Tonight’s thing-a-day is brought to you by New Year’s Diet! Nothing screams dessert quite like being on a diet.
Actually, I just sketched this out while watching Cinderella with the girls and my lovely bride. I made a blob of pink with my watercolors, and this is where it ended up.
And tonight’s EDM challenge comes from Cinderella. I was supposed to draw and eye, so during a “potty break” I drew hers.
Office supplies have always held a certain fascination for me. Briefcases, planners, legal pads, stationery, pens… I love playing in the office supply stores. The other day I was walking through Staples and found this really cool pen that switches from black ink to blue ink to red ink to pencil. It came with an optional stylus, so I took out the red ink and now it is a stylus for my PDA! I love this kind of stuff. Yes… yes it is sad, I know.
Anyway, the EDM challenge tonight was to draw something metallic. PERFECT!
While listening to my mp3 player on the ride home from work, Octopus’s Garden came up. Giggling to myself, I immediately began planning for tonight’s thing-a-day.
As I was sitting in my living room chair, brush and ink in hand, trying to decide what to draw, Girl2 comes bounding out buck nekid with a big pink balloon. When I asked her what she was doing, she breathlessly giggled, “Waiting for my bath.â€
Really, what can you say to that? It makes perfect sense. She just decided it was time to get ready to take a bath. Then decided to kill the time waiting by playing with the balloon. And it was one of those balloons almost as big as she is.
The EDM challenge tonight was to draw something you collect. I had to think a long time for this one. At first, Girl1 and I decided that I mostly collect dust. My lover pointed out that what I really collect is hobbies.
My Vice President, Finance Manager, Regional Manager, Branch Manager, Operations Manager, and Production Manager invited me out to dinner… I’m stuffed and tired. I thought, “I’ll just do a quick little sketch.â€Â And there was Girl2’s JELL-O. There’s always room for JELL-O.
I was Ҡthis close to drawing an ankylosaur.
Tonight’s EDM challenge was to draw a chair. Just a slight adjustment of my gaze from the JELL-O brings into focus the Dora Dora chair!
So, I was spending some time perusing sketching.cc and flipping through the pages of Russ Stutler’s online “how to sketch†book. Believe it or not it had never occurred to me to sketch with a brush and ink. So, tonight I ran to Staples and bought a bottle of ink. Here’s my first ever attempt. I could get used to this style. I like the expressive quality of the lines. I like how easy it is to change the style with just a slight bit of pressure. I think I’ll play with this a bit this week. I would take this on the road if I could make it more portable. I may have to get me a brush pen like this little beauty here. That sucker costs the same as my monthly water bill.
Tonight’s EDM was to draw architecture. My house is over a hundred years old and all the doors open like a race track around the house to let air flow freely when the windows are open. So, that’s tonight’s architecture.
