Pull My Finger.

The last of my drawing lessons! There are a bunch of bonus challenges I'd like to come back to, but I'm glad I made it to the final lesson. 

The All-Seeing Eye.

This is the next to last of my drawing lessons. I would love to draw this again but without the extra shading above the eye. I think it looks like eyeshadow... But I am pleased with the result!

The Street.

Drawing of street with mountains 

The Room.

Just another drawing lesson. 

The Tree.

Just another one of my drawing lessons ran through Photoshop and a background added.

Ye Olde Scroll.

Another from my series of drawing lessons. I only have 10 more. I will have to see if this author has written anything else because I have thoroughly enjoyed his book and I've learned a ton.

Here's a scroll. I didn't know what else to say on it.

It is written.

Ocean Waves.

The ocean. I love it. That was the subject of the drawing lesson I did today in the series I'm taking. I'm over halfway done with it- I'm hoping I can get back on track with doing one lesson a day.

Oceans is one of my favorite Pearl Jam songs too.

Bouquet of Lilies

Yet another installment of my drawing course- but I decided to do this one with a twist. I imported my drawing into Photoshop and hand painted to make it appear as if I colored it in with pastels.

The Rose.

Another drawing from my lesson book!

Tubular.

I really enjoy these drawing lessons I've been doing. Tonight I had to go get my car worked on after getting off work, so I did a lesson while waiting. I can't wait to see what other types of things I'll get to draw.

Jeepers.

We've been wanting to take the Jeep off roading for a while now- some friends of ours visited Moab today and that is on our list of destinations.

Shuttlecocks.

Today I visited the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri. I hadn't been there since middle school (well over 20 years ago.. you do the math). This is part of the Shuttlecocks exhibit out on the lawn. I put my spin on it of course.  It was well spent for an afternoon of free entertainment - one exhibit had an actual ancient mummy! I went alone but hope to go back soon to take my husband along.

Boxes.

I've always liked doodling but I think there's always room for improvement. I bought the book "You Can Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less" by Mark Kistler. So far I'm very pleased with the results! The drawings above are from Lesson 5.

Textured Home.

Here's another house near where I live. The siding texture from that era from when the house was built I think looks pretty neat, at a glance. I try to block it out of my mind that it contains asbestos. :)  I'm beginning to realize that my morning outdoor walks are beginning to become numbered for the season as we inch towards shorter days and colder weather... despite having a high of 100 degrees today.

Flower Cloud.

This week I watched a 2 day webinar on creating infographics using Illustrator. The first day was almost entirely spent learning how to make cool things with basic shapes. This is a doodle made from Illustrator's basic shapes. The webinar didn't cover doodling, but I'm a fan of doodles.

Wanderlust.

This vintage RV is parked down the street from my house. I have a serious case of wanderlust anymore. I would be perfectly content living out of some kind of vehicle that would allow me to live in whatever city I felt like living in at the moment, as long as I had an internet connection, bathroom, comfortable bed, space for cooking, and storage space for my clothes. OK those are just the bare essentials. ;) I spend my days dreaming of this. My husband and I have even done some research on it.

The quote is from one of my favorite authors, Austin Kleon.

Eat More Ice Cream.

I heard a very wise woman in her 70s today say that she retired from teaching high school students at the age of 70. In the years since then, she advises that we should eat more ice cream (basically to enjoy life). Well said.

This Old House.

Honestly, I don't know why I was compelled to draw this house. There's really nothing strikingly special about it. It's just your typical post-war, old, small, suburban home. However, the gut spoke on this one and I still shot a picture of it out on a walk one morning.

Abundant Rain.

Boy did we get a storm last night! In retrospect, I should have somehow illustrated wind here. We had 70mph gusts at our house late last night followed by heavy rain. Plus our area had heavy tree damage in spots, but luckily the block where I live was pretty well spared.

I got the idea for this picture from 20 Ways to Draw a Doodle by Rachael Taylor. Doodling with Adobe Illustrator instead of a pen or pencil? Sure, why not.

Morning Caprice Pt. 2.

Here's a more complete drawing of the old Chevy Caprice that I posted about yesterday. Rust and all!