at the diner

looking out the window

Unfinished candy

I did not give myself nearly enough time to sketch the bag of Halloween candy I brought to work. Plus i think my co-workes could smell the candy three cubes down. Two minute after I dumped the bag, they cam running.

From my walk

Found this walking Ri-dog this evening and had to pick it up.

sketches from Boulder Coffee

I sat at the new Boulder Coffee tonight sketching with Rachel. The new construction going on in this area is crazy. I hope it helps revitalize this part of the city. Being so close to the university may help too. It's looking great so far and I guess it's worked a bit. I most likely wouldn't have come down here before the changes. oh, and I tried using wax resist, i've been meaning to give it a whirl but had no candle. Luckily there was one on the table.

Novemeber 4th & 6th

Here are a few sketches from the last couple of days. I've been trying to get out to sketch the 3 previous nights to no avail. It felt so good to finaly get there. Java's has such a great atmosphere.

the view from Cobbs Hill

Sitting up at the park on a nice day...

At the diner...

I was hoping to get more done but my breakfast sandwich arrived earlier thatn I had thought. wow, I never ever thought i'd here myself say my food arrived too fast :).

10.29.08

Rahcel and I met at Starbucks last night for a bit of sketching. It was so great to chat , sketch and have a cup of coffee after a long day at work.

10.08.08

10.06.08- Atrium

sitting in the atrium upstairs during lunch.

10.03.08

A few sketches from the coffee shop

10.02.08

spilled coffee on my book (upper left) a few days after i did this sketch. :)

construction...

I've heard they are building a Target near work. i had some time before i had to meet friends for dinner so I sat in the parking lot and sketched a few of the construction trucks.

My boots

Quarterly meeting

This was a 3 1/2 hour meeting....so I was able to get a few sketches in while i listened.

Eggplant

my hand

tried to sketch my hand tonight, the thumb is a bit wonky and my hand looks pudgy but it is a starting point :)

random sketches 09.13.08

09.09.08

09.07.08

i had hoped to finish this but was too worn out. i was laying in the Adirondack chair in the back yard, looking up into the tree above the patio. All of the leaves looked like stars. I had never noticed that before.

the 1000 Islands

a few trees as seen from my campsite. there wasn't much of a view. The rest of the campground was great though. I already have sites picked out for next time :)

I lost a bit of color on the scan, but the bottom one is unfinished. I took some photos to possibly finish but knowing me....it will stay this way.

pears from work

the one on the right needed to have the leaves re-worked a bit...but i already moved on to the next sketch :)

Atlanta-4

sitting in olympic park, not far from my hotel.

Atlanta-3

some random sketches from one of the days in atlanta

Atlanta-2

a few sketches from the seminars i attended

Atlanta-1

in my room the first night of my trip

My new sketchbook

i bound this the other night. There are still a few pages left in my current book but I wanted to be ready. This time I tried a the coptic kettle stitch with a hard cover. There's a great YouTube video to work from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHAJyzzb4EE

leaves

from my walk this morning...

Riley

a few sketches of a tired Riley after a long day, from a very relieved mom...

sitting in the car during lunch

08.08.08-clouds

08.03.08

Sketchcrawl Rochester

and finally...waiting in the airport

It seems like we are waiting a lot more than we used to at airports lately. The flight home was delayed about an hour and a half. I wonder what this is all about. Is it because they can???
anywho, it could have been much worse. At least I got home the night i was supposed to. I could have been stuck overnight I suppose.

waiting on the plane...

There seemed to be some sort of problem with the brand new Jetblue plane. So we sat at the gate for a bit. As usual i'm glad I had my sketchbook.

Waiting for chinese food

I saw this on the side walk while waiting for my food to be ready...it's a little washed out from the scanner.

purse

Rail Station

Rachel and I met this past Saturday to sketch. Our second and last stop was at the rail station.

It's so interesting there. Old trains, railroad spikes on the ground and big old brick buildings.

This is the sketch I started. It's not finished just yet. I'm thinking about scanning /printing on watecolor paper. There are a few different things i want to try out. Maybe i'll post those...maybe.

07.09.08- WXXI/This other life

sketched a bit while at the taping of "Onstage" /featuring :This Other Life @ WXXI. I heard it should be aired in Septemeber.

07.05.08

On the road home...

07.04.05

My sketches from the 4th...the ones on the bottom were done while waiting for the fire works to start. It was gettinge dark when i star ted. By then end I couldn t see what I was drawing. The one on the left bottom is my favorite. it's hard to see in the small size though.

07.03.08

Drawing in the car on the way to Boston for the holiday

07.02.08

I bought a "g" from an old printers set at an antique shop last week. I tried an old stamp pad but it didn't seem to work well. I then painted the letter with paint. Looks like I need to find a better stamp pad :) Then Riley wanted to help me draw...so there's her mark on the right.

A random Monday nights sketches

Railroad Spike / Spring

The first attempt at the spike/ spring i found down at the railroad station. I've found I needed more patience the night i drew this. I felt a bit distracted and definitely should have let paint dry between layers. THere's always next time... :)

Sketchcrawl

This was from the sketchcrawl. I could not find a scanner that would read the pencil. The one we have here at work did the trick.