J and I stopped at Micky "D"'s after we dropped R off to work. She loves pancakes and I don't like cooking them.

Scavenger hunt something open - the container, something hot - hot cakes and something greasy - sausage.

Every Day Matters - ears

EDM #79 ear. This is from a photo.
I decided to draw from the EDM list. It gives me another incentive to practice, practice, practice.

I started this by turning the picture upside down. Trying to teach my eyes/brain to see what is there, not the idea of what I think the ear looks like. It is a fun practice that I first heard of in Betty Edwards book "Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain". I came across it again on Wet Canvas.

Scavenger Hunt #6

Scavenger Hunt #6 Tried my hand at pencil sketching.
Some made from paper
Something stretchy
Something by bed (books and books on CD's)
Stamp
Label
Something cold
Something locked (jewerly case)

Julia and I had a day off, or at least the morning off. We went to the library and I decided to sketch a house that I could see from the parking lot. I have the proportion off and the camera made it even more so. I still complicate things, I want to strive for clean and simple. However that may not be my style.

But this is still going with contour drawing with no erasing trying to draw what I see. I am using the scavenger hunt for modivation and inspiration.

I am posting this so that next year I can see where I was and how I have (hopefully) progressed.

I have been wanting to draw a house, but have been fearful to try. Now I have made the first step. The next one will be easier.

Something that makes music. Used the pad of watercolor paper that SF and SV gave me yesterday

It was very inexpensive watercolor paper, actually made for kids. But it still took the paint differently than the smooth paper that I have been using. Maybe I am also improving a little.

Okay I decided to sketch a little before bed.

#5 scavenger hunt - #23 something that starts with T

We were eating at the mall and thought this tree would be fun to sketch. DH said he didn't think it was a tree.

#5 scavenger hunt - #24 bottle

1st attempt of portrait in 30 years

This was suppose to be Amanda, but looks more like Hailey if anything. I think it's a matter of trying to run before I can walk. But it was fun to do.

Eye for scavenger hunt

Dresser. I didn't do it justice. It is a beautiful piece of furniture

Tools

Plug

Really quick sketch and wc with the wrong brush, but I have #14 phone, #24 camera and #15 battery

Mom Called

My cousin Sharon passed away. Not sure when, their religion doesn't believe in doctors or funerals. I guess she had breast cancer and the growth was around 5". She was creamated and no services. I guess for the last few years she didn't go out of the house much nor would she invite anyone into her house. It makes me sad.

Frustrated by an error I can't find I decided to draw three more drawings from WC #4.
I didn't find the error but Carol told me to add or subtract 1.

Julia had a root canal today and after we went to the Orem
library. While Julia was researching some stuff, I did a couple of sketches. I'll post when I finish.

Orem has a new thing. You can download audio books for three weeks. I am going to try it.

More later

#9 bag. It is my small travel art bag.
#18 pencil sharpener, jury is out on this one. Not sure I like that sharpener itself, but it was fun to sketch.
#20 Brush
I'm trying out different media. Had some inexpensive watercolors so had fun playing with them.

Love Page Kits

Didn't sketch last night (still not in the sketching habit), the scavenger hunt was won, so I will gear for the next one.

I did scrapbook 18 pages. Thanks to preplanning, journaling already done and e-cuts (hence page kits) I was able to start at 8:00 and finish about 10:00. Watched a Kirby - non Mormon - movie (can't think of the name, but Kirby and his brother posed as foreign exchange students) and part of The Pacifier.

Julia, Jer and I went to Red Lobster. Yeah, I know none of us like fish, but we had a gift card. Not surprising Julia had chicken strips. Jerry and I had shrimp and steak. I haven't had shrimp in 5-6 years. It was great and their biscuits are great.

Caught the mouse last night. The night of the first trap, the mouse ate the peanut butter without releasing the trap. Now I need to get more traps because you never have just one. . .

I put together an in the field art kit. I will need to try it to see if it has what I want in it. Taking the big kit wasn't practical. It is bad enough that I take the camera everywhere I go.

LA

Dude the Alien bear.
When Jer took Emily and Ashley to Build-a-Bear they made me a bear. He's dimples and was named "Dude". He is Alien because he has two hearts, one each from Emily and Ashley.

This is the toy sketch from the WC challenge.

We had dinner with MaryAnn, Christopher, Emily, John, Gavin and Sophia at Villiage Inn.