works in progress

 

I have been sketching this week — just not finishing them. Our youngest grandson Judah has been spending time with us, making game-playing, putting together a challenging puzzle, and general silliness our priorities.

Lately I find myself lightly pencilling in a new sketch one day, inking it in and erasing the pencil the second day (I don’t trace the pencil lines; they are just general guidelines), then adding a bit of color on the third day. This routine seems a bit more manageable for me than the pressure to draw something daily.

The above sketch shows a couple of branches of our newly planted crepe myrtle. I’ve delayed painting, wishing to be more slow & careful about adding color. Except those yellow bits — they seemed to require direct paint without ink.

We’ve been sleeping in the travel trailer just for fun, so I drew what I could see from the bed. Not sure how much watercolor I’ll add but I’ll probably leave areas unpainted — like the refrigerator where the text is written. The fridge is black so it seems easier to leave it alone. Who knows? Guess I’ll find out tomorrow.