puffin

I sketched this Puffin from a photo...I think they are such a unique bird.  I'd like to travel to Maine one summer...when they are nesting there.  The female lays only one egg...both the male and female take care of their "baby" until it is 6 weeks old.  They have such a bright and colorful beak.

Sketched in my 9x6 Venezia sketchbook.

sketchbook...

 I sketched this man while watching a british TV show on Netflix.  I used a Pentel Aquash brush pen...I like that the ink is a light black...not gray.

Playing around with gouache in my sketchbook.

just a few sketches...

 I love to watch "Ice Road Truckers" on the History channel on Sunday nights.  Quick sketch in pencil of Austin.

 I've started riding my bike around our neighborhood...now that it has cooled down a bit.  I stood at the corner of 518 and Yost and sketched Leon's Barber Shop.  Too much traffic!  I quickly sketched this with brush pen.  Leon knows everything going on in our city...even tho the population has exceeded 100,000 people.

 I'm not much of a shopper...except for art supplies.  I sat in my car after coming out of Texas Art and sketched the water tower at the mall.  I was not impressed with the Pumpkin cheese muffin from Starbucks.  I didn't get a pumpkin spice latte today...that's for Friday.  

 Sketched this after driving-thru Starbucks this morning, for my weekly Pumpkin Spice Latte...got to drink them while I can.

Jax Burgers are the best around!  DH, Kris and I ate there this past Saturday.  I struggled to sketch this man...he just wouldn't hold still and don't ask me what that is on his chin.

I've done really good this week about sketching something everyday...I'm just not going to post all of them and bore you.

this and that...

 We are suppose to get our first "cold" front Saturday night...I am so looking forward to it, so I made baked potato soup...yum!

 I'm not a beer drinker, but I saw these Lime-A-Rita's in the doorway at Kroger's and decided to give them a try...they taste pretty good.

 I haven't sketched in forever, so yesterday, I brought out one of my sketchbooks and did this sketch.

 It's Pumpkin Spice Latte time at Starbucks.  I had my sketchbook with me this morning, so I decided to sketch while I was in the line at the drive-thru.  I was so busy trying to get something down on paper, I passed the "order box" and had to back-up...luckily, the lady behind me wasn't paying attention.

 I've been working on this painting this week...I am only using two complimentary colors...blues and oranges.  24x30

I thought I would end this post with one of our babies...that Cooper is such a sweetie!

Have a great weekend!

under the ice

We like to watch a TV show called Bering Sea Gold: Under the Ice...that is what inspired this painting.  24x30

groomer day...

 What?!...I waz tatin a nap!  I had a ruff morning.

I knowd iz cute!  Could you rub my belly...please!

iphone...

 I've gotten into the habit of only taking pictures with my iPhone...call me lazy.  I love that I only have to have my phone close to my computer and they automatically upload...there's no having to attach a cord and choose the pictures I want on my computer.  I know it's not the best pictures, but Oh well!

I have been working on this piece off and on all week...I'm calling it "Flow"...it's 36x24...I have it hanging in our sitting room, trying to decide if it needs some tweaking.  

 I tweaked this piece...it's now hanging in our entryway.

 I'm trying to lose 5 to 10 pounds, so I'm cutting out most bread...I think that's my problem...we shall see.  I love Duke's mayo and Del Dixi pickles in my tuna salad...just thought I would share that with you.

I'm a color junkie...I love turquoise and yellow together.  I have been "neutralizing" all the walls in our house, so that we can move...hopefully within a year from now...if not sooner.  I'm missing color on the walls, so I have placed something turquoise in every room.  The small colander has permanent residence in our dish thingy.

Have a wonderful weekend!