EDM #206 "We call it....."

This was wicked fun! I got a bit carried away, as you can see. There's more writing than drawing, but this is about words afterall.

The little blob to the left of the Redemption Center building is a bag of soda cans.

Reid State Park, Maine

A distant point of land

Some rocks just below where we were sitting.

A guy sitting on some rocks a little ways away.

My husband and I went to Reid State Park yesterday. We like to sit on the rocks and watch the water and birds and people. I took my sketchbook along and did 3 pictures using a ball point pen. I started with a micron pen but it was so windy the ink dried up before it hit the page.

#3 is the first time I stuck a person in a picture. This guy held still long enough for me to sketch him in quickly.

Real rocks are more difficult to draw than imaginary rocks.

Award!

Thank you very much John P. for this award!

Imagine my surprise when john.p at http://john-alookin.blogspot.com/ told me he gave me this award for my blog. I haven't posted in ages and my drawing is so......in need of further practice! I'm pleased and the timing is great. I have a significant birthday next week and have been feeling old and decrepit (from time to time anyway).

The rules of acceptance are:

1. Put the logo on your blog. 2. Add a link to the person who awarded you. 3. Nominate 7 other blogs. 4. Add links to those blogs on yours. 5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

So, I nominate the following blogs for this award because they make me happy when I look at them.

juj at http://everythingiscontextual.blogspot.com/

jeff (trout bum) at http://drawingflies365.blogspot.com/

casey at http://caseytoussaint.wordpress.com/

doug at http://douglasthayer.blogspot.com/

woolgathering at http://www.elizabethperry.com/woolgathering/

andrea joseph at http://andreajoseph24.blogspot.com/

lin at http://viewfromtheoak.blogspot.com/

I've been away from blogging (and drawing) for a bit but I'm reinspired. Thanks John.p

ED in May 12-14

#12 Birdhouse nailed to the side of the barn at Nezinscot Farm in Turner. Done from a photo taken last summer.


#13 A sheep peeking out from the window of a van. Drawn from a photo take spring of 2006 at Sheepfest in Denmark, Maine. It was the annual local sheep shearing. Three unshorn sheep take up the entire back of a pickup truck. Three shorn sheep take up less space than one unshorn sheep.




#14 Colored Pencil. I felt like playing with letters and coloring. So I did.

EDinMay 9, 10, and 11

Day 9: I spend a lot of time drawing large things smaller. This time I wanted to try drawing a small thing bigger. So we have a gigantic paperclip. Tried to pay attention to the reflections on the paperclip but it's awfully narrow.

Day 10: A Clothes pin. 'H' added after the fact. That's what happens when the mind goes faster than the pen.

Day 11: My trusty Boy Scout knife. Had it since I was 10. Girl Scout knives didn't hold a sharp edge worth a darn. This one has seen a lot.

All done with brown micron pen.