Along the Way

A Winter's Night

Speedball Elegant Writer Pen and Watercolor

This little elephant was my first time playing with a Speedball Elegant Writer Pen to do my line drawing for a watercolor painting. The pen bleeds and shifts colors nicely. It's so easy to use. I'll definitely get a lot of use out of it.

Watercolor with Elegant Writer pen

Welcome to the World

Momma finch's fledglings hatched! They look like little disgruntled fuzzballs. Watering the fern is definitely a challenge these days. Hopefully, I'm not giving them an unwanted shower each time. 😨

Baby finches

Out to Sea

Below is my first attempt at using pastels. Hopefully, you can tell it's a seascape. 😉 Pastels are difficult for me because I can't quite get the detail I like, and everything looks soft and unfocused. I'm going to need lots of practice.

Seascape in pastels

To Market

Watercolor doodle

The Eyes Have It

I've been practicing different facial features, starting with the eyes. These sketches were done in colored pencils. I'm using Prismacolor and Derwent brand pencils.

Colored Pencil Sketch - Eyes

Random Sketches

The following two sketches are pretty random. I was flipping through the book "Drawing Using the Right Side of Your Brain" and decided to try a couple of them. We had terrible weather yesterday, so it was nice to curl up in a comfortable spot and spend the afternoon drawing.

Sketch of Knight on Horse

Portrait sketch of random man

Girl on Bike Watercolor

Beautiful spring

Spring is here in a big way. We are having wonderful weather today. Mild and sunny. Everyone seems to be enjoying it. It's the sort of day that makes you take your shoes off and sink your toes into the grass. I'm sitting on the back deck with a cup of coffee, living life.

Wee lizard friend

Tiny weed in backyard

Unripe dewberries

Geranium bud

Impatien bud beginning to open