Neither Pink Nor Pale - Sketching Life

I've still been drawing, but kind of slacked off about taking the pictures and uploading them. Here's one of the pictures I drew today. I'm posting in honor of Elizabeth Perry's one thousandth picture in her sketch journal, woolgatherings (link in my links section). When I heard her on the Saturday Light Brigade in June I was inspired to start sketching again myself.

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I stopped sketching a bit, but started again recently. I've added journaling to the mix (a la the book The Creative License, by Danny Gregory, which I finally got from the library, after requesting it ages ago.)




Ella was cutting paper this morning, and I joined her! Fun! So when I did my sketch of our cluttered little table, Ella and I decided to glue pieces of the cut paper around it, since in reality the paper was all over the floor around the table anyway.




Here is Dave simultaneously holding Molly up (getting her to sleep) and reading the seventh Harry Potter for the third time.

As best as I could figure out, this is how I beaded Ella's hair. She's been begging to get it done (for her birthday, coming up soon!) She actually sat still enough for me to figure it out by trial and error and do it (there are more in her hair than shown in the picture.)

It was not easy figuring out how to get the beads on there! And once I figured out a way, it was still not easy. But fun. I did some in mine and Molly's hair as well.

Here's another view:




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Sitting on the floor with the girls...thinking if I keep them company maybe they'll let me sketch, but I was wrong. As soon as E realized what I was doing (meaning, as soon as Arthur was over) she proceded to climb on me, beat at my sketchbook with her toys and all other manner of distraction until I had to stop.

I said I'd use the aquastics....I tried to copy this Portrait of Felix Fereon by Paul Signac. Maybe I got a bit overzealous. It was pretty confusing. But I love the aquastics!!! Thank you again lli and O!!!




Here is a wonderful collage almost-three-year-old E made from flowers in our garden and yard.




Here is the bucket of flowers we gathered: nasturtiums, borage, bachelor's buttons, red clover, wild carrot (queen anne's lace), calendula, mint, and probably more.

Here are some quick sketches I did...one of the papier mache mess after doing that yesterday, and one of a random doodle.



And here....thank you so much, lli!!!! I was totally floored when I got this package in the mail today! A happy birthday present from L and O, and I am so happy about it, and very moved, and my next upload will for sure be a sketch using these amazing Aquastics!!! Thank you so very much!!!

( Behind this cut is a picture of D with Professor Snape, at the Harry Potter party at the Library on Friday night. )

I've been such a slacker...I did do a couple sketches yesterday...I'll have to upload them to the computer and put them up. I'll also put up some pics of the Harry Potter party from the library, the librarians were dressed as Hogwarts professors and looked really good.

I was sketching this tiny teapot out on the porch, while E, D and M were inside listening, singing, and dancing to the "Don't worry be happy" video on youtube (Bobby McFerrin, with Robin Williams and Mr. Noodle from Sesame Street, I guess before he was Mr. Noodle, though, but the same comedian/character.)

How do I know when I'm "done" with a sketch? When I hear, "Mommy, mommy, I need you, where are you?! Mommy! Mommy!...."

The words in the upper left part of the sketch are the lyrics I was hearing:
"Here's a little song I wrote, you might want to sing it note for note: don't worry, be happy."

I missed a few days sketching. I did a couple this morning. I wanted to put up the other one I did, but our camera/computer connection isn't working and I can't upload it. I uploaded this sketch of calendulas in a glass jar earlier.

The other picture is of the back of our neighbor Charlie's house, with his sneakers up on the porch. ( there's more about Charlie, but it's under this cut, because it's very depressing and you may not want to read it. )