#SpoonChallenge: Fish

#SpoonChallenge: Cat

#SpoonChallenge: Beetles

#SpoonChallenge: Hedgehog

#SpoonChallenge: Platypus

#SpoonChallenge: Toast

#SpoonChallenge: Arrow

SpoonChallenge #4: River

This morning on my walk I looked toward the west.  Over the Wichita Mountains were dark clouds and a small vertical rainbow of color not unlike the above drawing.  A river of color in the clouds.

Day 3 of the Spoonflower Challenge

Day Three of the Spoonflower Challenge -- the prompt is TREE.  I did two -- my idea of a blue spruce and a willow tree.  The willow -- now that I look at it, it looks more like some sort of tropical tree but I was trying to imitate the layering of willow leaves.  Also, it seems as if our strongest winds are out of the south and all our trees have a tilt toward the north.  I did both trees with fine point sharpies.

Can I do this?

My last post was in December 2012.   There is that saying, "Life is what happens when you're making other plans."  During this time, I continued to make designs and grow my Spoonflower shop while dealing with the events that life dealt me.   Writing went by the wayside.

So, as my kick-off entry to get me back to posting on this blog, I've chosen Spoonflower's challenge for this month.  It's 30 days of drawing and sketching.  Each day Spoonflower will send a prompt and participants will answer that prompt by doing a quick sketch and posting it to their favorite social media spot.  I'm posting mine to Flickr and I confess that this morning, much time was spent researching "#" and why does it exist?  I'm old.  That's what I do.  So, this whole deal is a challenge for me. Can I do a doodle everyday?  Can I remember to "#" it?

The prompt yesterday was "cactus."  Below are my 2 quick drawings of cacti.  I emphasize quick because while I was sketching, a new hot water heater was being hauled through the house and the old one removed.  For about 90 minutes, the house was filled with the clanging and banging of installation, enhanced by the constant yelping of our dog, Buster, locked up in the bedroom (so he wouldn't bother the plumbers.)

Not saying this is going to be pretty!  Just saying it's an exercise to get me back in the swing of things!