Musée Rodin

Musée Rodin, Paris. Watercolor and pen and ink on Arches watercolor block.

Still mining the photos from three years ago for drawing ideas.

Paris Windows

Paris Windows. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches watercolor paper.

Ottawa and Monroe Center

Ottawa and Monroe Center, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Uni-ball Vision micro pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches watercolor block, 10"x14".

This is what I did with my snow day on Friday--well, most of my weekend really. You can see here what it looked like before I added watercolor.

Tea

Tea. Winsor & Newton watercolors and Uni-ball Vision pen on Arches watercolor paper.

I cleaned up my tea cupboard and thought I'd draw this assortment to practice my hand-lettering.

Sewing Machine

Sewing Machine. Watercolor and pen and ink.

This is my mother's sewing machine, the one on which I learned to sew, and used to make all kinds of skirts and dresses that, for the most part, turned out not quite like I'd envisioned.

Old Schoolhouse

Old Schoolhouse. Winsor & Newton watercolors and pen and ink on Arches Aquarelle paper.

It's time to start posting my drawings here again. Lately, I've been finding Instagram to be far more convenient, but I still want full scans of my work. I completed this drawing last February, but it's from a photo I took in November 2013. The snow has started even earlier this year and has come in far greater quantities.

Roses

Roses. Dr. Ph. Martin's Hydrus Fine Art Watercolors on Arches paper.

This painting is inspired by a photo I took last summer at a bed and breakfast. I used Dr. Ph. Martin's watercolors for the first time and found the colors to be very vibrant.

Houses

Houses. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches paper.

Deer

Deer. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches paper.

When visiting the Washington, D.C. area this past spring, we took a walk on a trail that was supposed to have a view of the Potomac River.  As we headed back from the less-than-impressive view, several deer appeared in the woods. These two turned to look at us for a moment before bounding away.

Fallen Apples

Fallen apples. Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches paper.

Car Wash

Car Wash. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches paper.

Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches paper.

Another drawing based on photos from my visit to the Metropolitan Museum.

Armor

Armor. Uni-ball Vision pen and Winsor & Newton watercolors on Arches watercolor paper.

I visited the Metropolitan Museum in New York last month and took some reference photos in the armor court.  Here you can see the drawing before I added watercolor and then after.

Cafe

Cafe. Winsor & Newton watercolors and Uni-ball Vision pen on Arches watercolor paper.

I've been trying to take reference photos of even mundane scenes from my daily life in hopes that I will have something to draw from later. That is how this drawing came about.

Chevy Bel Air

Chevy Bel Air. Winsor & Newton watercolors and pigma micron pen on Arches watercolor paper.

I drew this too large and couldn't fit the whole thing on my piece of paper. Oops.

Organ

Organ. Winsor & Newton watercolors and Sakura pigma micron pen on Arches cold press watercolor block.

This organ was in an old house where we stayed recently, so I took a photo of it, hoping to draw it later.  I decided to draw with a pen rather than doing a pencil sketch first. It means mistakes happen on the page, but I think I'm okay with that.

Sketchbook: Frog or Toad?

Frog or Toad? Winsor & Newton watercolors and Pigma micron pen in Moleskine watercolor notebook. Drawn from a photograph I took last week at Dingmans Falls in Pennsylvania.

Mt. Roberts Tramway, Juneau, Alaska

Mt. Roberts Tramway, Juneau, Alaska. Winsor & Newton watercolors on Aquarelle Arches cold pressed paper.

When I took a photo of the tramway, I thought it would be interesting to draw.  Now nearly four years later, I finally got around to doing it.

Sketchbook: Shoes

Shoes. Winsor & Newton watercolors and Sakura Pigma Micron pen in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

Sketchbook: Video camera

Video camera. Winsor & Newton Watercolors in Moleskine watercolor sketchbook.

We have a few of these old cameras lying about since my husband was trying to find one still in working condition so he could upload videos from his high school and college days to the web.