Raven Comes To Call

My raven was drawn on grey paper with Prismacolor colored pencils. He is a little short and squat but I choose to think of him as puffed up. Posting for Sunday Sketches today. If you are part of that group I invite you to come back on Friday and share something for Express Your Creativity.

Drawing My Characters Part 2

I have mentioned the novel I am working on many times, now I am starting to add some art to keep me connected to the story.  My main character communicates telepathically with a wolf. I have been wanting to try drawing one. I hadn't been successful up to this point.  I found a great picture online and thought I would give it a go. This is on mixed media paper using prismacolor colored pencils. This could be way darker than it is and I will continue to work on it.  Colored pencils is all about layering the colors and it takes a long time.

Posting for Paint Party Friday Check them out here.

My Poor Foot

On Sunday I slipped in a store. Mostly my dignity was bruised. I did get a bruise on my shin and had a sore foot. They foot just got worse. It may be broken or not. I  had an xray yesterday and I am waiting to hear the radiologists report.

So on my early morning times when I couldn't sleep because of the pain. I pulled out the journal and drew my foot. It was pretty cathartic. I was able to sleep afterwards.



Today I decided it was time to sharpen the pencils I have been using.  This led to sharpening all my pencils. Look at all the color in those shavings.

Here are just a few of my beautifully sharpened pencils.  I know I am going to be happy I took the time to do this the next time I sit down to draw.

I am off to have a Christmas lunch with a friend, what fun thing are you doing today?

Colored Pencil Faces

In my class this week we are drawing with colored pencil.  These are the faces I have tried. I am finding this very relaxing and challenging too.  I have been using Prismacolor colored pencils.  They are the ones that I have the most colors in.  I find the other sets I have a little limiting with only 24 colors.  I think I must have over 50 Prismacolor pencils I know I bought a set of 48 and then lots of singles too.  It would be amazing to have the full range of colors. We are drawing bodies too but I have not managed to do those yet.

I have been spending the last 2 mornings babysitting a friends 8 month old.  I am training for future grand parenting. I haven't watched a baby in twenty years so its been awhile.  Little Elise is a sweetheart so it was fun but tiring too.

I just had to share our new toaster.  My old toaster was only toasting one side of the bread, so it was time for a new one.  This time we looked on the internet and found a toaster that was rated very highly. I had never heard of the brand Breville before but they do make nice appliances.  This toaster does 4 slices at once, larger pieces of bread and bagels.  It has a setting called Lift and Look where the toast comes up and you can look at it and then it goes down again.  Another setting lets you toast just a little bit more. So yes we have been eating more toast lately. It does a wonderful job with sourdough bread which is what I eat most often.