Day 75 of the "75 Day Sketch Challenge"!!!!!!

I made it!  YA-HOO!  I did it, I did it, I did it!  Here is sketch Number 75!  Before my Mom's macular degeneration became so severe, she carved some of the most amazing pieces of art out of wood.  This drawing is of one of her simpler pieces ... a wood spoon that I now have hanging in my kitchen ....

Day 74 of "75 Day Sketch Challenge"

Have you ever had a colored pencil that you just love but can no longer find that particular color (for one reason or another) and you are down to the stub and rationing out its useage?  Desperately holding onto that little bit that is left, just wishing you could extend its life just a wee bit longer....

Well, I stumbled upon General's "Pencil Extender"!  It is marvelous!  You just insert your little stub into the metal holder & use the crimp ring to secure it and voila!  You have a manageable pencil again!

Day 73 2-21-2012

Today I sketched my Guacamole making pestle and mortar ... then thought it would be fun to include my favorite Guacamole recipe, courtesy of "Bon Appetit" ...

Day 72

Well, since we already have a Raggedy Ann it would seem appropriate that we include a Raggedy Andy!  Now, in our household .... no one wanted Raggedy Andy in his traditional garb ... my boys want Andy in a football outfit!  So, with some slight pattern adjustments ...  here is Andy in his football togs!

Days 70 and 71

Day 70 "My Favorite Purse"

Day 71 "May Favorite Doll, Raggedy Ann"

Day 69

Today was one of those days when I just couldn't settle on what to sketch, so I decided to try my hand at one of those drawings where you put the pen to the paper and don't lift it up again until you are finished ... a one line scribble drawing?   I don't know what it's called but here is my rendition ....

Not one of my better efforts, but at least I sketched something today!  

Day 68

I guess I was in a silly mood today when I drew this sketch ... I was remembering when the kids were little and I would let them have a bubble bath and they would sink down below the bubbles and pop up!  I guess a good title for this sketch could be ....

"Bubble Wrapped"

Days 66 & 67

Day 66 "Draftsman Tools"

 

Day 67 "Bruning Electric Eraser"

Days 64 and 65

Day 64 "Barred Owl"

 

Day 65 "Camel"

Day 63

Day 62

Day 62 "Elephant"

Days 57 and 58

Day 57 "Chinese Mudman Figurine"

 

Day 58 "Rose Bud"

Day 57

Day 56

This has been a fun day!  First I completed my 4th "29 Faces" Challenge as a graphite pencil sketch.  She turned out so cute that I decided to redo her in ink for the "75 Day Sketch Challenge" . 

#4 in the "29 Faces Challenge"

 

Day 56 in the "75 Day Sketch Challenge"

And then I decided to experiment around in Photoshop and added some colors to the ink drawing .......

 

Kinda fun!  I'll have to experiment some more in Photoshop until I get this adding color down pat without losing so many details in the drawing .....

Day 55

Today's sketch is of some items I have in a large dried arrangement .... exciting!

Day 54

Today's subject is an old cast iron toy train engine, it is mounted on an old piece of a juniper fence post ....

Day 53

Today is Day 53 and I felt like doodling .... so today's sketch is titled "It's A Doodle Day"!

Call me a fool, but I have also started another challenge ... this is a fun challenge.  Over a period of 29 days (beginning 2/1/2012) each party draws one face, posts it to their blog, which is linked to the originating blog, Ayala Art.  What is really cool is that when you go to Ayala Art's blog you will find a list of all the talented artists who are participating in this fun challenge & you are able to click on their name(s) and be linked to their blog where their drawing is posted!

Since I have the "75 Day Sketch Challenge" being posted in this blog, all of my "29 Faces" drawings are being posting on my other blog, HummingBelles.blogspot.com, so you can also hop over there!

Day 52

Day 52 "African Violets"

 

A few weeks back I found a little pot of African Violets in the sale aisle ... 

I absolutely love these adorable flowers and purchased them to add 

a little cheer to my kitchen garden window.   They are now in full

bloom and so pretty I decided to use them for my fifty-second sketch.

Happy day to all!

Karen Anne

Day 51

Day 51 "The Tortoise"

Days 49 and 50

Day 49 "A Mannequin Of Many Moves"

 

Day 50 "The Little Dancer"