A Trio Of Turkeys

A trio of turkeys are wishing you, "Happy Thanksgiving"!!

I am so thankful

For my family and friends

They are my world!

Happy Thanksgiving Day everyone.

Animal Wednesday - Cat and Ducks

I took a walk the other day (when I was not so sick) and saw this cat in the west window soaking up the sun.   I have seen him do this before but I never had paper and pen with me.   I just love the 'cat-ness' of it and perhaps someday I can do a 'good' painting of it.

The ducks were at the lake and what a crowd of ducks there are!   Lots of 'snow birds'; people and ducks.  lol

I saved this for Animal Wednesday.

Happy Day to all.

Blooming Maple Leaf Zentangle

I did this a few weeks ago and it works for me today.

I am feeling better today.

Thanks for all the good wishes.

Have a happy day everyone!

Cactus Monday - Gifts!

This is what I received in the mail the other day from Margaret!!

She saw this boot card and said it had my name all over it so she sent it along with a zentangle!

Isn't that just awesome of her?!!!!  So thoughtful.

(Talk about shaking things up-doing Thankful Thursday on Cactus Monday!)

Since I'm still sleeping in my chair with a self-diagnosed sinus infection and no energy (going to the Dr tomorrow if I'm not better) I thought her timing was awesome!!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH MARGARET!!!!
I love that boot!

I also wanted to mention that our good friend and faithful CM member, Judy Butler,  is going through a rough time in her life and I know she would appreciate a hi from you all.  Her Blog is here and she is also on Facebook.

Also, I have been getting a flurry of spam so had to put my word verification back on for awhile.

Happy Cactus Monday everyone!!

And here is Mr. Linky!

Church Sketch - Day For Black

First of all I did this way too fast and got the seat back so wrong.

It is interesting reading people. The young boy on the left is frequently in church with his parents and always wears black; black clothes, black hair and black glasses.

Another bit of interest; notice how the two guys are holding their arms? avoidance?

Next time I promise to take a bit more time to do the sketch right. lol 

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Daily Journal Page

This is my daily sketch from Thursday.  I have been trying to do a page a day.

I spent the night in the chair because of my cold and not being able to breathe while laying flat.

When I got up in the morning I noticed the quilt, blanket and pillow made a nice composition so I stopped to sketch it.

The right side of the page is our poinsettia plant that we got last Christmas and put it under the grapefruit tree for the summer.  It must have been the perfect spot because the leaves are starting to turn red naturally...something I have never seen before.

Hope you are having a fun weekend.

Illustration Friday - 'Music'

The theme word at Illustration Friday this week is 'Music'.

I have done a lot of music sketches over the years because of a local Tucson band; Old Pueblo Brass Band.  My friend is their librarian so I got to enjoy a lot of concerts.

For more of my 'music' sketches look here.

Happy Illustration Friday everyone!

Thursday's Coyote

I have been concentrating on watercolor journaling of my day.   I

We live in a retirement park that is fenced and gated and this am I saw a big coyote running across the street to our little lake--probably looking for a duck breakfast. I sketched him from memory. I heard tonight that they found three holes under the fence and his obvious entryway. Two years ago we had the same problem and once the holes were repaired we no longer had a problem. It will be a fun few days while the rumors roll around.

Life is so interesting and I love when I can capture something like this. 

As you have probably figured out I am changing my normal theme days for awhile.  Sometimes a new challenge is needed.

Agave

I was walking through the shopping center after my class for my Macbook and saw a small wall with cacti and succulents planted on the top.  I dropped everything and sketched just this agave and brought it home to paint.

I think I got the color almost perfect and discovered that watercolor pencils are perfect for those small areas.

I am pleased with the results.

Have a great day everyone.

Part Of a Journal Page

I did this page in my personal journal and cropped this section to show you.

I have my Macbook Pro's background set to random photos and they fill the whole screen so when I saw these pink daisies come up, I stopped what I was doing to sketch and paint them.

That's the great thing about a personal journal, you can do anything and mistakes only mean you are trying something new.

Happy daisy day to you all!