Furry

The cats stayed still for me!

Fire tree

Doodled in crayon while studying spelling words with my son. The kids kept telling me how the tree was on fire - or it looked fuzzy :)

Rooftops

Got this done while the 4th graders were off at music class. View out the window across Main St. 

Sleepy sketching

So sleepy and all I want to do is go to bed - but I'm trying to sketch every day - so I cranked this out. There. Did it.

Out the window

During my break teaching music today I looked out the window and sketched the electronics supply store on Main Street.

Painting sketch

Hibernating bear sketch for a new painting I'm working on 

I don't usually use ebony pencils but I pulled one out for the bear and it worked well for all those dark shadows

Story time

They were really having a lot more fun than it looks like in this picture :)

Crafty drawing

I subbed preschool today. I sat at the art table with a boy who was explaining to me how much he loved cutting snow flakes and how he could do it forever.  I agree.

Jonas sleeping in the car

Sleeping is good - he holds nice and still :)

For most of my life I have been vehemently anti-mechanical pencils. But lately I've been giving them a second chance - mostly because I can carry them around in my bag - wooden pencils fail at that. The points break off and they are useless. So Ya - this was mechanical pencil. Works for small stuff - I think id still prefer wooden pencil if I was working big.

From summer

While I was digging through a bag for supplies for a different project I came across another sketchbook from last summer - during that time where I had no camera and wasn't posting photos. I kinda love them - looking forward to warmer weather so I can get out and do more of these.

Outside Martin nature center in Okc - done while waiting for jonas to wake up from the same nap I mentioned in a post a couple days ago - traveling wore him out :)

Roanoke park - clearly I didn't plan my composition ahead of time - or I wouldn't have stuck that trash can smack dab in the middle like that. Not sure what I was thinking there. 

Jesse changing strings

Jesse changing his guitar strings

End of book 3 - urban sketching

View from front of fric and frac

Loose park - while I was hiding during hide and seek - I hid well. 

Dog out the window at the quay coffee shop.

End of book 2 - kids

Students during study hall while I was subbing middle school. 

End of book

I'm down to the last 4 pages of my sketch book (I love this moment!) so I'm just going to post a last batch of my favorite sketches that I haven't posted yet. 

From a trip to Oklahoma - jonas fell asleep in the car on a trip to Martin nature center - so I let him sleep and sketched him. 

A house near the playground 

Went to lunch with Jesse and after he left I drew the bottom of this huge tree. 

I locked my keys in the car - drew this while I waited for Jesse to rescue me. Added color later.

Cats

Nobody will sit still in the evenings so I can draw them. Least of all my cats. 

Jesse playing guitar

Jesse moved and refused to sit still so I couldn't finish - but I like it as a beginning :)

Boot

I drew my boot at basketball practice. Focused on shading. 

Lego night

Jesse and Jonas playing Legos. 

Toby in the morning

I love this sketch. He looks so cozy. I made the sofa bigger than it is so he looks even more enveloped in it. Arm to head ratio may be completely wrong - but I think I'm moving in the right direction

Froggie

Next in the quicky blobby animal series. I might have to break down and start doing a quick pencil sketch to start. That head is just wrong. 

Chat chat

I have a New Years resolution to internet less - so while chatting online with a friend I drew the pencil jar on the desk instead of browsing Facebook. Yay!