Zentangle

Inspired by Visionaries and Voices and Neil Dignan, so took a shot at a zentangle while sick with a cold.

Thumbnail Sketches

Very nice fall-like day and peace and quiet inspired a few sketches. I need to get back into the habit of doing this.

Grape Crush Sketch

This is a quick sketch done during a break at a "Discover Your Strengths" class I was helping to facilitate.  I created it because I was looking back at my notes from the last course (about a year ago) and wrote down that I would draw something once per day.  

I haven't been drawing once per day so I felt guilty.  :-)

Mouth study

Just a simple study of mouths and lips in an attempt to resurrect my skills.  I've noticed this sketch paper is a bit on the rough side so everything turns out grainy once scanned.

Bubbler Fountain

So, here's one of the many sketchbooks that I have that are almost completely empty.  I like this one because it's very small and I can take it anywhere.  I believe this means I'm supposed to sketch in it more often!

As you can see, the last sketch is from the summer.  I had just finished building a bubbler fountain for our patio and needed something to sketch.  

Renewal

Ok, so I'm re-starting my blog with a shift towards ideas and sketches.  I'd like to shoot for at least one new drawing a week which I'll post here.  We'll see how it goes.

Anyway, here's my first sketch which happens to be a depiction of my digital pen tablet which I'm slowly learning how to use.  I guess I know how to use it, just not well.  This particular sketch was done with a single mechanical pencil on recycled sketch paper (good for the environment).  

Also, expect to see changes to the blog to make it more interesting.  It's still very plain vanilla.  Ideas welcome.