easter pencils

He is risen indeed!

lamp posts

must have been short on time that morning

a house with an interesting breakfast nook in Lincoln Park (technically Meaux Park, which is what Google Maps calls the western half of Lincoln Park)

Brown Deer Park, looking across the pond - needs a tap or two from the Perspective Fairy's wand

On many an Easter I received a pencil or some other kind of art implement in my basket.  It must have worked!

graphite scratchings

So a new sketchbook.  The first is carbonicles - it actually does pretty well for that "fog" effect, which is what was going on that day.  We also have a house, a curb and some neat tower-y things that are in WhiteMan Bay outside the Oasis bank - all in rootish 4B.  Snow escapes me.  Also, instruments.

finally got some gas for the scanner

So here we are, a van, some locals waiting for the bus, and back to the roots.  I think I missed the snow bus, though.  Anyway, this completes the first sketchbook!  On to the next!

others

A foggy day - or was it snowy?  A building, a 20 seconder outside In-Place, and snow-hydrant.

more bottles from me

That's a wine bottle label, from the back.

Bottlescape

By some kid who signed it MF.

more from the backlog

Snowy roof, Draw Day 2009 and some WC.

Roofs and Blacks

Turkey Day Blacks

Underporch, Undercar, and Underbush!

not my orange post yet

The shed and the turtle were done on tour - in Nebraska. Otherwise, some pexmiramentation with pencil and watercolor shading. Thanks for the watercolors, Dad!

stickin with oink

Other things. Someone went to Brown Deer Park?!

stickin with ink

Impromptu sketch day 2009!

Ex-Zone

And none of these lines are straight. I'm hoping you won't notice.

No Zone

Ballpoint. Bic. Blue. Oops, how did that pencil one get in there? You may be saying to yourself, "I can't always tell what this guy is drawing", well, that is natural, considering my skill level.

non-standard-location-sketches

Flowers and trees at Boerner Botanical Gardens, picnic table at some park in Shorewood, and the bird was actually from the standard location. Insightful quip here.