears on a bandana on the window sill.  I have used bandanas for barbecue napkins.  They are bigger than regular napkins and easy to wash and colorful.  This is in the Canson large mix media sketchbook with watercolors, Micron 03 pen and Gelly Roll white pen.

We are trying to take advantage of the porch in the mornings and have the door open a while.  It will be 86 or so today and next week the highs will be in the low 60s.  Not looking forward to that.  I like the warm weather.

We were laughing about that the other day.  We would get to Angel Fire and the mornings would be in the 40s or 50s with a high of about 80-85º.  We would sit out on the porch and happily drink our coffee with our jackets on.  Not any more.  Age has arrived and the blood has thinned I guess.  We will probably have to turn the heater on.  Sigh....

Inktober Days 25 - 26 and Hunting

Posting these for the record, not too exciting.  The point of Inktober is to sketch in ink every day of the month, so that is what I have been doing.  

Day 25, dangerous - a box cutter which to me looks dangerous even when closed.  This stays in Gene's desk drawer.

Day 26, remove - from a photo online, removing or trimming the beard. 

Both sketches in the BookFactory sketchbook with Micron 01,02 and 03.  Those pens have finer to thicker nibs on the pens.

Yesterday we went to pick up a prescription for Gene.  We had been talking about candy corn after seeing it on a Hallmark movie.  So for a surprise for Gene, I picked up a bag of candy corn for him.  It was called Harvest, I think, and had some chocolate tipped (can't really taste it) and some little pumpkins.  Perfect for the Hunt.  We don't have any pumpkins.  If we put a real pumpkin outside it would cook in the sun.  Most folks put out plastic or metal Halloween decorations.  A neighbor has a small cemetery in his yard.  Another has lights with skulls and pumpkins but to small to sketch from the mobile studio.  

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 89 https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-89-oct-25-nov-2.6141/

This is in the large Canson mix media sketchbook on the page with the old pickup and Texas stars.  I used both Piochoo and Wexford pens.  They don't blend very well, acting somewhat like markers. 

I don't care much for candy corn as it is mostly just colored sugar, right?  But I did give in and eat my models.  Not bad, but as I said, it all tastes the same regardless of color.  Old fashioned and brings back memories of our school days and Halloween.  You can read this here:

https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/happy-halloween-and-sketches.html

This is one of my favorite sketches.  Done in 2019, watercolor, about 9 x 12 inches.

Finals for Hunt 85

Yesterday morning I sketched in the driveway.  Gene was on his trike and forgot a pill so I sat on a chair, sketched and waited for him to come by and take his pill. This is in the BookFactory sketchbook with a Micron 03 and Zig for the red, blue and yellow.

Number 16, steps or stairs - substituted the little bridge

Today we walked and I sketched from a bench in the travel sketchbook with watercolor paper so I could add color.  I used the Acurit 03 pen and added color at the house.

Number 17, plant life - by the east lake.  Acurit 03 pen and watercolor.  I wanted some orange and had already put away the watercolors.  I used one of my new dual tip pens and it was strong and wider than planned.  After I took the photo I tried softening it with water.  It didn't lift well but did at least soften.

Joanna brought me some Wexford Duo Brush Pens.  They have a brush end and a stiffer fine tip sort of like a regular Sharpie, not a pen point like the Piochoo pens that Jennie and Brandon gave me.  Joanna also brought another BookFactory sketchbook but small 5 x 7 inches for purse or???  My birthday just keeps on going.

Quiet and Bright Sketches

Gene went on his trike so I walked to the third bridge on the easterly side of the lakes.  The path is between the two lakes at this point.  Remember a while back I forgot to take a pen or pencil for my sketch and did it in direct watercolor?  Today I wanted to sketch in ink and add watercolor.  So my checklist:

• Ohuhu Mix Media sketchbook - accepts watercolor
• Micron 03 pen
• Waterbrush
• Paper towel
• Phone since Gene was on his trike

All items checked and in my hand or pockets.

I sat and sketched the ink part of the first sketch.  Opened the watercolors, got the waterbrush and went to work.  After a few swipes on the towel to clean for the next color, I realized the brush was out of water!  First time I let that happen.  I was close to the house had not taken water to drink or use for painting.  I quickly sketched the second sketch with the pen and came back to the house to add the color.  A lack of preparation again.  Sigh.....

