Trying to Get Back in the Saddle...

Well I have been really lax in posting, so I'm trying to get back on track and start posting some images. During my absence I've been outdoor sketching quite a bit. Yesterday we got our first real snowfall here and I went inside to sketch...at the Siskiyou County Museum, where I met up with a sketching buddy, Bob. We had a great time looking through the museum and trying to decide what to draw. I ended up tackling this fully outfitted covered wagon display. The light in the museum was dim so I made a mental note to bring a headlamp next time. There are tons of amazing artifacts in the museum to draw so I think I'll be heading back there soon, since our weather is not supposed to improve much over the next week or so.



I used Noodler's Lexington Grey ink in my trusty Lamy Safari EF fountain pen. Then Daniel Smith watercolors on top. This is in my 5.5" x 8" Pentalic bound sketchbook. That's why the amazing gutter in this picture. I am almost at the end of this book and I have to say I will be glad when I'm finished with it. The paper cockles badly with watercolor and the book is so swollen that it will hardly stay closed. I only have 4 more spreads in it and then I will start with one of the new books I have that are watercolor paper. I really love the idea of the bound book, but in this case it just has not worked out well for me. I've also had issues with bleed through on the thin paper, so I'm looking forward to working on a more substantial paper.

In October I went to Yreka for the WW SketchCrawl #33. Here are a couple of images I did that day...



This one I did from the parking lot across the street. I got a lot of people stopping and asking questions and just watching me draw. It was fun to have the little kids asking questions and just generally hanging out.



I did this one from inside the Audacity. I sat at a window table and had a really great mocha made by Carmen. Thanks Carmen!

Will post more images in the coming weeks....