Aspen Family-Day 6

Another glorious day for sitting outside and trying to capture the aspens and the maple tree.  The only negative was the squirrel overhead sending pine cone shards and pine cones down at me as I was definitely on his/her turf.  This squirrel was not a happy camper but I was very happy to just sit there and draw and fortunately he/she missed!

One and Only Red-Day 5

This was the only red tree around our house.  As I walked the neighborhood today I saw lots of interesting trees with lots of color for another day.  The colors are changing fast so I need to hurry.  I do love being outside and find it very relaxing which helps me to get into the drawing and out of my head.

Twinkle Twinkle Little Aspen-Day 4

Fall is here in Tahoe and the aspens are changing colors as well as flittering in the breeze.  This particular tree did  not have has much orange in the leaves as I like so I just added my own.  That is the fun of art you can make it whatever you want and there is no right or wrong!

Moon Over Tahoe- Day 3

  I was outside with the dog last night and was so 

taken with the moon that I knew I needed to try and capture what I saw and how it made me feel.  There is a lot to be said for the Nike saying Just Do It.  I made myself do something that a little voice inside me was saying this is way too scary.  Oh well I guess that is because it is October and close to Halloween and really  now it is only charcoal.

And this is what happens to an upside down moon.

Trick or Treat-Day 2

Drawing #2

Trick or Treat which will it be.  All I know is that I am having great fun pushing myself to do this each day.  Thank you Pamela for doing this with me!

Double Take-Drawing 1 for the October Drawing a Day Challenge with my dear friend Pamela!

This is all the same drawing for the first drawing of the daily drawing challenge.  As I was downloading the photo of my drawing to iPhoto I loved how the drawing looked different in different positions so I wanted to share these three.  This is a wonderful reminder that things are not always what they seem.

Inspiration

I am so excited because I feel like I am reclaiming how I like to draw and paint.  Lots of gesture.  I have always loved doing gestures of the human figure as well as gesture in my paintings but for some reason I have gotten away from doing this.  I am back and it feels so freeing. Enjoy this fun little drawing-can you guess what it is/was!!!!???