A Week of Twenty Five! I hope you have time to see them all!

My Drawing Week, which starts mid week, this time on a Thursday, began at the Barnes & Noble Café. I loved finding people in colorful garb to draw and color (with markers on tan paper!)

 

The red tables there help add color to the otherwise somber clothing!

 

Next day we got our taxes done and we waited at this Starbucks where I could draw some people inside (guy on left) and some people outside through the window (two guys on the left)

This guy came and sat outside and I could see him after the guy on the right, inside left.

Another day, another coffee house in another town. I was sure the women on the left were having a reunion of their 1960 high school friendships. The women on the right were newer acquaintances and were not catching up on old times, instead they were both on iPhones and sharing photos of grandchildren with each other. Or so it seemed.

The gal on the left reappears in my drawings a lot. Even this week. You'll see. The guy in the spotted pants came back the next day, as did we, and he was wearing the very same pants again. I was probably wearing the very same jeans again.

I'll let these people speak for themselves. Did you know I can read peoples thoughts?

It's a given there will be tons of folks on laptops and phones here, so this was a nice relief watching a mom helping her son doing his homework without either.

Here sits a grown man wearing a shirt with Mickey Mouse on it. You know he has to have a good sense of humor, right?

I just love it when people are so accommodating to sit as long as I need them to to finish a drawing of them. Thanks guy!

And some just like to be left alone.

These gals were not together, and were both just wanting to be invisible. So I did the best I could to accommodate that.

Every Day in March
a group for which I draw every day to a given prompt.

 

Prompt: Veggies:

 

Can you name them all?


Antique:
 



Belongs to my husband. When I said bring me something in the house that is an antique he brought this downstairs for me to draw.

Tiny:

Something Close to You:

 

 

My art supplies are never far from my reach. This is a cloth container by MEAD. This one is filled with colored markers. I have another one full of a variety of pens, and a third one filled with colored pencils. They stand alone. And are inexpensive.

 

"Snapped"

 

 

We can probably all relate to this at one time or another! I recommend a daily relaxation exercise. You can find one on your iPhone (if you have an iPhone) called "Calm". It's a free app.

"Night"

 





 

 

 

"Monet's Garden"

 

 



Others did so many beautiful, colorful gardens in Monet's style. I just gave directions on how to get there.

 

"Brand"

 

 

 

This is the  Brand of non-dairy coconut milk I put in my morning smoothie!

 

"Owl"

If you have followed my blog for very long  you probably recall all the photos I have taken in the past of the burrowing owls that live in our town. So this prompt didn't take much thinking to decide what to draw.

And today we returned to the coffee shop and drew three more pages in my Cottonwood, tan paged art journal:

 
See, there is that same woman again I drew up above! She is there every day!

 

I love drawing in public coffee houses and eateries. It's become such a habit for me now.

It's second nature, and if a day goes by when I can't do it I miss it.

 

You all know  how enamoured I am with Sketchbook Skool, and how much I have learned there. Or hopefully, how the daily drawing habit I acquired since being a student there has perhaps improved my drawings over time.

One of the skools founders, Danny Gregory, has written a new book called

 

"Shut Your Monkey"

 

The monkey in question is the voice you hear in your head that tells you what you are doing is not good enough, or bad, or not as good as so and so's etc.

The book offers suggestions about how to curb (or cage?) your monkey!

 

I entered a drawing with my drawing (above)  to win a free autographed copy of his book.

If I don't win it I can buy my own copy at a bookstore

or get one on Amazon.com.

You can too!

I own all of Danny's other books. They are all good!

 

Whew!

That's it for this week.

Thanks for dropping by.

 

Thank you for your visit and thanks for comments when you leave them, as they really inspire me to keep drawing!

 

See you next week.

 

Lots of Drawings Each Week Has Become my Norm!

 This is where we left off last week, and so here we are on a Thursday at Barnes & Noble Café where I will draw who ever is sitting across from me. Sometimes I even move around the room to get everyone.

I realize I am sneaking this guy in from the day before at Starbucks. Remember the couple I drew and I made them a "Hook Up"/Meet UP for the first time? This is the guy calling the woman before she arrived. (or so I decided) ...

