Another art filled week

I'll begin with the last drawing I did this week (so far) which I actually drew for the prompt on my other blog, Paper, Paint, Pencils and Pens: Tools.

This is my new art supply bag and it's a real dream, as its so roomy and easy to use! You can see how much it can hold! 

You know I love drawing at Starbucks, and making my people talk ...

... or dream up stories about them!

          "Let Sleeping Dogs Lie "

Cartoons for prompts for Everyday in January ...

       "Snug As a Bug in a Rug"

This one is "My Time Flies":

A friend at Sketchbook Skool drew me this week, as part of some homework for our Expressing klass on lettering, so I returned the favor and drew her:

It's been a difficult week as we waited for a dear family member, the father of my children, to die, which he did early this morning. I drew my way through several days of learning he was in hospice, my kids at his side, along with his dear wife, her kids, grandkids, and our two oldest grand children. We remained friendly over the years and family gatherings were places we could be together comfortably. 

So I feel his loss deeply. He was a good, loving man. I will miss Michael and am very sad for our kids and grandkids! 

It's hard not to think of ones own mortality at a time like this. Art helps.

I'll let these two speak for themselves.

Some of my homework for Expressing klass:

Earlier in the week at Starbucks:

Another selfie!

Starbucks people 

More lettering

Another crazy selfie:

 "Painting The Town Red" was a Prompt for Everyday in January. 

This reminded me of buildings I drew in Germany  last year!

More homework:

Collage of first 15 selfies this month 

"A Herd of Turtles":

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This was selfie #15. I apologize if I am repeating some pictures from last week. I'm too tired to check that out! 

I visited my friend Deb,who is recovering from surgery. I drew her sister... She's reading Danny Gregory's book "A Kiss Before You Go" about how he used drawing and keeping an art journal to process his grief when his wife, Patti died. Deb is grieving the recent death of her husband! I hoped the book would be helpful to her and she said it was. 

Meanwhile back at Starbucks ( can you tell I'm a little discombobulated today? I am!

This might be a repeat too!

This is Deb, I need to call and see how she's doing! I talked her into joining sketchbook Skool and she already did some awesome art! Art heals, you know!

Breakfasts at Starbucks:

People leaving before I'm done with them can be a challenge...

And I'll end on a happy note with my dancing mouse and pig!

Wishing you a creative week! I apologize if you are seeing any of this for a second time, but I know you'll be understanding and let me off the hook just this once. 

Be well and enjoy every minute! It's what we've got!

See you next week! 

Welcome to MY Week where I draw Everywhere and EveryThinG!

 Okay, let's start this week at Starbuck's shall we? I know, I know, I go there so often. It's just a great place to draw people! They sit quietly for the most part, busy with what they are doing, so paying absolutely NO attention to what you are doing. I do hide a bit behind my backpack on my table drawing in my art journal behind this shield. And sometimes I just stay without a shield and drag out all my art supplies and spread them all over my table and still no one gives a darn! Really!

Of course if they are clear across the room or sitting with their backs to me it's even better, but I get tired of drawing backs ...

I made a collage of drawings I'd done of my Uncle Harry and Aunt Mimi over the past few years, and a couple of photos, as the Celebration of Life is coming up in another couple of weeks. So I was thinking of them. L'Haim is Hebrew for To Life, but you probably already knew that!

Every Day in September is keeping me on my toes. I was to draw to the prompt "Egypt"! Luckily I had some Egyptian made paper on hand with this drawing on it so I copied it. I do fairly well at copying. It was fun to color too.

Then back at Starbucks on a different day! Boy, they were crowded on this day, and I tried to draw everyone in my line of vision I could get on the  page! I think I succeed pretty well too! Can you find Fred in line for his coffee? (blue baseball cap)

The next prompt for Every Day in September was "Flame"... well my mind works in mysterious ways and all I could think of was "Old Flames" mine, from Kindergarten on up! So here you have them. I hope if any of them are looking in here they will be pleased I remembered them and not be offended!

Six backs and one front at Starbucks! Long lines this day!

This I did for the "Goth" prompt at EDS.
Fun? I liked doing it. His hair was so interesting. Can you imagine making yours stick up like that?

It's really peaceful drawing at Starbucks. Some groups can get a little loud with their chatter, but mostly it's people being peacefully quiet.

