Take a peak at the Thumbnails page.  There is a simple sketch posted that helps show how to remember and render shading quickly. Let me know what you think.

Well House

        Done 2 months ago as of this writing. It was a great day for walking and sitting and sketching for a while in the afternoon sun. As previous drawings have indicated, there has been some good snows since this date- three at least that I can think of. This is just to remind us that there were times this winter without snow on the ground!  The ol' boy still runs a few cows in this pasture that is totally surrounded by the town and has been for longer than I can remember. Not hard to find either. I have walked past this during 3 surgery recoveries that I can think of right now. For whatever that is worth... We can see the well house from what used to be the rail line to Baldwin, and is now a bike path. In the mid 80's the rail line still ran north of 23^rd Street.  In the '70's trains still delivered paper to Color Press just north of 23rd.

Fair Evening

        In the fall of the year. A fun record of the light and shade in the evening. Not actually during the county fair, but at the county fairgrounds  This is the place (just to the left of the tree about 50 feet) where in the 70's we recovered Shannon's bike that was taken from under the carport. I think all the kids remember that story.  

Winter Holly Church

       

        The remains of a late snow. Five days before the start of Spring. Believe it? Of course we had snows after this one! This is about the 3^rd sketch I have done that included this church over the river, and the tracks. I will probably do more. Snow changes everything, refreshes the brain and inspires the eye.

Snow on the Divide

        A scene from the Colorado foothills. East of Palmer Lake, before you get to the 2 lane North to Parker. It is a place that just needed to be put to paper. There had been a good covering of snow though now the trees had cleared. A little snow helps keep the "lights" light and the "darks" dark. Mostly horses in the Black Forest now and has probably been that way for years, but I betcha these folk have ran some cattle in the past though none were obvious this afternoon. There is plenty of hay on the east end of the yard...

        We were visiting our kids who lived just a mile or so west of here when I got a quick start to this little project. It has taken 2 years for me to get on it, but here it finally is.