Chicken Couple
The background was painted on the back side, so much easier than trying to go around everything in the front. I can bump into and overlap the chickens without ruining them.
Category: Pen
Oil Pastel Sparrows
I let it sit for two days and decided it needed more detail with the birds, shadows everywhere, and a bit more bright color. Today, I spent an hour doing all three things. Is it done? Probably not, but when I start “fixing” things but then wish I hadn’t, it’s time to stop.
Fifteen Years Blogging
How many can claim a fifteen-year old blog? Happy anniversary to this little corner of the web where I’ve documented all the arts and crafts I’ve obsessed about since 2006. Even with that strong blogging habit, at some point over the past year I slowed down on blog posts and increased Instagram posts. Instagram is easy and popular, and it’s all too easy to forget about writing. Recently, I decided I missed keeping up this ancient blog and it needed an update—and perhaps Instagram needs to go away. Long story short, you cannot control reels on your feed, and I found many objectionable.
So, here’s an update on the ol’ blog. I’ve not been as artsy lately, but I’ve still managed several sketchbook sketches…
I also sketched this large landscape using Derivan Liquid Pencil tinted with blue and yellow.
A quick pen and ink landscape…
And a still life on Pastelmat.
Here’s the question: Will this little blog still be here in another fifteen years?
Bunny
I used an orange and blue for this bunny, grooming after a rainstorm.