This was for an ED in September prompt of "Head Wear"... Guess where I captured them? Yep, Starbucks and the Nugget market while eating lunch there!

Remember I told you my mind sometimes works in mysterious ways? Well the EDS prompt here was Impatiens (it's a flower, right? I knew that!) But my brain thought impatience. So that is what I drew, while most everyone else was drawing flowers!

Next prompt (EDS) was "Joker/Jack-the-Box" ... well speaking of boxes, I just went a little bit outside this one and drew Jesters (still starts with a J) and drew them off the announcements I sent out 30 years ago when Fred and I eloped to "make an honest couple of ourselves" ...

Next prompt (EDS) was "Knight"! I had fun with this one. Drawing from my imagination has a whole different look to it than my live people drawings or drawing from another picture. But I think even this is getting better. A ways to go, but better than when I first started! Anyway, here's my Knight in Shining armor and me in the castle! This was fun!

 

And then we celebrated the 11th birthdays of our twin grand children

over Sushi/grilled salmon dinner

and

gave them gifts,

which included art journals and colored pencils,

and my grand daughter at least whipped hers out

and drew right there at the table!

My grandson was watching the Patriots game on his dad's  iPad!

 

I drew these portraits of them from old photographs quickly on card stock and turned them into birthday cards ...

We have three grand children all born on September 10th! The last one is the second grand child, who turned 22 yesterday!

Happy Birthday Yael, Aaron and Kaeli!

And that is my week up to date from where I left off in the last blog post! I drew today at Barnes and Noble, but you'll have to come back next week to see that one!


Wishing you a CREATIVE WEEK, and a HAPPY, HEALTHY and PEACEFUL one!

Thanks for visiting and commenting if you like. I am encouraged to keep drawing by your words to me!

See you next week!

Sketchbook Skool More Playing Lessons, Every Day in August, Drawing from Life.

This past weeks lessons for Sketchbook Skool's More Playing Klass involved drawing with both my dominant (right) hand and my non dominant (left hand). You can see the differences above drawn while looking at my subject and the paper.

The next one's a blind contour. Again Right and Left hands ... (not looking at the paper)

This was done while looking in a mirror ... Right then left hands.

These teachers demand a lot from us. This one was both hands at once not looking at the paper. It's amazing what came out of these. And how awkward it felt to draw with my non dominant hand. But others who have been doing it longer say it becomes comfortable after a while. Try it?

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In the drawing group, Every Day in August, I drew these from my imagination this week. It's becoming easier to draw from my imagination, but they don't please me yet as much as my drawing from life do.

 

"Oh Baby"

 

 

"Senior Moments"

 

"My Abode"



"Insect"

 



"Sunrise, Sunset"

 



"Folk"

 



"God-Goddess"

 



"Emotion"

 

We are waiting for news after spending yesterday at Uncle Harry's side.

 

And then there are the drawings I just did because, from life:

 

 

I love drawing from life best. And drawing PEOPLE. I drew Uncle Harry last Saturday on a visit that was a wonderful 5 hours with him. He had new hearing aides so he could hear us well; He was clear headed most of the time, he got sad at times remembering his grief (loss of wife Mimi and two sisters); but mostly he enjoyed being with us and sitting outdoors in the sun watching the butterflies and enjoying our conversation and so did we!

We had no idea he'd be in hospice care a few short days later.

 

These were done at a stop in Starbucks in Dixon. I enjoy seeing the mix of ages there. Everyone is busy doing something.

People standing in line are great drawing models.

I started this drawing on one day ... and then drew

One of the guys with his wife in this picture ...

... and his wife with another guy, who was a composite of two men, as the first one "the head" got left behind when we had to change Starbucks, because the first one didn't have decaf coffee for Fred; so I drew the rest of him from another guy at the second Starbucks, and put the other guys wife in that picture.

Are you keeping up with all this?

I did these next two at Tacos Jalisco and rather liked the black and white for a change. I didn't have time to color them there and decided not to later.

On yet another day I added the couple on the far right to the group on the left done the day before somewhere else. Art journaling is such fun. And you have free range/artist license, to do with your pages whatever you want.

One more homework assignment from Sketchbook Skool, More Playing, was to draw from something we found in the newspaper. I'll let you read my news in the drawing!

 

And that my friends is this past week.

I hope you have a Creative Week coming up.

 

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they mean the world to me.