Another weird plant

I told you, I love weird plants. I'll just let you read my journal entry about it... Still cracks me up when I remember the look on hubby's face when I wanted to buy it... I totally messed up on the pot but this was drawn in ink so no erasing possible.

Have a great day and try to squeeze in a quick sketch!

A new Zentangle

I finished shading this Zentangle last night. These are a lot of fun to do when you're sitting in the doctor's office and you've already sketched everything in the place. I have several new sketches, I finally took a few minutes and scanned them all. I'm thinking I should have shaded a little heavier on this one...

Hope you have a great day and find a little time to sketch!

Wishing well...

Here's a quick sketch I did of my wishing well. I kind of messed up the top of the wishing well, oh well, good practice. Last year I did a sketch with a watercolor wash of the same view but I had a clematis hanging over the well. Well, this spring a mole or vole took care of that and ate the roots off the plant! I didn't really like it anyway. I'm thinking about putting a trumpet vine in it's place...

Hope you have a great day and try to squeeze in a sketch or two...

Grain elevator

On a recent trip to Kansas to visit my mom, I did this really quick sketch of an old grain elevator. I think this took about 5 minutes. It was really hot out!

Have a great Sunday!

Torch Lillies

I sat out on the front porch and drew these the other morning. I wanted to capture them before they were gone for another year. It was actually a little chilly - only 56. The temps are already dropping in the high country, wonder if we'll have an early fall? And I could have sworn I've heard El Nino mentioned - maybe a snowy winter. That would be good! Especially after almost no snow last winter... Yes, I'm into weather, I guess I come by it naturally, my dad was a farmer and rancher until I was 5 or so and then he went to work for the State Department and was always watching the weather... I find it fascinating!

This is a sketch I did recently. Whenever I run out of things to sketch I do my hands or my feet. I guess I should practice self portraits... Summer is flying by and I can hear the weeds growing!!! Every time I go out it seems like there is a whole new crop of them!!!

Hope you have a fabulous weedless week! :D

An Iris

This is one of the irises from my yard. I wanted to sketch one of each variety but didn't get that done while they were blooming. I'm finding that I like drawing from life much better than from photos, your eyes can see so much more than a camera can... And I also notice now that I forgot to color the stem - oh well, use your imagination. :D

Have a great day and take a few minutes to do a quick sketch.

Blogversary giveaway!!!!

Okay, I'm finally ready!!! For my Blogversary giveaway I will be drawing one name next Monday, July 20th to see who wins both of these ATCs! All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST with your email address (example - purplepaint45 at yahoo dot com) and I will pick one of you!!!! If I can't get a hold of you I will have to pick someone else... Good luck! And thank you so much for all your support and encouragement! It's so nice to be back sketching, posting on this blog has helped me keep it up.

Thank you all for your comments!!! I did this the old fashioned way, wrote everyone's name down and cut them out and put them in a box and drew one name from the box and the winner is Nancy!!! Congrats!