There is nothing that I appreciate more than my programmable coffee pot. The coffee is ready every morning when I wake up and I thoroughly enjoy my first mug of coffee of the day while slowly waking up and planning the day's activity.
I try to practice sketching figures whenever possible and love to use my recycled Michaelangelo sonnet book (1948) for inspiration. These were all done from museum sculptures or photos using a Derwent medium wash pencil (gray) or Albrecht Durer watercolor pencil (walnut brown).
We took our grandchildren Henry (just 4) and Sydney (2 1/2) to the Central Park Carousel this week. We arrived just before 10AM so we were able to see it before it started running. I even took Sydney to see a nice little horse - but there was no way this otherwise adventurous child was going to get on that horse! So grandma had a ride on a big horse, all alone, hoping to change her mind - but no. "When I'm bigger" was all she said! Henry was also very cautious and rode in the cart behind one of the horses with Grandpa.
Tonight's dinner salad. I really did have to sketch and paint it before eating. I wasn't looking forward to this, but like most EDM challenges I'm glad I did it.
I recycled an old book on Elizabeth I, encorporating many kinds of watercolor paper for experimentation. Since we returned from our last visit to London, I periodically play with the image of Big Ben from countless photos I took during our visits and use this recycled book.
Big Ben, even just a silhouette, is as much an iconic symbol for London as the Empire State Building is for New York. I posted Big Ben #1 on May 24th. Here are Big Ben monthly entries #2-5 from my Elizabeth I book. I'm curious how far I can take this - since I'm not someone who has even been able to work in a series.
This is our mahogany library ladder unfolded. The bottom step folds under the second step and then both together fold under the top step. It always takes me two attempts to get it open and closed. It seemed like a great challenge to sketch the perspective in this angled view.