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Sketch A Day: pebble, prey, stag, filter, fresh, paws, southern

drawing: A black crow dropping gray pebbles into a container of blue water, a la Aesop's fable of the thirsty crow. — pebble

drawing: a gray kitty doing a wiggle-butt pose while it stalks an orange leaf. — pebble

Sketch A Day: crinkle, feast, whole, lean, mole, cocktail, triple

Still on my black line drawing kick.

drawing: cartoon/pastel style drawing of a gold and red crinkle ball with a cat paw, purple nails extended, batting it while the nose & whiskers of another cat watch on. — crinkle

drawing: a sketch of a kitten moving over to a large dog food bowl with a mound of food in it. The bowl is labeled "Fido." — crinkle

Sketch A Day: greet, keen, grip, belly, central, fleet, lens

July 25, 2022July 27, 2022

I like pen & ink style drawings, and I like making drawings that look like pen & ink. This week had several.

drawing: black line drawing of a dog sniffing the butt of another dog while it wags its tail. — greet

drawing: a brown hair held between thumb and forefinger while a sharp (keen) knife slices it into two pieces — greet

2022 Trip to Michigan

On July 12, 2022, I drove up to Elsa Frohman & Judi Grant’s house because the three of us were going to travel to Traverse City and beyond. We left the next morning after breakfast at a nearby diner. Our first stop at a road stop had some irate gulls with strong opinions.

Gull at a road stop in Michigan yelling at the world. — Angry Gull at Road Stop in Michigan

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Sketch A Day: siege, bash, raw, cosmic, pink, heal, clog

July 18, 2022July 20, 2022

drawing: top down view of a ballista, a type of catapult that was very similar to a crossbow. It has a spear as its ammunition. — siege

drawing: tall grass behind a pair of cartoony field mice with a white sign held up by a brown post. Sign has a stylized black drawing of a rabbit with the following in red: WANTED for crimes against field mice." (OK, so I misremembered the song Little Bunny Foo Foo as "bash" not "bop") — siege

Sketch A Day: gentle, amphibian, churn, gamble, same, one, hawk

drawing: little gray-striped kitty "hugging" a little baby duck. Digitally painted over a photo. — gentle

drawing: traced and colored green frog (caption: Trapoline frog (green frog) Lithobates claimtans) — gentle

Sketch A Day: holy, prototype, gear, motorcycle, ready, factory, complete

drawing: white line tracing of an Ancient Egyptian cat statue on black background. Caption "Bastet" — holy

drawing: blueprint-style sketch of a cat-faced device for knocking things over. Caption: Cat Knocker 3000. Labels: object, knocking arm, crank shaft, motor, elastic band, and tabletop. — holy

Sketch A Day: brake, near, operate, accident, crescent, iron, enemy

June 27, 2022June 29, 2022

drawing: black background with a white pedestrian crossing. A sylized mama duck (white) and two stylized baby ducks (yellow) are crossing. — brake

drawing: a blue monster (who is NOT Grover, despite the similarities) close to the front labeled "Near" with a second, inverted, blue monster in a window behind with the caption "Not really far, just an illusion due to size and perspective.' — brake

Sketch A Day: elvis, beat, lunch, circus, axis, johnny, may

drawing: Evis, but with pointed ears and a pointier nose and wearing a greann vest & shirt. Caption "ELVIS(H)" (traced with elvish modifications) — elvis

drawing: a red drum with two drumsticks, stylized. — elvis

Sketch A Day: design, fail, boss, ask, length, scene, dice

June 13, 2022June 15, 2022

drawing: radiating lines and offset circles made with white lines with various shades of purple shading in the shapes made. Somewhat symmetrical on the diagonal. — design

drawing: Wile E Coyote holding onto a bit of cliff edge for dear life, only the cliff edge has been separated from the rest of the cliff. Large "FAIL!" on the sketch as well. Traced & colored. — design