Church Doodles

Some recent sketches during church. I am using a small Ciak journal. It is about 4"x5". It is an Italian journal and I quite like it. The paper is not real heavy but it will take a light watercolor wash. The oranges are blood oranges. When i go to the bank for work, I go inside a grocery store. The bank is set up by the produce section. These oranges caught my eye and went home with me! I wish the bank tellers could also ring up my purchases! I drew the oranges in another book just before going to church so they were fresh on my mind. The gentleman pictured had a very cool vintage sports coat on! I really liked it. It was a light cream color with an intermittent black square pattern going through it. I am getting over some of my embarrassment of sketching during meetings. Maybe I am just rationalizing the point that I listen better! I definitely listen better if I am awake! The oranges were watercolored when I got home.

Church Doodle

A doodle from church today. Drawn in blue black ink. I wanted it to bleed and provide the background which it did. The yellow and green watercolor was added at home. I tend to stay awake and alert a bit better if I am doodling. I have given up on trying to draw people as I sit on the podium facing the congregation. That would require some staring at people which I am sure they would not be comfortable with nor would I. Fiddle as I might, I still cannot get the scan the same color and look as the original!

Candy Continued!

I am continuing with the candy theme. I am not sure how big this will get, but I do have several more that I want to add. The Yorkie and the Lion look like they are marketed in the U.K. by Nestle' from Switzerland. The Lion bar is not that big but I wanted to get the whole thing in! The Phinney bar is out of Seattle Washington and was quite yummy!

More Candy

It has been awhile since I have painted. In a short month, I can tell that I have lost ground!

I have found some more candies and I started painting some of them. The yorkie cracks me up! It says it is not for girls and on the bottom of the package it says that it is not for handbags! It is a Nestle product from Switzerland.

Drawn with pen and watercolored on Albrecht Durer watercolor paper.

Variety

More peppers from the garden. It is fun to see the different varieties and all of their stages of growth and color changes. I enjoy growing these mostly to paint. Some are pretty hot! The habaneros just have not produced this year. I must have started the seeds too late.

Another Pepper

Another pepper from the garden. I set this up on a white table top. It was interesting to see the reflected light on the underside of the pepper. The bottom edge almost disappeared to the whiteness. I did not capture that. I should have put a background in, that would have helped. I think this is a Purira pepper. It is extremely hot, rivalling a habanero!

Large Moleskine watercolor sketchbook with pen and watercolor.

The computer crashed. Shame on me for not backing everything up! I did lose everything! My biggest regret are photos that have been lost! A huge thanks to my good friend, Dave, for making several house calls and spending several hours trying to save my files and in putting my computer back into working order!!!!!!!!!!!! A true Friend!! Thanks!!

From the Garden

My apologies! It has been awhile since I have posted. It has been awhile since I have painted as well. I started a new job three weeks ago. I have gone from a sedentary job of selling cars back into a management position in the convenience/gas station business. So far, most of my work has been very physical. a glorified stock boy so far. It has given me a workout everyday! I have been eating a lot of Advil! It has also been very tough on my hands. The first week they were all swollen and broken out with the eczema and very miserable! I would goop them up with cremes and medicines and wear gloves around, trying to get ready for the next hammering. I have started wearing gloves at work. that has helped but hasn't cured. Anyway, I picked these peppers from the garden today and painted them tonight. Large moleskine watercolor sketchbook drawn in ink and watercolored.I would like to thank Joan Yosioka for awarding me with the Creative Blogger award. It is really appreciated! I have never been good at chain kinds of things so I am not good at passing this award on. I have left it too long and many that I would have nominated have been awarded by others. So here are some of my fav's. This may be a double award for them. I am not sure how to make the links, so here goes.

Suzanne at http://suzannebuchanan.blogspot.com I really love her sketches. It would be great to take an art class from her.

Terry at http://terrybanderas.blogspot.com a very talented artist. Great realism in a lot of his works!

Robyn at http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com I enjoy her posts and her art! I look forward to seeing more of her art and imagery of Italy!

Karen at http://kbladosdesign.com What wonderful journal entries and art of everyday objects. A delite for the senses!

Nina at http://ninajohansson.blogspot.com I love the quality of her watercolors! Fantastic !

There are many very talented artists that I regularly stop and check on. thanks for your inspiration and your encouragement to me. thanks again Joan!

Now, these honorees may now proudly post your awards and give the award to five other creative bloggers. For more info on Christie and the Creative Blogger Award, including other awards, check it out here