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 84  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-84-sep-15-sep-23.6008/

Number 8 quiet - the path back toward the house from the bench.

 

Number 9 bright - it was a bright sunny day

Storefront Sketches, Exhibit and More

Yesterday morning I went to get groceries.  I remembered that "storefront" was on my list for the Scavenger Hunt that I'm hosting.  So maybe a quick sketch from the car, it was too hot to be out.  I wanted to sketch "The Best Little Hair House in Texas", but it was in the middle of the block with no parking across.  I would have had to stand in the sun to sketch, so will save that for better weather.  Two other options for a little interest was the Hairport because it has Marilyn Monroe out front and the Sugarshack which has the Texas flag on the roof.  Very quick sketches as the grocery shopping takes a while.  

I know I can order groceries to pick up or be delivered, but I'm not there yet.  I make a list and then see what I like as I go.  I can't put a substitute for things on a "pick up" list because if I don't find what I want I may go a completely different direction.  I may see something I haven't purchased in a long time and think, "That would be good."  I can't order that!

The sketches are in the small travel sketchbook, done with the Acurit 03 pen.  I added watercolor this morning before I scanned the sketches. 

For Hunt 83  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-83-sep-7-sep-15.5976/#post-100080

Number 2, storefront - The Hairport with Marilyn Monroe in front.

Number 2, storefront 2 - The Sugarshack, such a fun store full of candy, gifts, balloons and more.  The sign is up on the road so I changed the chocolate covered strawberry sign to say Sugarshack.

Two for One

Today you get the watercolor challenge for September and a sketch for the Scavenger Hunt from Life.

Yesterday I worked on the water media challenge.  Kay from Big Spring put up the photos.  I picked one of the still life photos.  You know me and photos.  It seemed to be one of the easiest for my watercolor practice.

This is in the Strathmore Bristol sketchbook, 9 x 12 inches.  It is pretty watercolor friendly.  Sue gave me this sketchbook many years ago and I'm finally more than halfway through it.  I used ink to sketch and add a few lines.

Today I sketched in the bedroom in the Ohuhu sketchbook with a Micron 02 and added a touch of watercolor in my studio.

Number 9 fur -  fake fur, a few of my fur toys from Gene over the years.

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-82-aug-30-sep-7.5944/

This song was on the TV Instrumental channel.  It will stick in your head beware.  The Music Box Dancer by Frank Mills.

https://youtu.be/ber2CszM0fQ?si=JulyYLyAcOJ8NasY

Gene's Anniversary

Yes, Gene's anniversary.  He celebrates the anniversary of his 50th birthday.  Yesterday was his 32nd anniversary of his 50th birthday.  Happy Birthday Gene!

I tried to cook some of the lunch the day before.  I made a German chocolate cake, his favorite and then a pan of flan for those of us that are gluten free and don't like nuts (I can't imagine not liking nuts.).  I prepared the enchilada casserole and made red and green chile.  Yesterday was preparation of the beans, rice and fresh homemade flour tortillas.  We had a good time, ate too much and now it is time to recuperate.

Sort of recuperate.  Gene rode his trike this morning.  I didn't want to ride the stationary bike so went to one of the benches by the westerly pond and sketched.  Items on the Hunt were landscape and water view ( you know that would be on Joan's list).  Another reason to go to the bench to not sketch the same old views from the porch.

I took a bag with my sketchbook, watercolors and a drink.  Sat down, opened the sketchbook and no pen!  Therefore, these sketches are in direct watercolor.  The first one, water view is a bit on the pale side.  I managed more color in the landscape sketch.  These are in the Ohuhu mix media sketchbook with watercolor and waterbrushes.

Number 4 Water view.

Number 5 Landscape.

For Scavenger Hunt From Life 81 

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-81-aug-22-aug-30.5908/

 

On our Hunts, Ai from Thailand often puts photos of her world and holds her sketches in front of them.  I decided to try that.  She hasn't posted on her blog in ages but you can see her great artwork there.  http://aiarts.blogspot.com/

 

The water in this water view photo seems to have more blue.  It is so dry and some invasive water weeds are making the water a reddish brown.

 

This landscape view is back toward our house.  The big tree is the one I sketch from the porch and our house is behind it.

