So today i was at borders

drawing people...one guy was really fun to draw...lollying back in his chair completely relaxed reading a Pro Football mag...these were drawn in my wc moleskine with a hmm sepia pitt pen...now the problem is the paper is sooo thin i want to wc them...

I felt like the spider with a fly in my web when this girl sat down to read....it was ah ha someone else to draw...

Maybe i was caught in the act..this guy didnt sit long but got up before i was done...maybe he knew my drawing was bad:> he must have known i ruined his nose...he was a handsome guy...oh well...two out of three is not bad...

Requiem for three great trees

As some of you know we had a wild storm Monday...I painted this picture to remember three of the biggest and mightiest that are meeting thier sad fate with the chain saw right now...I guess they will keep us warm this winter but these enormous trees shouldnt be firewood...so which way do you like it better?

So do you like it vertically or horizontally? I painted it horizontally and threw some salt on the watery background....leaves l-r sycamore, white oak, water oak(70 feet easy and uprooted from the ground!)


This is a picture of posing bad kitty before the storm ...he was enjoying lollying on the back deck till the howling winds and rain hit....this cat has more poses in him than a paid model! and since hes an outside cat there is always a great view of him on the deck to watch his antics...

just time for sketching

but i will be coloring these sooner or later...my own coloring book:> These are dried out pigma pen (which were giving me a fit) in my wc molie...and i did mean to color them...sorta david hockney meets maggie in sc:> he did a wall full of his daschunds...still trying to think of something to do for the coin challenge


I sat waiting to do some paperwork the other day in cubby land thinking how mind numbing it must be to sit there all day with never another person to talk to in one of those all by yourself...funny story...there was a lady in the first cubby on the right...i couldnt see her...when she started talking i almost JUMPED out of my skin...VERY unexpected!

Jazz guarding the opposite direction for once...usually shes facing me so she can see what I am up tooo...


we have been worrying about Charley this week..hes just not acting like himself...he wont follow you around all the time...he wont sleep under your feet...like usual...he didnt go on a walk which he normally loves...and he sleeps in places he never used to sleep in.... This is a sketch of him doing something he usually does...stare at the door till someone lets him out...going to add some more sketches of this beloved dog on this page...if he ever gets up..hes upstairs sleeping with my son...one of his fav places to be...

So i might be doing everyday in June???

ann said i owed four more...so heres one...two more are almost in the bag...they are wet....my flashlight challenge...dh must have at least four more around the house that i can find and no telling how many in the garage...he keeps them in all sizes and shapes...wonder if other guys do that?? hes protecting us against the dark...bytw all five of these work!! how amazing is that?!

and bytw these were are a real pain to draw...especially the two big black ones with all the nubbly things all over them....would you believe there are three of the big black ones...i forgot one was upstairs next to the bed from the lights out two weeks ago....really needs to get back downstairs because we have all these wall flashlights all over the house too...