Two Page Spread in My Sketchbook

Kitchen Amaryllis Garden

My kitchen table looks like a greenhouse right now.  I have three amaryllis plants in various stages of growth.  "Terracotta Star" is a new one, already had two bloomings and surprise - there is another one in the works.  (far right).
"Purple Rain" is another new one, which looks like it was mislabeled, since it is looking decidedly peachy.  (Far left)
And I have attempted to re-bloom one from last year but so far have only gotten leaves.  Usually when you get leaves first there will be no bloom, but I haven't decided what to do with it yet.

This is a sketch that I did of Terracotta Star when it bloomed a couple of weeks ago.

Trying to Sketch Every Day (almost) in May

Sketching the Winter Olympics

Last week I watched quite a bit of the Winter Olympics.  I decided to record some of it, partly because my favorite events were on past my bedtime, and partly so that I could try to sketch them.  I ended up getting the flu, so I didn't do as much sketching as I had planned, but I did manage to get these in  by DVRing and pausing the action.

Experimenting with line drawing over pattern

So it's still cold, and I'm getting over a cold, and can't go anywhere to sketch snow scenes because I can't get my car out of the driveway.  Instead, I thought I would have a play day.  I decided to try a line drawing over one of my gelli prints, but I saw several papers that I used to wipe my brayer and stamps on, and thought that the drawing would work on these.  I'm also experimenting with a brush pen to make darker, thicker lines, and when to use them.  In hindsight, I could have used a few more thick lines in the flower on the right.  All in all, this was fun and I may do some more of them today.

Another Toned Paper Sketch

It's a cold snowy day, a perfect day to stay home and do some sketching.  This is ink on gray toned paper, with the background in watercolor pencil.

First Sketch of 2018 and a few older ones

I did this sketch from an old photograph that I found while looking for a good winter scene for my senior watercolor class to paint.

And here are a few that I forgot to post: