Sketching from the Dentist's

Today was a visit to Spring Street Dental for two crowns for Gene.  That place is amazing.  We arrived just before 1:30 p.m.  In right on time.  They prepped, scanned and got ready for the two crowns.  Break for us while they made the teeth/crowns.  Back to check the fit.  15 minutes or so to bake the crowns.  Back to place and finish.  Another 20 minutes or so to take measurements with the scanner for a guard for Gene to use at night for grinding his teeth.  Home by 5:00 p.m. or so.  Everyone smiling and happy to see us.  The dentist is left handed and I'm amazed he does most of the work just like a right handed dentist.  A few twists and turns but not many.  I highly recommend that office.

I sketched out the window.  The train went by once.  Traffic was interesting about 4:00 p.m. with school buses stopping at the railroad crossing and the traffic backing up.  

I sketched in the Ohuhu sketchbook with a Micron 03.  

For Scavenger Hunt from Life 111  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-111-apr-17-apr-25.6787/

Number 7 upright - trees, sign and water tank.  The tank and gazebo are part of the Convention Center I think.

Number 8, telephone pole - substituting the light pole and railroad crossing stuff.  

The view of the ceiling from the hallway.  So interesting with all the pipes and a/c showing.

The front has beautiful stained glass in the windows.  I started sketching but didn't finish.  I'll try to remember to take photos.  Benches from the train station I think.

And, the train.  Gene counted 33 cars only.  They are usually much longer.  We had just talked about that we hadn't seen a train today and then......

Gutters Sketch

I have the nicest shelves I've mentioned a few times.  Gene made them from rain gutters.  They are so handy.  Plastic, so no painting required.  Durable as they are for outside.  I can put paintings, framed or unframed. Clip things on them. Put bottles, toys (ha) or anything that fits in them.

They are fastened to the studs in the wall so weight is not a problem.  He put them in my two galleries downtown, the other house and here.  The ones here in my studio are about 6 feet long.  I think the wall in my first gallery downtown was about 20 feet so I didn't have to put nails in the wall and keep moving them around.  Gene came up with the idea!  Yay, so very appreciated.

I sketched at my desk for Scavenger Hunt 111  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-111-apr-17-apr-25.6787/

 

Number 6, gutter - my gutters in my studio.  

Interestingly, on the Hunt, Ai in Thailand http://aiarts.blogspot.com/  and Joan in New York http://watercolorsbyjoan2.blogspot.com/  both had a seahorse in their sketches.  Ai's was on a  boat/ship called Seahorse and Joan's was on a motel called Silver Sands where the first S was the seahorse.  Unusual, yes??  I was sketching my shelves and noticed a woodcut of a seahorse made by our friend, Don Mudd.  He gave me several of horses, turtles, people and the seahorse which I hadn't thought of in ages even though it is right above my head.  I stuck it in my sketch just above the chile pepper. 

The red thing is supposed to be a chile pepper I think?  Woodcuts clipped on the right.

The adobe house pastel is by Regina Burchett, pastel buddy,  https://www.reginaburchett.com/  We traded in Santa Fe on a trip to an IAPS Convention and I've never framed it.  I use it for inspiration.

Hunt 111 Sketches

Game and wheel, fun!  I sketched on the porch.  It is nice but dark, uh cloudy, and humid.  Yahtzee was on the list.  We don't have that game anymore so I substituted Left, Center, Right.  It does have a type of dice.  The other item I chose was rotate.  I found a wheel on Gene's walker.

For Hunt 111  https://creativespark.art/threads/scavenger-hunt-from-life-111-apr-17-apr-25.6787/

Number 4 Yahtzee and Number 5 Rotate.

These are in the BookFactory sketchbook with a Micron 03

Joanna and Larry are coming out today.  We will have some lunch and visit.  

The Longhorn baseball game was scheduled for 7 p.m. but moved up to 4 p.m.  Not sure if it will be on TV.  We can always listen to Craig Way on the Longhorn Radio Network.  We can't hear the regular radio out here so have to listen on the internet.

It is getting to be pastel time, don't you think?  Hmmmm.