Janeys Journey

Moose and Friend

One more woofus and a friend.

No, this one is the friend.  The other guy is moose.

And I'm getting my printer next week.  Just received an email from compusa.  It's in the mail.  Bless those extended warranties!

Puppy Love

I haven't quilted in ages.  You can tell in this very uneven log cabin.  It's my favorite pattern though.  You could do a log cabin everyday for a year and never have the same quilt.  And babies of any species always look so comfy on a quilt don't you think?

G'Day

These are almost like blind contour but w/o the blind.  I try to make continuous lines so there's no sketchiness (is that a word?) to them.

Linear

Dogs have no shame.  There's no way I could have drawn this first guy anatomically correct and still have a PG rated blog. 

I like drawing long skinny dogs.  The knees and joints are all pointed and I make believe I'm Egon.

Comfy

Well I think I'm going just have a stretch and get some sleep.   Here's a good example of exactly how that's done.  And this guy is in the Sleeping Dog group on Flickr.  I guess there's a sleeping group for every species.

 

Morning Drawing

Sunny

India

I drew this with the stopper from the higgins ink bottle, neutral gray.  The opening on the stopper is very, very small and makes a nice uneven line.  It is hard though to squeeze and draw at the same time.  On 8"x8" watercolor paper.  And it's drawn on the back of Ms Mud - waste not.

Portrait of my Sofa

Since I still don't have a printer, I made postcards for my monthly swap group.  I made the stamp last year, put it away and promptly forgot about it.  But I was at PearlPaint in Ft Lauderdale and they were having their usual clearance sale.  And there was this little speedball print press.  It was a return and had paint on it and was on sale for 40% off and I had  30% coupon.  It was so cheap they should have just given it to me.  The stamp is 4"x6" and I carved it tilted like that.  It really prints much better with the press then by just hand pressing.  I used a pigment ink pad with watercolor markers.  My usual markers are alcohol based and would just go right through the wc paper.

So here are 2 of the 10 postcards I made.  And that really is the shape of my sofa just not the color.

Will You?

 

5"x7", markers on paper.