Breathing space

Philodendron, dentist's office

A few weeks ago, I had a dentist's appointment. The philodendron in the waiting room was more interesting than the television.

Church of Jesus Christ, LDS (from back parking lot)

A few days later, we had another appointment, near a green space bordered by two church parking lots. We arrived early, so waited briefly in one of them.

I painted the first sketch after I returned home.  I was still in colored pencil mode, from January’s pattern practice, so went over the watercolor with colored pencil, on both of these, at home.

Summer Days

View from Potbelly patio

The flower baskets no longer hang from the railing; the large planter is now filled with a mass of white petunias, not so tempting to draw.
This patio is a nice place from which to watch the world go by, humming along the thoroughfare across the pond.
I'm always surprised not more people choose to enjoy it. They may not realize it's tucked away in the back, or just be in a hurry at lunch hour, which seems to be the busiest time here.

I needed more time to work on getting the right shades of green for the water, somewhat grayer than this, reflecting grass and trees.

Monterey Park

Here, I tested a pack of Faber-Castell portrait pens. Later, I sketched the tennis courts in Monterey Park, using watercolor. The colors ended up harmonizing.

This park is a good perspective exercise, with:

• the court rectangle appearing as a parallelogram
• the closer row of bushes being warmer in hue than the far (bluer) trees
• the closer row of bushes seen in more detail than the distant trees

Potbelly Redux

"Laissez les bon temps rouler." (Advice from the potato chip bag.)

Autumn Leaves

Old Man's Cave

Indian Run Falls

Rainy Day, View from Tim Horton's

Potbelly Patio