It's not a whole chair. In fact it is just a chair leg, but I felt that in order to do justice to the beautifully turned 'barley twist' that the leg deserved it's own closeup :)
So I went out to the garden to pick a jalapeno and two sungold tomatoes. They are ripening on my garden plants now- although I think I may have another hornworm!
I had difficulty getting the backlit tomatoes to work well... and this paper doesn't seem to like layers of washes.
A couple of nectarines from the fridge...
My favourite subject :) I had fun with this, messing around with my paints :)
Lucky me- I had just folded the laundry, so I just drew the pile I had made :)
Details are in Prismacolor Pencils
I do this jug every year- usually during the Everyday in May, but since it is Everyday in June this year...
I am actually quite pleased with the results- I think it is my best effort yet ;)
2008:
Last year here:
It probably comes as no surprise that Dad is a big tea drinker- he is English after all. Only if you follow that logic, then the fact that my Mum and I hate the stuff must seem very wrong!!
This was the brand that Dad favoured when he came to visit. The kids liked it too, so we still get it ;)
This is the view from the BATHROOM window- it's pretty much what I see in the shower- pretty blobby treetops and sky ;)
I have a distinct love of freshly made bread- I have always loved the smell AND the taste of it! Nowadays I make it myself- partly because I love it but partly because then I have a much healthier bread than the standard pre-sliced storebought loaves- or even the non sliced ones!
OK I drew two. And it kind of got away from me, they seemed so simple at first!!
One of them I can play, the other I cannot- and any dreams I had of making a bigger spread went out the window when it took me four times as long as I had planned to do just this spread ;)
Watercolours with a little pigma and gel pen help ;)
I don't have a favourite tool. I have lots!! I wasn't about to draw something as mundane as a tool from a toolbox- those are not MY tools ;) Of my tools, there are my paintbrushes, spinning stuff, sewing stuff, knitting and crocheting stuff...
So what to choose? My choice was the knitting needles- because those caps on the end provided something interesting :)
The pawpaw is of course something I have drawn multiple times before. Its large, almost finger-shaped leaves have always fascinated me, and the delicious fruits are interesting too :)
This is a Common Pawpaw Asimina triloba which we have growing in the garden :)
I had to photograph this to get the right greens (apparently the foliage setting helps LOL) and get both parts of the spread in one :)
I'll eventually get the hang of doing veins- I just haven't come to it in my book yet ;)
We went to Jason's Deli for dinner, after DH had to stay in work to get rid of a virus outbreak. I love their Ciabatta Garden sandwich, and thanks to the camera I was able to take a quick photo without holding up the family to draw (that causes loud complaints from children you know) and without totally forgetting to draw my dinner before eating it (as I did yesterday- hence the switched around challenges ;))
my cell phone is quite simple- just a pre-paid tracphone :)
Somehow in drawing it I got it all wonky though...
Well where do you keep yours? Mine are pretty much always on my face, so that's where I drew them ;)
It's a teeny tiny portrait from a photo (no good mirror for a self portrait using one!). I only took about a hundred photos of myself until I found one I thought looked 'like me' LOL
I kind of like the streaky hair- maybe I'll actually get mine done like this LOL That is supposed to be the shadows and lights!
Yes the glasses are pretty small- but I have drawn them before ;)
A long time ago, DH told the kids the story of a "woolly booger" and animated it with the hand as above- middle finger is the head, the others and thumb as the legs.
The kids loved it and now they often play with the "woolly booger" which can get embarrassing when it climbs their chest or face in public ;)
My library books- not all of which fit in the basket (actually they go further than this but my page doesn't ;))
I found him!!
I have had this rabbit since I was a baby- I have replaced the eyes and ears that fell off, re-sewn the mouth and nose twice, (this is my favourite version so far), and he is quite threadbare- but well loved. I guess that makes him real, doesn't it? :) He is also the only one of my toys that made it to the USA with me ;)
This is my Christmas present ring from my husband- I love it ;)
I tried two different ways- in just coloured pencil and in CP and ink.
(Still can't find the toy :/)
Yes, I am missing EDM #6... because the *only* well loved childhood toy I have over here with me, has been acquired by the kids and hidden in the toys!
So I skipped one and drew this instead :)
This lovely carafe once held wine- we kept the attractive bottle because of the shape ;)
I decided to try something a little different for my lamp- I used a Tiki-Lamp from the garden. These give great ambient lighting at night- and ours have faces ;) Very cool!
I missed joining in on the Everyday in May challenge, so I decided to try for an 'Everyday in June' instead :) I'll be doing the same thing though- the first 31 (yes I know June only has 30 days) EDM Challenges. Here we go with number 1... in my new Inktense pencils. I did not quite have the right colour for my shoes, but you get the idea- they usually get lots of compliments ;)
