Josh's Graduation

We were in Minnesota for our grand son's graduation. I finished off a 5 x 9 pad on that trip. 

At the graduation there was some standing around in crowded halls waiting for the action to start. So I had time to do some pages of people in repose, and here is one of them. It is the kind of thing I could stand to do more of. 

Black-eyed Susan

Here is a drawing of the Black-eyed Susan from Prairie Park. It was in June. There are not as many of these as there are other cone flowers.

Nathan's tuba

So here is the drawing we just did of Nathan's tuba sitting by the piano. If you don't know Nathan you ought to hear him play the tuba or even the piano!
This was done on 98 lb Canson sketch paper.

Chair & Barrow

          Here is another of the white chair of which I posted earlier. This time done a little earlier in the day. It was a combination of images that I couldn't resist; plus I needed to get at least one sketch in for the day.
           The chair came from Marvel & the wheelbarrow came from Grandma, the rest is more or less permanent around here.
           Done with pencil, ballpoint, and black marker in a 7" by 10" Canson 98-pound pad.

Winter sprouts

A simple ink drawing done with a couple ballpoint pens.
This is the philodendron that sat all summer on our kitchen table. Originally  it was to get potted in the spring.
          It makes a quick subject and the arrangement of the leaves often catches my attention. Can't say I ever get it quite the way I'd like.

       I forgot to post this one yesterday. You can see the leaves have the same attitude as the one before but it ends up being an entirely different drawing.

Two lighthouses

This is a drawing done in Duluth when we were there in August. There there is a lighthouse on the end of each pier on either side of the canal.   This is the view of the lighthouses from the north side.

There are endless things to draw- especially at the waterfront.  We were on our way up the north shore.

I have been filling a 60 page 5" x 9" sketch pad every month or so. There should be some more Minnesota drawings to post.

The Mueller

      This fella stands between Shannon's yard and the neighbor to the South.
     I did the drawing while standing there myself under the shade of Shannon's Green Ash.
     I had previously posted the American Darling water hydrant- drawn in Florida but mfg. in Birmingham. Probably one of the earliest styles I remember.
     This drawing is a Mueller- cast in Albertville, Alabama.
     Later I'll post the Waterous-manufactured in St Paul Minnesota. It is the modern style, with a single casting for the top and the 3 outlets.
     Below you can see one of three or four pages of studies I did mostly from memory before doing this on location drawing.

     You could of course do endless research on the history of these babies, with all their iterations.
     This drawing was done in pencil on a 5 by 9 format.
   

You betcha.

Compass plant

It isn't very often that I trust my evaluation on what plant is what, however this Compass plant half dried up and ready for fall was pretty obvious. I was glad for the one remaining flower.
It was a mid-morning walk in the Baker Wetlands.
The sun was so bright, even with my sunglasses on & the sun behind my head, I still had to shave my eyes from the light reflecting off the plant.
This was done again in a 5x9 pad with pencil and a fine ballpoint.
Thanks fer lookin' ;)

The chair and the downspout

So here's a drawing I did last week last week. It was in the evening after working on the north side of the house. The gutter had been pulled out and was sticking out in the dark against the white chair. Maybe 10 minutes 15 to do it small - in a 5x9.pad. Leaves little question about what to leave out because you can't see most of the stuff that you would normally put in!
This is my first post done entirely on my phone...
No cheers please from the peanut gallery =)