Teri C

No one told me i should wear a patterned top in church today! 😂😂
Haiku:
‘It’s pattern Sunday
There’s colors, shapes and designs
Sundays happy look!’

I actually took a photo so I could work on all these designs at home watching baseball and football. And it took a few hours.
But I’m calling it ‘sketching in church’.😂😂 IMG_6215…

@doodlewash Hi Charlie, I’m wondering if I can do Inktober with only ink (no watercolor) and still post it here.

I’m liking these two days of related sketches in my Hobonichi planner. While sitting at the lake last evening, the seagulls were busy enjoying the night and I was enjoying the show.
Haiku:
‘Black marks in the sky
Birds flying and swooping high
Evening ritual’
And
‘It’s mob action
I fly, you fly, we all fly
It’s sky ballet’ IMG_6198

Haiku:
‘Guess what day it is?
Autumnal Equinox
And goodbye summer’ IMG_6186

Two days of Hobonichi sketches. Inspiration was the maple tree across the street; the tree yesterday and the leaf today. IMG_6182

I painted these leaves in 2006 when I went leaf painting crazy. So many beautiful ones in the fall.
Haiku:
‘I just love these leaves
So much personality
Beauty before death’
It’s nice to enjoy them again. IMG_6174

I put my Stillman&Birn gray sketchbook through a big test today; a wet-on-wet wash and then added salt to simulate the Milky Way.
And, because the paper is gray, I went back in with a white Gelly roll pen.
And, because it’s Cactus Monday I added some Saguaro cactus to the high desert.
And, I used an app called Phonto to add the haiku:
‘Starry…[Read more]

Gee, I used to sketch in church all the time. Then I didn’t for a long time. Now here I am 2 weeks in a row! But I couldn’t help myself when I saw we were having a Polish mass. So between tapping my toes and sketching, it was a great day.
Haiku:
‘Polish mass today
Accordion and singers
Loved every minute!’
Sketched in ink in church and painted…[Read more]

After seeing all those orange zinnias yesterday I HAD to paint one in my #StillmanandBirn gray sketchbook.
Haiku:
‘Pretty zinnias
Beautiful dazzling color
Orange blossom special’
Love how that gray paper makes the color pop. IMG_6156

This is a clear case of too much time to goof around 😄. I worked yesterday at my volunteer job in the gift shop and only had one customer, me.
I used the QoR watercolors again in an abstract manner and also used watersoluble ink just for testing.
Haiku:
‘Splashing some color
Tying together with ink
Checking for brightness’
And
‘This is a clear…[Read more]

Still getting to know my new Stillman&Birns Nova gray sketchbook. This time I used my QoR watercolors because they are known to be bright. And they are a perfect companion to this gray paper. I also used a white Gelly roll pen.
Haiku:
‘The apple blossoms
Have been replaced by apples
Now a memory’
So fun getting acquainted with this sketchbook. IM…

Sitting at the lake playing with my new Stillman&birns gray toned sketchbook. I picked up a leaf to sketch but really didn’t have the right colors with me, so I made do with what I had 😄
Haiku:
‘Folded and curled
Folding in on itself
Fetal position’
There is dappled sunlight and kind of neat how it positioned on the page. It’s own natural…[Read more]

A few months ago Stillman&Birns announced they were making a new sketchbook series called ‘Nova’ a tinted paper that is multi-media including a light watercolor wash.
As soon as it was available I ordered a small tinted gray paper sketchbook. I couldn’t wait to try it!
I decided to paint some autumn leaves on my regular Arches 140# watercolor…[Read more]

Little bits of nature I picked up to paint.
Haiku:
‘These gathered treasures
Are gifts from autumn nature
To sketch and enjoy’ IMG_6113

A little 5 minute sketch sitting on the swing at the lake. A sketch I’ve done a hundred times but I still love the peaceful view. IMG_1060

A little humor for Sunday. I haven’t sketched in church for a long time but this guys long beard inspired me. I had no choice. 😄😄
Haiku:
I’ve not seen a beard
Quite this long, in a long time
How could I resist!?

Sketched in church and painted at home.

IMG_6082

I found three of these big mushrooms in the tall grass yesterday so one came home with me to become a model for painting and haiku:
‘Hidden in the grass
A large white wild mushroom
Natural beauty’
And while I was painting I smelled something yucky. Yup, it was the mushroom so I painted faster and brought it back outside.
Mushrooms are fun to…[Read more]