Sketches 2016

I found some sketches I forgot to put into the last post. Then there are a bunch more that I have done this year.

I managed to make it to a lot of our First Friday Spanish Village Extra Credit sketchcrawls. This is a banana plant in one of the side areas of Spanish Village.

When I need something quick, I often do some of the blue pots that are outside of several of the studios.

Last March we celebrated Pi Day (3.1416) with what else but Pie? It was also the 7th Anniversary of the Scetchcrawlers group. My 5th Anniversary of sketching with the group.

I couldn't stay the whole time one day, so I just sketched some pods. I think they are from the Jacaranda trees.

One day last spring a few of us die-hard sketchers met in spite of the rain and sketched from under the gazebo.

Here are some plants and cactus outside of one of the studios.

I don't seem to have many sketches from the zoo this year - I didn't manage to go as often as I like, and wasn't sketching much I guess. This is Otis, who was at the Hippo exhibit one day when I was there. He was just chillin' with his back to everyone. I love his cute pink ears.

Even though this is the Bell Tower and Museum of Man, I made the sketch from one of the picnic areas of the Zoo.

This is a flower from one of the Sausage trees in the Childrens' Zoo area. After I did the sketch I realized that the flower is upside down from its orientation when it's on the tree - I had picked it up off the ground to sketch more conveniently.

And I did make it to the Wild Animal Park Safari Park in the spring. Don't get me started on what I think of how they are [poorly] managing the crowds for the tram and butterflies. Grrr!

 I did manage to go to a few other sketching. This is in the cactus garden across Park Blvd. from the main park.

And this is from the Old Cactus Garden that is behind the Balboa Park Club and Puppet Theater.

If you ever get a chance to go to the Queen Calafia Magic Circle at Kit Carson Park in Poway, do it! It is fantastic! There are so many kinds of wonderful, magical statues. Everything is covered in mosaics of pebbles, glass beads, and semi-precious stones. I did this with just watercolor.

I was lucky to be able to go to PyCon 2016 in May/June in Portland Oregon. I had a wonderful time, learned so much! I didn't have much time to sketch, but took a few minutes from a lunch hour to make this very quick sketch of a Japanese bell outside the convention center. I really enjoyed Portland and am looking forward to going there again in May 2017.

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Nature's Bounty

This is a yellow zucchini and baby crookneck summer squash from a neighbor's garden. I have never heard of yellow zucchini before, so I was interested in seeing it. I added the sugar plum tomatoes for a contrasting color.
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#CreativeSprint Day 9 - Happy Face

"Open a random drawer where you live or work and create something with just the contents." Haven't been feeling into the creativity thing for a couple of days. Honestly I forgot yesterday (blush). I've been feeling grumpy for a few days so decided I needed a Happy Face today. I can't explain why - it kind of looks to me like a Labrador with aviator goggles, but it's pretty funny, so it did the trick. :-)
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#CreativeSprint Day 5

The prompt for Day 5 is "Make something boring seem exciting." So, we start with plain, boring vanilla ice cream:

To make it exciting, I added Police Box Geeky Sprinkles and Lightning Bolt Geeky Sprinkles from the Geeky Hostess! I'm proud to say I supported the crowdfunding project for the #geekysprinkles.

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ATC #226 - Juicy

We are so lucky to be getting some delicious fruits from places with growing seasons different from our local seasons. Pears and blackberries have been my favorites in the last few months.

Stamped, collage.
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ATC #223 - Clan MacGregor

I thought I had lost this ATC. I went on a harbor dinner cruise in November. The bar didn't have my favorite scotch, so I tried their Clan MacGregor. I happened to have my ATCs and sketch pens with me so I took a few minutes to make a quick sketch of the glass of Scotch and soda, then added the color later at home.

Ink and watercolor.
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