Shopping

Shopping

     I stopped into the local hardware store to pick something up.  As I rounded the corner I seen this beautiful creature.  Don't know what hubby would do if I brought home a pet, but it's was very tempting.  

 

Three

 Three

      I chose three of my "trippy," Chameleon, blendable markers.  Red, green and yellow.  Red and green are complementary colors, to obtain the darker shadows.  First I colored in the underpainting (highlights and shadows), then filled in the colors.

Challenge

 Challenge

        I'm working on an art challenge.  The requirements are to use, only, three markers.  I decided to draw one of my coneflowers, growing in the flower bed.  

Rufous

 Rufous

  I made a card for Jan's, birthday.  She had a mean, o'l rufous hummingbird, scaring away her calliope hummers.  I can tell when they are around, just by the sound of their wings.  They have a low, drown sound.

Joining

 Joining

     Slowly, joining the two rows.  I'm glad I tatted, most of the motifs first.  Doing so, kept the next row from twisting.

Heart

 Heart

      Hubby bought me a drawing/colored pencil book, to improve my drawing ability.  It's called "You can Draw! Simple Techniques for Realistic Drawings," by Leonardo Pereznieto.  I marked a few things I wanted to try.  One of the first things I wanted to draw was the heart necklace.  Here is my heart.  I love these new pencils!  They are the same size lead that comes in the drawing pencils, but I don't have all the wood shavings to worry about.

Pencils

 Pencils

       Once of my neighbors had given me some drawing supplies for my birthday.  The set of lead holders have a sharpener, built into the removable,  cap of the pencil.  The lead size is 2 mm, strong enough not to break.  Now to try them out.