Challenge 68--Computer, the careful version

And here is the slow and careful version of our computer. The computer area usually never looks this neat. I wonder who cleaned it up? It wasn't me!! 

Challenge 68--Computer

This is the messy quick version of my computer. It's more fun to draw fast and messy than slow and painstakingly.  

challenge 67 colored

The flowers were dying, so I didn't make any copies of the line drawing. I just added some watercolor, which of course made the paper buckle a bit since it is in my sketchbook. But it was fun to capture the color. Next time I'll have to do a true watercolor on watercolor paper. I actually captured the color of the vase, but it is a hideous color and while it was still dry I blotted it up. Looks much better blotted. 

The boy is home!!

We met Matthew at the airport with a sign and balloons. He is glad to be home for a bit and we are glad to have him. 

challenge 67

Dave gave me these flowers for Mother's Day. I want to paint them but haven't had time. I'll let it count for the challenge to draw something for Mother's Day, but I also want to sketch the kids, especially Matthew since he is home from his deployment. 

challenge 66--draw a fire hydrant

It finally stopped raining and I had some time to draw this hydrant. I dragged a soccer chair over and sat in the street a little, but our street is pretty quiet and traffic was not a concern. Jack came out while I was drawing and said that neighbors a long time ago painted the hydrant some wild colors, but the city didn't like it and repainted it. This hydrant is a dull orange on top and yellow on the bottom. I should paint it. 

Challenge 65

Noses are strange appendages when isolated. Not everyone in my family wanted his/her nose drawn and posted on my blog.

I'm having fun working through old challenges, and I'm seeing myself drawing more non-challenge things, which is the whole point. Yay. 

Challenge 44

I have drawn Trouble, our cat, so many times. She naps in the funniest positions.

Challenge 4

I drink several cups of tea every day. This is from my evening/pre-bedtime cup. The ellipses are hard to draw. I'm thinking of doing that oval project someone else did, of drawing something oval or round every day for a month.

Challenge 9

The kids' bathroom needs cleaning, but I thought this was such a good bit of organized chaos, so I drew it first. I ran out of room and the only hints of Jenny's stuff is in the mirror. Now, why do 3 teens need 4 tubes of toothpaste?

challenge 64

This was a difficult challenge. I finally decided to draw it from an angle instead of straight on. What I really ought to have done is drawn all the stuff on the counter. My family seems to have forgotten how to load the dishwasher again.