Western Flyer

Every Day Matters #21 - Draw something old, antique or vintage. Journal page, 5" x 8" pencil sketch, watercolor, Pigma pen. Oct. 15, 2012.

This was painted from my original photograph of a vintage children's toy, the "Western Flyer" It was at an old barn sale, and was quiet reasonably priced, especially with most of it's original paint. I wish I had bought it.

End of the Road

Double Journal page, 8" x 10" watercolor paints, Oct. 16, 2012.

I started out, just practicing making more background trees and the sky, as I added more and more trees, I thought I needed to make a finished piece. The foreground took a lot of thought! What to do, this did not start as a finished scene, so making up the rest was difficult.

Interior of my Refrigerator

Every Day Matters #49 - Draw the inside of your refrigerator, or the outside. 5" x 8" journal page, pencil sketch, colored markers, Pigma pen. Oct. 13, 2012.

"When I opened the door, the shelves of the door caught my eye, with all the colorful jars and tubs. Grape jelly, homemade raspberry jam, cheese and pickles, margarine and IMO sour cream substitute. The colored markers brought out the color and graphic labels."

My School Bus Dashboard

Every Day Matters #60 - Draw part of a car. 5" x 7" drawing pad, pencil sketch, Pigma pen, colored markers. Oct. 6, 2012.

Sitting on my school bus on break time, the right half of my dashboard, there is so much more. There is a whole panel on the left side wall, and in front of the steering wheel too.

Practice Trees

Journal page, 6" x 8" watercolor paints. Oct. 7, 2012.

I am practicing the trees, in the background of "Skies, Light and Atmosphere, in watercolor" by David Bellamy. I need to improve my foreground, my tree shapes, and colors. I like the faint conifers in the background, I realized they were not green, but blue gray faded into the distance. The closer ones can be dark green. A few bare branches, and a scene with background trees, individual trees, and meadow and grasses. It is just a small part of the page, I'm amazed I got so much detail in the bottom half of the page. I really like the way it all turned out.

Watercolor Test

Every Day Matters #190 - Draw your color palette. 8" x 12" Watercolor paper, watercolor paints, Pigma pen. Oct. 6, 2012.

My cheap set of Michael's brand "Artist's Loft" watercolor paints. I am moving up in the world, I have been using a dollar store kids set of watercolors. The wet paints are sure different, deeper colors, need more water to make light colors or to mix colors. It will take some practice to get used to them, and to get the colors I want. I finally got the hang of the $ store set. But there is not s good deep blue, the Cobalt in the set is light, and the Prussian blue is very dark teal. Maybe I need to spend more money on a really good set?

Waiting

Every Day Matters #36 - Draw in Public. Drawing pad, 5" x 7" pencil sketch, watercolor paints, Pigma pen. Oct 6, 2012.

While waiting for our oil change I sketched the girl sitting across from us. I liked the pencil sketch better, it was nicely shaded. I just wanted to add a little color, and ended up painting the whole thing in watercolor, then had to add the Pigma pen for the detail I lost.I think it turned out good, as I'm not very practiced with drawing people or faces.