Now we are back at Barnes & Noble Café. She was eating breakfast...

                        ... and the couple on the left was excited about something they are reading together,

... and the guys on the right are not together. The guy with the cane was with two people who did not make it into his drawing, the other fellow was minding his own business sitting on a high stool behind him.

Now we are at Starbucks on a different day. I was sitting clear across the room from this group. I decided from what I could see that the red head was selling something to the other two ... maybe getting them to become sellers too? I am not positive. The gal facing us is taking notes! No one is paying much attention to the baby. But he's okay. I kept an eye on him.

The woman on the left here is busy on her phone and you can see if you squint a bit that her hand goes up and down! Watch carefully.
The guy is very excited about what's on his laptop. Maybe he won the lottery for all I know!

These friends talked a long time. One was very concerned for her friends comfort, as the weather is changing here and we are finally getting some much needed rain!

I thought this picture was going to be very boring, until I noticed people coming from all directions to check out this little adorable puppy one guy had. See all the clicking camera phones in the bottom right corner. Later the guy went outside with the tiny dog running after him and it was so cute. I was afraid someone might not see him and step on him. He was that small.

 

I decided that these girls were sisters and possibly twins. They were so animated and cute!

It was fun drawing them.

 

 

 

On Sunday this group of regulars shows up at a different Starbucks, one I go to by myself sometimes.

I enjoy drawing them and do it sitting at the very next table. They are so into their

conversations they have no clue what I am doing.

 

She is in that group and was even closer to me than the others.

She was waiting her turn at the big table and finally got in as others drifted off to parts unknown.

 

 
It was a kick seeing these two women playing cards. It wasn't my favorite game of
Spite and Malice, but I drew that anyway. They have way more piles of cards on the table. I should have asked what they were playing, but I was more interested in capturing it in my art journal.
They weren't making very much noise!
Not like when I play Spite and Malice with my brother!
 


A different day, a different Starbucks... I like writing cartoons!

 ... and telling stories about people I do not know!

 

Like theses ...

 

 

and these, both of whom I have drawn before!!!

 Okay, it's time for a Sketchbook Skool ANNOUNCEMENT! A NEW KLASS IS STARTING ON Friday THIS WEEK! YOU NEED TO SIGN UP NOW AS THE KLASS WILL CLOSE AFTER IT STARTS ON FRIDAY! It's called "Expressing" and has six very cool international teachers teaching six different klasses. If you haven't ever taken a Sketchbook Skool Klass now is the time to start.

It's art for all. Doesn't matter what your level of experience. You start where YOU are in each klass and go from there. It's such an adventure and so much FUN!!! It has truly changed my life in amazingly wonderful ways.

Danny Gregory and Koosje Koane are the headmasters/founders of SBS. They get artists from around the world to be teachers and they teach too. Check it out at www.Sketchbook Skool.com (click here).
You will not be disappointed. The fee for the klass breaks down to about $2 a klass! It's so worth the money. Anyway, it would be great so see some of you here. Or All OF YOU!

I wouldn't be drawing as much or as well as I am if it weren't for Sketchbook Skool!

This was yesterday at Starbucks!!!!!!!!!!!! AS was the picture above!

If you follow me here you know that in January I decided to do a Selfie every day. It's partly because we are doing it at the blog I co host with Ann Hyde:  Paper, Paint, Pencils & Pens . But I may just continue...

It's helping me deal with my aging process ...

Some days are easier than others ...

I try to maintain a sense of humor about it!

Depending on the angle I catch myself at or whether it's in a mirror (above) or a photo (below)
different parts get more press!

I really like these distorted app drawings. This one is the "fish bowl" look. I think it becomes me!

And some look more like how I think I really look than others.

Not every day is a good drawing day! There are situations that cause a day to be less good than another and these are a few examples.

All in all it's been a very prolific week for me! I also drew for Every Day in January to prompts but decided to let you off the hook from those or you'd be here all day long.

Thanks so much for hanging out this long and for stopping by. I love your visits and your comments. They really do keep me drawing. I wish YOU a very CREATIVE WEEK! See you next week, and I hope to see you in Sketchbook Skool too! That would be so KOOL!