May 3 and 5

A few sketches done before the musical started each day. I know, pathetic, but I should also count playing my horn each night as something artistic.

May 2--challenge 61

Challenge 61 is to draw a grouping of 2 or more similar objects. This is a pile of shoes by the door. Can you tell we have kids?

May 1

I've been participating in the Every Day in May group, http://www.frenchtoastgirl.com/weblog/blogger.shtml, sponsored by this blogger, so I've been drawing or painting or doing something artistic every day--well, almost--this month. On May 1 I sketched A. It was a rushed week, too, b/c I was playing in the pit orchestra for a school musical, and the first week in May was filled with dress rehearsals and 3 performances.

challenge 104--salt and pepper shakers

challenge 103--exercise equipment

Well, what can I say? I don't really exercise. But I have recently done some Pilates and maybe I'll start doing that. Maybe.

challenge 5--my bed

This is my bed. The complexity of the quilt wore me out, so I didn't put it all in. I was looking at Saul Steinberg's work when I did this, so perhaps he influenced me a bit.

Challenge 100--landscape

In my painting class we taped brushes to long sticks and painted with our papers on the floor or on a box, depending on how long the sticks were. It made us have less control and more looseness in our pictures. It was a lot of fun. This is a beach in Maui, with the big island in the distance. I'm counting it for challenge 100.