Sept14Art

More brush pen drawing, used colored pencil to color my little Elly the Elephant. Another exhausting Monday, traveling to Columbia and back.  It was gorgeous weather today, clear sky, low humidity and low 80s I couldn't have ordered nicer weather.

Sept13Art

Playing with my Pentel Pocket Brush pen, Quinacradone Burnt Orange and Raw Sienna… for the coffee colors. Took the Harley Trike to a empty parking lot to practice changing gears without having to worry about balance.  Only stalled it out a couple of times, able to shift from 1st to 2nd and back down again, still having trouble finding neutral..  more practice needed, much more.

Sept12Art

While it isn't officially Fall, today nice cool weather with a bit of rain.  My Crepe Myrtle has started to change colors as has my dogwood tree.  The rag weed is in bloom and giving Ron sneezing fits. So I picked up one of the crepe myrtle leaves to paint today.  I painted this first, then added ink afterward,  very different from how I usually do a drawing.

Sept11Art

For my mother and father, December 7, 1941 (Pearl Harbor Day) was a moment in history they never forgot, and my Dad made sure we always remembered it too.  For me, the moment was Sept 11, 2001… I will never forget that day, where I was, what I was doing, what it was like with only the Air Force jets in the sky, but how happy we were to see them up there.  I watched some of the memorial service this morning, but got so emotional I had to turn it off so that I could work.

Sept10Art

 Just fooling around with my brush pens, the pentel brush pen is totally waterproof, but the new pen (a Pentel Pigment Ink pen) isn't, the ink smears if I drag my hand thru it, even after over 10 minutes to dry (estimated time it takes me to feed 4 dogs).
While I was really disappointed yesterday about the implant failure, thinking about it today, I'm glad it failed when it did… better in the dentist's office instead of 6 months from now in the middle of dinner somewhere.  If it was going to fail, I'm glad it did it when it did… now it'll get put right.

On September the 10th 2001,  an early evening view of the World Trade Center, so beautiful… who realized that evening how fragile they were.

Sept09Art

I was looking forward to finally getting the caps on my dental implants today after 4 months of visits and checkups… but it is not going to happen.  While the dentist was trying to screw on the connector, 1 of the implants came out… the other 3 are fine, this one just didn't bond for some reason.  So a month to heal, and we start over with that one.  Oh and it hurts BIG TIME.

Sept08Art

Tuesday, feels like Monday, hard to get back to the grind after a long weekend that was so full. Read Danny's habit blog post today, and then forgot to post to my blog for the first time in forever… guess my habit isn't as set as I thought.

Sept07Art

No labor for me, labor day.  Barely left the house except to practice changing gears in the drive way, which prompted a trip to the store to buy some boots.  My current shoes aren't going to work for shifting gears.

Sept06Art

I traded in my Honda today, and came home with a new Harley Davidson 883 Sportster.  I tried to draw it, but failed miserably on 3 attempts, so for this journal entry I just drew the tank and seat.  

Sept05Art

Spent the day at the Hog Fest, a benefit for MUSC Children's hospital today.  There was a car show, bbq contest and bands played all day.  Concrete pigs/hogs were decorated by local clubs and businesses, some of them were very elaborately decorated.

Sept04Art

No rain at our house, we went over to the Harley Shop for the 'Hog Fest' opening night, benefitting the MUSC children's hospital.  Chowed down on wings and voted in the contest for best chicken wings. Tomorrow voting on the best BBQ… hoping to get some sketches during the event tomorrow.

Sept03Art

Great quote, now I need to get to work on some poetry/painting.  I can't remember where I saw a border like this, but I liked it and did it first with zig clean color markers to color the shapes.  I used watercolor paint on the quote…not much drawing here but I'm pleased with the page over all.

Sept02Art

Fooling around with my travel mop, that little brush holds a ton of water, which makes it difficult to control.  Does anyone ever really control watercolor?  In case you can't tell what that drawing is, it is a bottle of nail polish.

Sept01Art

Back to an 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch Landscape format, Global Arts Hand*book watercolor journal.  Seems small after the 8 x 8 square format book.

Back to school themed page, partly because I frittered away my drawing time watching my Craftsy class videos… Marc Taro Holmes has really taught a great class with lots of great tips that I am eager to try. http://citizensketcher.com