This began as a pencil doodle. I inked it in green and blue, aiming for a coloring book page, but discovered that the blue ink smudged too easily with the eraser when I went to remove the pencil lines. So I deliberately washed the blue lines with water, and added a green wash to the parts where the ink didn’t run.
My bookbinding teacher Bill Streeter taught me that what makes you good at your work is not that you never get into trouble, but that you have a big bag of tricks for getting out of it. Drawing every day is helping me add to my bag of tricks.
The pretty green ink did not scan very smoothly, it’s really a warmer, leafier shade. This came about by inking a pencil doodle. Funny that I hardly ever use just graphite pencil for drawings, though I love the look and feel. I used to draw in pencil quite a lot.
Final destination, brother-in-law’s lovely place on a lake, and spending a whole day not getting into a car.
The following day no drawing, due to bad planning. I was lying about doing nothing on a very rainy day, figuring I’d draw after supper, but we realized we ought to start the drive home overnight to avoid traffic.
I’ve been traveling and unable to post drawings for a few days.
This was drawn at the home of my aunt, mother of fellow artist Annina Luck. I was under the influence of Annina’s cats and surface decorative patterns!
