7/8/11

Mac power cord

 

My laptop's power cord stopped working, and the Apple store GAVE us a new one! I didn't think it would be covered under Apple Care, but it was! This was one of those drawings that turned out to be much more trouble than I thought it would be. I spent entirely too long on it, and I'm not happy with the way it looks, like it's floating in space.

7/7/11

Little brown bottles

...sort of like drawing, sort of like painting, sort of like coloring... Colored Pencils! (with white oil pastel highlights)

7/6/11

Green glass "ink well" pencil sharpener

Thought I'd try out those colored pencils again...

7/5/11

Dusty and Malcolm

I missed drawing on the 4th, and I was going to miss today, too... I'm just really tired, and was going to skip it again. But I made myself do this quick sketch of the usual suspects - they're always arranged so nicely on their little bed in the kitchen window.

7/3/11

Pair of shells

There's something very relaxing and settling about doing a slow, careful drawing right before going to bed. The shell on the left was hard, because it's so featureless from this angle, except for the opening. It looks almost like an egg.

7/2/11

Weird shell #2

I had to draw the weird, squirmy shell again, from a different angle. It really kind of gives me the creeps!

7/1/11

July self-portrait

This was kind of challenging - I stood with my back to the mirror, and had to turn around to see myself. Then when I was drawing, I was turned away from the mirror. So this is really from memory - but then again, all drawing is from memory, because you have to take your eyes off the subject in order to see your drawing. So even if it's for just a split second, all drawing is from memory.