Do birds growl? (Progression Drawings 2013)

February 27, 2013
pen and ink, coffee and watercolor

February 28, 2013
pen and ink, coffee and watercolor

Profile flip grimace and fake noses (Progression Drawing February 2013)

February 17, 2013
Pencil, pen and ink, coffee, watercolor, word fragment collage

February 18, 2013
Pencil, pen and ink, coffee, colored pencil, paper collage

February 19, 2013
pencil, pen and ink, paper collage

Bird Beaks Devolution (progression drawing 2013)

February 12, 2013
graphite

February 13, 2013
graphite, colored pencil, word fragment

February 14, 2013
graphite and colored pencil

February 15, 2013
graphite, colored pencil and word fragments

February 16, 2013
graphite, pen and ink, coffee and watercolor

Blue after Blizzard (Progression Drawing 2013)

February 10, 2013
pencil, coffee, colored pencil

February 11, 2013
pencil, watercolor, coffee
paper was rotated  to horizontal referent

Blue after Blizzard
watercolor on paper
16" x 16"

So we had a blizzard here on Saturday.  No big deal.  I like having a reason to stay home.  But here's the big deal in my world: the blue sky on Sunday (the day after the blizzard).  WOW!  This blue is my favorite color hands down.  And it was all over the sky.  Beauty strung out above my head.  LOVE!

Also, the massive amounts of snow made all the sunshine on Sunday bounce even more into my house.  This made all my houseplants happy.  So what do I paint after a blizzard?  ...a creature with many eyes gazing out from her cozy plants into that gorgeous blue...  Snowy landscapes are overdone after all.

Magical children and emerging reptiles (Progression Drawings February 2013)

February 8, 2013
pencil, colored pencil and ink pen (stream of conscious writing)

February 9, 2013
pencil, colored pencil and coffee

Subtle Hints (February 2013 Progression Drawings)

February 5, 2013
pencil, watercolor, coffee, collage

February 6, 2013
pencil, watercolor, colored pencil, collage, coffee, ink pen, sharpie

February 7, 2013
pencil, colored pencil

I have learned to use pencil last in my progression drawings so that I don't feel like I am cheating when I start with pencil the next day.  I love my pencils.  ( I love other media too...but pencils are just kinda like breathing.)