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Saturday, March 16, 2024

End of Hunt 106

I sketched this morning but am barely getting this posted before midnight. The Hunt ends tonight.   I sketched in my chair on the footstool with the TV on.  Not the best idea for sketching.

These are on a page in the BookFactory sketchbook with a Sharpie pen.

 
 
 
Number 8 something hard - Gene's computer
Number 9 something with 4 sides - the control for the AppleTV



Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Hunt 106 Items in Ink

I sketched while we watched TV.  Not the best idea sketching on the footstool and not paying attention to perspective.  At least I put pen to paper.

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 106  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-106-mar-8-mar-16.6675/

Number 4, something with a flag - a poorly folded US Flag.
Number 5, something plastic - timer


Number 6, Something musical - Libby's CD, she is our neighbor.  She has a great voice and is a good person.  You can listen here:

https://libbykoch.com/music

Number 7, something with 3 sides - the lid to a little stone box from South America.  Box broken in the big fire I imagine.


Watercolor Cosmos

I'm hosting the Watercolor Challenge on creativespark.art this month.  All the photos are my personal photos.  It is always a challenge for me to paint cosmos in any media.  They are light and airy.  It is difficult to make them look light and airy.  

I worked on this sketch for a couple of hours and finally just put it to the side.  After it dried completely it wasn't as bad as it had been in my mind.  I will post it now, I wasn't going to.  

 

This is on Arches, 140 lb., cold pressed paper, 9 x 12 inches.  You can click on the image to see it a bit larger.

The water color challenge for March

https://creativespark.art/threads/march-2024-water-media-challenge.6647/


I took a few photos of the beginnings of flowers in the yard.  We might get a few more bluebonnets this year and I'm hoping the back will be full of Indian Paintbrush and more.  There is a start.

Bluebonnets


Not sure what these tiny flowers are.

Indian Paintbrush

The photos are a bit fuzzy as the breeze was a-blowin'.




Monday, March 11, 2024

Back to Ink Sketches

Gene listens to podcasts on his trike ride.  He had trouble with his headset so I went to help him.  I decided while I was out and about to sketch something different for a change.  So ink in the Canson travel sketchbook which is 5.5 x 8.5 inches.  I used the Acurite 03 pen.  I like that pen, maybe just because it the case/cover is red.

These are for the Scavenger Hunt 106 hosed by Joe (Fletch on-line).  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-106-mar-8-mar-16.6675/

 

Number 1 something from the yard - not our yard but these two dog sculptures at a neighbors.  They are cement or stone, a gray color.  I always do a double take when we drive by, they look real.

Number 2 something metal - the road sign and the post it sits on.  It is yellow.
Number 3, something wooden - the fence post and rail, the trees and the woodpile

It was a great day.  About 75º F.  The wild flowers are starting to bloom early.  A few bluebonnets here and there.  The trees are getting leaves.  It has greened up in just a few days.  I hope the flowers last a long time!





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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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