Sketching with George the Duck

Sketching in Asheville last summer.  (The kids named this friendly duck George.)

A few portraits...

Amanita Mushrooms

Draw and Eat: Crab Legs

I love it when something is both delicious and fun to draw!  I started my sketch by lightly blocking in the large shapes with a fine point ballpoint pen, and then defined the edges in a thicker ballpoint pen.  The finer pen also worked well for fine details and a bit of shading. (Here I used a Zebra F-301 compact pen and a Uni Jetstream 101 size 1.0.)

For the color, I layered warm, pinkish washes of watercolor using various shades of red (Perylene Maroon, Cadmium Red Deep, and Magenta), Cadmium Yellow Medium, and a touch of Winsor Blue to tone it down a bit.

A Ripe Tomato

Fading Sunflowers

Flowers for Emma from Grandma and Grandpa. 

(I should have sketched these before the became so wilted, but better late than never! 

And it gives the petals an interesting twisted look.)

A Couple Composers

Ambroise Thomas, black colored pencil sketch with watercolor.

Black colored pencil sketch...

Added watercolor.

Studies of Peppers

Some studies of peppers in ballpoint pen and watercolor.

Peppers

A couple birds

Harriett's Mushrooms

Ernest Meissonier

Ernest Meissonier, born on this day in 1815

Cindy's Chickens

California Rolls

Orchids

George and Henry

(ink and watercolor)

(ink and gouache)

Salad with Avocado

A Quick Portrait Sketch

Herrmann the Great

Nautilus

Sketch from a trip to Ripley's Aquarium in Gatlinburg Tennessee this past summer.

Old Buildings

The  backside of some buildings on Market Street. 

Roasted Vegetables

A tray of my mother's delicious roasted vegetables. Mmmmm.

Weird Tomatoes

Some strangely shaped tomatoes at the farmers market in Asheville this past summer.  Between the colors and shapes they were lots of fun to draw!

Beginning the new year with a few sketches...

It's been forever since I've posted any sketches. Making an attempt to get back into it with the new year!  (The second photo--trying out Derwent Inktense Blocks. They work nicely with a brush and water, like traditional watercolors only more opaque, and very bright colors.)

Fresh Farm Eggs

I loved the colors of these fresh eggs, and they tasted delicious too! 

(Thanks Andrew & Betsy!)