Shadows, Pretty Baby, and EDM

I finally was able to get a couple of the hubster's newly made Adirondacks into the sun around 3 pm yesterday and now have the shadows as I want them. The shadows in the original attempt were longer; I'm guessing it was closer to 5 pm. And while on the topic of shadows, I must thank Maer for all her help in identifying the location of the light source (in this case the sun) and making every shadow is in tune with that source.

The hubster and I went to my son's to visit last evening and I couldn't resist getting a new picture of the latest member of my girl tribe.

She is such a sweet, happy baby.

And last, but not least, my latest EDM - #217 - an umbrella. I'm afraid it is quite messy. Sometimes ink is not the best thing for me. I forget to be careful until it dries and smear it. I've tried making it a striped umbrella to cover up the sloppiness. I am not sure I've succeeded.

Miss 8 and Miss 3 will be here shortly to spend the day with us while their Mom is working. I don't know for sure what we will be doing, but there is bound to be some art involved. We are going to the post office to mail the Inktense pencils to Tracy and then making a visit to our small local library branch. It is sure to be a busy, fun day.

I sure hope you have a busy, fun day as well!

xoxo

Adding to the Apples

I've added an apple and then tried to add a shadow. The shadow definitely needs work. I don't know if I should add a bit of color to it? I used a gunmetal gray pencil thinking that would be a good shadow color, but now wonder if I should have used something else instead. Also I don't seem to have made a smooth transition between the darker part close to the apples and the lighter part farther away.

Here it is for now, still a work in progress:

I need to take some time today to watch the WC Pencil Class videos from the beginning and do each assignment in order so that I may actually get better at what I am doing. I will share my assignments as I do them.

For now I need to get a bite to eat and pick up the house a bit. We had the girls this weekend, so I didn't get much done in the housework department, and I still need to unpack from my stay at my Mom's.

Meanwhile, I am quite excited on account of my great discovery of a Cheap Joe's art class in Holland later this summer. My sister in law and I have signed up and are eagerly awaiting it. You can find out about it here.

xoxo