Daily Doodle – grapefruit

My uncle used to own a house with a small orchard of citrus trees in the back yard. My Mom and I went to visit him for a week and the grapefruit tree was full of ripe fruit. I walked out to the tree every morning and picked my breakfast.

For a northern girl this was a luxury beyond compare. I can still taste the sweetness of that freshest of fruit…still a little cool from the overnight temperature, so juicy, and surprisingly sweet.

A simple and treasured experience I’ll remember for a very long time.

Daily Doodle – flowers

Truly a doodle from a frequently seen pattern dating back to the 60s…lots of good flower power back then. I believe one of my aunts had a chair with these flowers on an orange background.

Daily Doodle – macarons

The sketching community drew my attention to macarons. Before this exposure to this cultural item, I would have drawn a coconut macaroon and thought the prompt was misspelled. Growing and learning all the time!

Happy New Year! January Daily Doodle

If you haven’t see the movie Yesterday yet, see it!

I hope 2020 is a good year for you!

Flowers in December

Messing around with the Blick Illustration Markers this evening. The transparency is nice for building detail and depth. Must think out composition in advance or be satisfied with transparent flower petals.

Art Supply Test – Blick Illustrator Markers

On the trip to Chicago last week to sketch with the Urban Sketchers, I made a side trip to Blick and got a great deal on a set of illustrator markers.

Did a few tests in various notebooks and these babies bleed…even on 98 lb Canson mixed media paper.

The do put down a satisfying amount of color per stroke, and each pen has two nibs…brush and chisel.

The test: A ModriNan (ha!) on a false-start page.

And the flip side.

Special thanks to Smithers the cat for lending her behind as a specialty easel for photography. Smithers is currently putting in community service in an effort to make Santa’s “nice” list.

Thanks for stopping by!