I asked my young artist to pick his favorite things from the pantry for this easy drawing activity. Of course, he picked all the junk food! We set up the items on some white paper and put a large sheet in the background to eliminate visual distractions. This was challenging […]
Tag: colored pencils
Ladybugs and Toadstools
These are some drawings I did recently. Not sure what to do with them yet. They were drawn with ZIG pens onto old blank book pages and then colored with pencils. I flipped through some books and found some cute phrases that went along with the drawings. Maybe I could […]
Designs for the Children’s Hospital
I think I’ve finally decided on a design for the children’s hospital. My goal is to finish it up before Knox’s birthday (July 14th) and submit it to the hospital’s art board for consideration. I’ve drawn a lot of turtles lately… Here’s some really rough sketches that I keep coming […]
One Wish
Butterfly Drawing with Hydrangea Petals
This is ‘purple’ week over at the Summer of Color challenge. My inspiration was The Purple Hairstreak Butterfly. I haven’t drawn anything in a while so I put my stamps, collage sheets, and stickers away for this one. I used my Derwent pencils–using ‘Imperial Purple’ for the dark shading on the […]
“Mice and Berries” after Jill Barklem
Woodland Face
Candy Corn Sketchbook
Her diet is naught but juice and a crust She’s wasting away and thinks it unjust The lack of fare makes her glum and forlorn She cheers herself up with some candy corn. Yep, I’m still sick in bed. Nothing to do but draw and eat soup.
Fall Bride
As she looked out the window from her big, comfy bed Visions of leaves swirled around in her head She had no good ideas at first, so she sighed Then suddenly it came to her, a lovely fall bride!