EDM 96 Something Sweet

On Christmas morning after the kids had opened their gifts from Santa, I sat on the floor with them while they played with new toys and I sketched a candy dish my step-mother had gotten.

This drawing was done in (dry) watercolor pencil on a moleskine page that had been prepped with acrylic paint. Having seen how much wetting really makes the colors pop when I did last week's Illustration Friday challenge, I almost want to try it here as well. I am too nervous with the acrylic underneath though, knowing that is water-soluble as well.

EDM 98 "Free Draw": Baggage Claim 6

For my "free draws" I thought I would use this quick sketch I made yesterday, when I was going to meet my SO at Logan airport. (And let me tell you some of the lines I saw were really amazing! I had never been in an airport right before the holidays before.) I spent some time waiting at Baggage Claim 6, since his flight was slightly delayed.

While I waited I sketched a girl who was reading nearby. She soon met up with her friends, who seem to have been delayed. It seemed like she had just flown in and was quite tired. I hope that she is enjoying her holiday, wherever she is now.

EDM Challenge #94

The last Everyday Matters Challenge was to draw a spoon. I had 2 candidates that I really couldn't choose between, so I did them both.

One year out of the blue, for Chistmas my dad gave my SO and I a set of silverware. I was 22 at the time, and it seemed a bit of an odd gift. It wasn't as if I had been hinting that we needed anything like that. It got stored a few years until we moved out of the apartment we had been sharing with another couple into our own place. Granted it is very nice silverware, with a bit of a heft that took some getting used to. It has come to grow on me. In the upper left corner is one of the tablespoons from that set.

In the lower right corner is one of the serving spoons I got in a set of black plastic cooking and serving utensils from my mom when I first got interested in cooking back in middle school. She was never a really big cook, so when I took an interest we really needed more of these basics. They have served me long and well, although the original upright utensil holder has long ago disappeared, and they have lived everywhere I have ever since.

Almost EDM Challenge 93

I wanted to join in this week with the Everyday Matters Challenge, but somehow when I sat down to draw I got mixed up and ended up drawing a carton of eggs closed rather than open. Oh well, it was good practice working with color, which has been a bit of a challenge for myself. I am not sure if I will retry this challenge or not.

This drawing was done with just my daughter's Crayola colored pencils in my moleskine, prepped with an acrylic paint (in vanilla, but I forget the brand).