#DoodlewashNovember2019 7-8-9

Here are my next two entries for November. There was a prompt of "leaves" for November 7 and one of "owl" for November 8, so I decided to combine them by using the leaves as a decorative autumnal background for this encounter of the baby corvid with the baby owl.

These two are supposedly enemies, but I think maybe, if caught young enough, they could be friends...Today's prompt was "nuts," and I could either paint a self-portrait (ha ha) or render some actual goobers, so I chose a medley of favorites in the shell—peanuts, hazelnuts, chestnuts, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts. I drew them with a brown micron pen to keep all the colors as true as possible.

I don't always like the prompts on offer, but this time Charlie chose some nice fall themes, and I'm enjoying putting them on paper. More to come!

Uniball pen (birds), Micron pen (nuts)

Paul Jackson watercolors

Bee Super Deluxe Mixed Media Sketchbook

November renaissance

Since I bagged Inktober, I haven't been making much art. I seem to go through these cycles where I can't focus to pick up a pen and draw, even if it's just some little thing. So when November rolled around and Charlie over at Doodlewash published his prompts list for the month (and it looked like one I could get with), I decided to let that give me some impetus. Here's what I have so far:

#2 Pears

I enjoyed painting these—there's just something so paintable about pears. I even managed a little spatter without it looking like a crime scene. The shadow could have been better...

#4 Eyes

I had fun with this one. The prompt reminded me of this old movie from my younger days, which gave me nightmares for weeks after I saw it. I chose not to put too much emphasis on the camera and focus on the eyes. Who knew how hot Tommy Lee Jones was in his youth?

#6 Water

This looks like I did it en plein air, but it's actually from a photo I took while at Echo Park with the Urban Sketchers group one day. (I painted other things that day, but really liked this bridge.) There wasn't a lot of water in the scene, but enough to fulfill the prompt. I struggled a bit with the reflections and the ripples.

More to come!