Drawing Challenge. Final Days.

It's The Last Day, To Be Exact.

Catrina

Day 31 Drawing

Pencil

The last day of the Drawing Challenge agreed to by two painters has arrived. Blaine and I made a commitment to create a drawing each day in October, which we did.  These drawings have been posted in our blogs and on our Facebook pages. Like I say in my book, See Where You Are, we looked at our surroundings and we saw what was there.  We were inspired.

Day 24

Watercolor Pencil and Ink

Day 25

Watercolor Pencil and Ink

Surrounded by Fall, we were inspired by foliage and fruit, then found color inching its way into our drawings.

Day 26

Pencil

Day 27

Pencil

Day 28

Ink

Day 29

Ink

Day 30

Watercolor

Now here it is, last day of the month, October 31.  It's Halloween, Nevada Day, All Saints Day.  Tomorrow is Dia de los Muertos .  To celebrate the end of the month, the end of the challenge and the beginning of November, my final drawing is Catrina, one of the most popular figures of Dia de los Muertos.  

Day 31

Catrina

Pencil

It's been fun to have this challenge.  It's led to new paintings and a great dialogue between artists.  I hope you have enjoyed, but now as with every great situation, it comes to an end.

To contact me click HERE

To visit my web site click HERE

Drawing Challenge

DAY 21

One of the most wonderful outcomes of this challenge has been a growing collection of small drawings in one sketch book, and all are different.

Drawing 21

Watercolor Pencil

It has been an interesting situation to create a small drawing every day that has no function, no other reason to be created than answering the challenge.  It's not a sketch for a painting or a sketch to present for a commission.That means each drawing is a stand alone little work of art, though some of them have been inspired by the same subject or created in the same palette.  

This means I can draw ANYTHING!!!  It doesn't matter what I draw.  You have seen Fall, Lake, Boulders, Gears, Palms, Cactus, Clouds.  When I sit down in front of the sketch book I haven't known what I was going to draw, until today.

I am so curious to know what you think of this little drawing, which was posted on my Artist's Facebook page yesterday without telling the thought behind it, because sometimes knowing can lead your mind.  And once you know what inspired this drawing you may see something you would not have seen without that knowledge.

But here it is:  Today when I was meeting with my eye doc for an annual exam and he showed me the photograph of the inside of my eye I decided to create a little drawing inspired by that photo.  Just curious, what did you think of the drawing before you knew the idea behind it?  Do you like it more or less now that you know?

By the way, my eyes are healthy healthy healthy.  I am increasing my magnifiers, but that just means I get to add to my EYEBOB collection!  A new and different pair or two which I will use to peruse my growing collection of different little drawings.

To contact me click HERE

To visit my web site click HERE

Take a look at Blaine's drawings

Drawing Challenge. Days 12&13&14.

TWO AT A TIME or more.

Busy busy busy, so the drawings this week will be lumped together in a couple different posts.  These three are distillations of last weekend's pumpkin.  Simplifying the same palette and design elements....

Day 12

Watercolor Pencil

Day 13

Watercolor Pencil and Ink

Day 14

Watercolor Pencil

To contact me click HERE

To visit my web site click HERE

See what Blaine is doing by clicking HERE

Drawing Challenge. Day 12

Spinning Off Yesterday

Today's drawing, this 12th day of October, is influenced by the whimsical pumpkin created yesterday.  The idea was to simplify the lines and shapes while retaining the color and design elements.

To contact me click HERE

To visit my web site click HERE

To take a look at Blaine's drawings click HERE

Drawing Challenge. Day 8.

I Succumbed.

Drawing Challenge Day 8

Watercolor Pencil

Yes, indeed, I did.  As if my rowing shell and kayak weren't enough.  Not sure exactly why I succumbed, but I am the owner of two lovely Lakeshore Paddle Boards.  I chose Blue Betty's because they are stable and I love the blue. One other reason, my mother's name was Betty. Now every time I take out my SUP I think about my mother.  Pretty cool.

The other thing about the SUP is that it gives a different perspective of the lake.  Because you are standing up, not seated, you are looking down into the lake instead of across it.

We have had a string of magnificent lake days so I have been out on the SUP which has influenced my drawings the last couple days.  Hope you like them.  And if this weather stays the same, let me know if you would like to join me on an SUP outing.

To contact me click HERE

To visit my web site click HERE

Take a look at Blaine's drawings.  Click HERE