Wordless Wednesday

All Those Stripes

I think I am going through a stripes phase :D I had this frame with it's three panel mat for years now. I got it, thinking it would be neat for a drawing(s) but I had no idea what I was going to do with it. Then I made the three little watercolors and didn't know what to do with those. Finally the light bulb lite up! I used India Ink on the mat to make the black stripes as the plain white seemed way to distracting.
Now to figure out what to do with it :/

WIP Zebra

I apologize for it being incredibly faint but it is easier for me to take a picture then to scan at the moment; that and I'm using a 4H pencil for it.(Click for a larger image)
I am taking my time on this one as it is turning out to be quite the learning experience. You can't appreciate bodily curves till you do stripes on a zebra...or any striped being for that matter. I'm excited about this one for two reasons; firstly I am using my own photograph I took of a zebra at the petting zoo for reference. Second, it is going to be VERY colorful, I like color.

A Busy Spring

Spring is with out a doubt, my favorite time of the year. All the beautiful flowers come out, the sun comes out and everything is just gorgeous. This spring has been just as delightful so far and I have been spending more time outdoors, trying my hand at gardening. When others talked about it, it didn't interest me and I had no motivation to try it myself. The grocery store had packs of bulbs for real cheap this year, and I had a large empty pot, soooo I decided to give it a go and bought some Asiatic Lily bulbs and I kept going after that!

The first one has four bulbs planted and I was so excited when these two poked out and now are growing like crazy! The second one has two, and the sprout there just came up the other day, so waiting on three more!

These three pots are from a packet of seeds that was labeled "Old Fashion Garden Mix". There is suppose to be nineteen different types of plants in the mix. At first I tried thinning them out but gave up, I'm just going to let it go and see what happens :/

I also have a pot of Lobelia or "crystal palace" but nothing has come up yet and a picture of a pot of dirt isn't very exciting. Then there is another pot of "Giraffe" Lilies that was only planted a week ago so that's another pot of dirt. I think I just liked playing with dirt!

The guys dug up and planted this vegetable garden that is 10'x20' with tomatoes, lettuce, peppers, butter squash, cabbage, onions, and potatoes. That will be good eating when it is all ready.
We got a hold of an old tractor tire and I am currently spray painting it white so that it can become a planter as well. That's just going to get some annuals which I will probably wind up killing within a week. The black thumb has to come out eventual the way I see it.

I finally got a Moon Cactus, I have always loved the red ones. The Coral Cactus was something my Dad brought home as a surprise. I had never seen one before and he thought I would like it; I love it!
Hopefully the next time I post something about my plants, it will be when my lilies bloom :)

Cool Stripes

I found some ATC sized paper on clearance at Wal-mart and figured I would by a pack of mixed media and Bristol to try it out. This was done on the mixed media with water color pencil and I was originally going to draw something over it but it looked so neat that even the hubby said it didn't need anything else. Now I have the urge to just make these in different colors.
I had started to attempt a flower drawing, but discovered I don't have the patients just yet for it so I am going to wait on it a bit. Guess I will go play with the water color pencils some more :)

Dragon of the Night

"Night Stalker"
2.5 in x 3.5 in
Colored Pencil on Bristol vellum

I really didn't know what to name this one :D Don't know what I am going to work on next, been fiddling with a botanical drawing book and might do flowers next. Depends if it starts feeling like spring around here or not!

Easter Lily

For those who participate in Easter, I hope you had a wonderful day and better weather then I did. I really wish it would warm up!
Just wanted to share a picture of the beautiful Easter Lily I got for Easter, it makes the kitchen smell wonderful. ^_^