Our nightcaps a margarita for me and cabernet for Gene.  He was showing off his new t-shirt referring to him falling down a lot.  It says "I'm not clumsy.  Its just the floor hates me.  The tables and chairs are bullies and the wall gets in the way!"  That's about the truth of the matter.  He is lucky he hasn't broken anything, but his exercise keeps his bones strong I guess.

 This was after our trace of rain the other day, so beautiful.  We can sure use some more rain!  It seems we are sharing the heat, though.  Most of you are steaming today as well.  There was some rain in our old hometown yesterday.  Super!!

New Hunt 81

As I have said way too many times, "Time flies when you are having fun!"  81 Hunts already and still going.  Pretty sure there are over 600 from 2006 on.  Wow!

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 81

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-81-aug-22-aug-30.5908/

On the porch, nice morning of about 76º F.  Of course later it will be over 100º  -- more normal.  I sketched in the big Canson Mix Media sketchbook with some Ohuhu pens, watercolors and a white Gel pen.

Number 1, sweet - grape jelly
Number 2, spicy - Machete Salsa, something Larry likes.
Number 3, sour - a pickle, actually a dill spicy one, but pretty sour.

Speaking of many Hunts, Joan Tavolott  http://watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.com/ and I have been sketching since the beginning.  She lives in New York.  She came to Texas a few years ago and we met in San Antonio to have a great sketching day.  This photo came up on my desktop photos on my iMac today as a reminder.

Joan and I and our Mariache friends in October 2016.  You can see my post here.

https://jocastilloartblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/hunting-in-san-antonio-with-joan-sketch.html

You can see how pretty the morning was.  No rain of course.  Look how dry the grass is.  Sad.  We did get .09 inches of rain day before yesterday.  It was the first rain since we bought a new rain gauge about 2 and a half months ago.  We didn't know if it worked or not!!

Green in Water

Sketching something green in watercolor for the Hunt.  Leaves seemed a good choice to fill in the bottom third of the page with the water bottle and apple.  About a 20 minute study.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-80-aug-14-22.5870/

Number 3, green - leaves

In looking back at the old sketchbook yesterday I re-discovered something.  My style never changes no matter what new things I try.  I can be quicker and more accurate if i apply myself.  I can add in some of the new techniques like black shadows in the black and white sketches instead of hatching.  Either way it is my touch that ends up in the sketch.  So ..... have I learned anything?  Hard to know.

Apple Water

Well,  blue and red for items on the new Hunt.  Of course apple for red and I had an old bottle of water on my desk and it looks sort of blue and the label is blue.  More watercolor practice, I'm not sure if I'm learning anything or this is just a way to "kill" time.  I do like the way the leaf turned out.

I sketched at my computer desk with a Micron 02 and watercolors.  This is in the Strathmore Bristol sketchbook, large, that Sue gave me.  The first sketch in the book is 2013.

The first sketched in the book.  I sketched Sue sketching on the porch then we went down to Fisherman's Park by the Colorado River it seems.

Sue decorated the book for me.  Three dimensional items.  Fun! (sorry for the glare)  I left the Strathmore cover over this so the items haven't fallen off. 

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 80
https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-80-aug-14-22.5870/

And today's sketch in the book.  

Number 1, blue - the label on an old bottle of water on my desk.  I keep thinking to use it for the watercolor sketches and forget and get water in a container  ... so there it sits.
Number 2, red - has to be an apple.  Neat that the apple had a dried up leaf on it.

We binged on "Shetland" on BritBox the last couple of days.  It is good but intense.  I have to have closed captions for some of the Scotish slang.  Have to watch something like "Pie in the Sky", a lighthearted mystery, to relax after watching, heh, heh.

Hope your week treats you well.  See ya later.

Watery Eggs

I watched a video where an artist painted an apple with just two colors, compliments of red and green.  It is a good way to study values as you can use any colors and it should still look like an apple.  Her edges were rough and interesting.  I like that in watercolor but when I do it, it doesn't feel finished.  I got my edges stronger than I meant to.  Hmmm.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 79

https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-79-aug-6-14.5852/

I sketched at my computer desk in the 7 x 10 inch watercolor sketchbook with a regular round  brush.

Number 5, egg - not much to say about eggs.

I forgot to say that George Ensle is performing at New World Deli in Austin at 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Guess we will go have a listen and eat some lunch with Joanna.

George is a super performer.

https://georgeensle.com/