Insects

I've been insect hunting this summer. I caught these over a month ago on my deck and since then they've been living in a ziplock bag waiting for me to draw them. I wished I gave them a better home though. The first is a hornet. Second is a mining bee and last if the yello jacket bee which hass its hive on my deck on a wooden beam. The insects have dies naturally so I had to sketch them the way their bodies are. The mining bee and yellow jacket bee I found on my deck. The hornet (over an inch long) i found on the sidewalk on the way to buy groceries.

Done with Micron pen and Pearless watercolors.

Man Reading

I was glad I took a break from my reading today. School is approaching and I am back to work. I feel that every minute I can read will make me a better teacher. But, I took a break and I drew. After almost a month of not sketching I surprised myself. I thought, without practice, I would feel rusty. I admit I was hesitant to draw the past three weeks afraid I would have to go over ugly lines. But truth, who cares. We learn by those ugly lines. Its all about approximations. I was happy about this man I drew. I will continue drawing again. Who cares if we havent sketched in weeks, months, or years. Just do it.

This was done with Micron pen and Pearless watercolor.

A Walk Around Grove

It's so happened that I'm nursing some yellow jacket bees on my deck because of the flowers I have there. So bees decided to make a home of their own on one of the wooden beams. I decided to let them be as long as they din't bother me. I was walking through streets of Grove part of Jersey City and I found some trees and land horse chestnut leaves to draw. The leaves were facinating because I have never seen a compound leave with 7 leaflets with unusual looking round pricky fruit. I had to look this one up in my tree finder guide.

In the Raw

So this is how a black and white raw sketch looks like online. The pieces have been long overdue. I did them a month ago. I was glad I sketched at the beach, there were bodies everywhere! Although, these look raw, I consider it one of my most organic drawings. Go figure why...

Waiting

Aileen was coming in from Boston for a visit. Her bus was late by an hour and a half. So spent lots of time with my best friend - sketchbook! I was suffering from hunger but sketching kept me company, haha. On the flipside, I ended up with an awesome sketch of pigeons and other people waiting with me - some shoes, arms, and pigeons on the sidewalks of chinatown and a hearty chinese meal to fill our stomachs down to the pits.