Church at Mill Run, Lutheran

Drawn quickly from observation, light wash; layers added from memory, later.

Waiting room

Cinnamon swirl bread

"I Am the Bread of Life." The Great Harvest Bread Company, a bakery-cum-restaurant, has three murals on the side wall: Israelites gathering manna; Elijah fed by ravens; and Jesus feeding the 5,000 with five loaves and two fish. Grand Haven, MI.
(I was going to draw the lighthouse in the background, but gazed at the Lake instead.  Three of the four fishermen at the end of the dock were absorbed by their cell phones.)
Still trying to figure out the paper.

Bibibop

Trying out the paper in my new Stillman & Birn Beta sketchbook.

National Draw A Bird Day

Starling, from photo

I drew this iridescent starling for National Draw A Bird Day last year, from a photo shared by artist (and naturalist) Cathy Johnson. The bird had a piece of corn on its beak, I think.

Sketching is as much permission to gaze as it is permission to draw. I developed a new appreciation for the creativity God put into the lowly starling. (Looks like I got confused about the species!) This is the first sketch I remember trying to figure out the best medium for the subject. I ended up choosing colored pencils.

Related tutorial: Anna Mason, How to paint shiny colored feathers in watercolor

Orange

Checkout lines, Whole Foods (a difficult place to sketch, with so much visual stimuli to be filtered).

Pot of flowers

Thank you, staff at Chick-Fil-A, for a bright spot in the day.