75 Days in Ink

Here are 2 more of my ink sketches.  I only have 9 more to go.

Scavenger Hunt #302

1 hot - candle
2 cold - penguin on skis
3 thick - hippo on towel
4 thin - praying mantis
5 tall - birdhouse
6-short - elephant
7 red - lady bug candle
8 green - rock
9 yellow - rock
10 purple - rabbit in cup
11 blue - cup
12 orange - rock
13 open - zip drive
14 closed - zip drive
15 square - box
16 round - green rock in back
17 quiet - phone that no longer works
18 loud - little truck
19 dry - towel
20 wet - water brush
21 dark - blue rock
22 fast - roadrunner
23 slow - turtle

Watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink on watercolor paper and about 11x14.

Scavenger Hunt #301 WIP

 I did the graphite sketch, then put some color down first with watercolor paint.  I added some watercolor pencils and regular colored pencils, then went back in with watercolor, colored pencils (both regular and watercolor ones) until I had the result that I wanted.  It's about 11x14 inches in a Strathmore watercolor pad of paper.  I'm out of practice and this didn't turn out just the way I wanted.  But good practice.

Scavenger Hunt #301

This is my next project that is set up on a wooden tv tray and will be sketched from life. 24 of the 26 items for the latest Scavenger Hunt #301.  Plus one of the challenges.  Here is the list:  

Scavenger Hunt #301 - Feb 1-9
something smooth
something bumpy
something squishy
a vehicle
a building
something with a cap or lid
heavy
light
a landscape
a figure Challenge #! - 3 or more figures
leg(s)
arm(s)
a bottle Challenge #2 - Draw it with the lettering on the label
an art tool
a cooking tool
a tool for making repairs
a tool for cleaning
made of plastic
made of glass
made of metal
from your fridge
from your closet
from your kitchen
from you bedroom
man made
natural
Challenge #3 - Do one item (or more) as a continuous line drawing.

Cityscape

About 3x5 inches. Colored pencil on black card stock. just playing around with colors on black.

 

 

Friday

This is Friday my Golden Retriever who passed away New Years Eve 2009.  this is about 3x5 on colored card stock with colored pencils and a little water added to some watercolor pencil.

Bozo and Ducks in a Row

Here are 2 pieces that I did today in colored pencil.  One is some ducks from a reference by Anne Kelly from the UK.  The other is my cockatiel Bozo who passed away a couple of months ago.  I miss having her voice in the house.  Makes it much lonelier.

I'm working on a commission for my dog groomer Nancy.  She and her black lab River compete in Dock Diving competitions.  They made a trip in November to a combination and she got a photo of River sitting in front of the Mississippi River.  She wanted a painting of it.  Here is where I am so far.  It is watercolor and will have pen and ink and colored pencil probably.  Will fit in an 11x14 frame.and mat.

35-37 of 75

Moo in Ink

Watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink

Yosemite

More of the 75 Day Ink Art

Virtual Paintout - The Isle of Man

 Each is 5x7 inches on watercolor paper.  Mixed media of watercolor, colored pencils, and pen and ink. 

Wooden Santa

Day 13 of 75 done with Stabilo Pens.

More Ink

Days 9 and 10 of 75 in ink.

New Look

About 5 months ago I stopped heaving my hair colored. I wasn't taking any chances that the dye would cause an allergic reaction. I also had to stop all honey and nuts. I still don't know what caused the allergic reaction but hopefully time will tell. Here is my new look with my 'growing in" gray hair. Still not quite all in but getting there.

 

 

Day 7 of 75

I bought this today at Goodwill.  It will join about 20 more that have made their way to my house (most also from Goodwill).  Another collection...just what I needed.  Done with Stabilo pens.

Landscape

This is from a photo in the RIL from Wetcanvas by Guis Boro.  Watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink on 6x9 inche watercolor paper.

75 Days in Ink

I started the 75 Days in ink sketching challenge by Brenda Swenson several months ago.  I was on day 46.  Then health problems took over.  Well I started over and hopefully will finish this go-around.

4 days done and only 71 more to go. All my sketches will be done with Stabilo pens.  I have a set of 20 colors.

Remembering Bill

My husband from a photo when he had a beard.  Watercolor, colored pencil, pen and ink.