Pears and a Heron Sketch

Yesterday was such a nice day.  Zoë has begun to walk across a room - a little unsteadily, but very proud of herself; we had the hubster's sister and her husband over for a visit and dinner, which is always a good time; and the Tiger's swept the Red Sox in extra innings. I think we probably all ate too much - we had grilled chicken, cold sliced ham, some bakery bread, a large salad with avocado, tomato, mushrooms and dried cherries, cheesy potatoes, and a wonderful pineapple upside down cake. I am not even tempted to get on the scales this morning. I think I will wait until Friday.


I did make a quick sketch on Friday evening while waiting for a video to load. It is one of my very favorite birds who used to come and visit in the creek in my back yard. I haven't seen him yet this Spring.

The video I was waiting for was one of the 10 in the series for the Pear-ology class I am taking with Martha Lever. What fun and I am learning so much. I haven't tried it with real watercolor yet - I am planning to do that after my morning exercise class, but I have tried it digitally. The first attempt I made using the Sketchbook app.

I couldn't figure how to blend the edges so they wouldn't have hard edges, but I like it anyway.

My second attempt was with ArtRage and I am much happier with it. Even in both cases, I forgot to add the shadow.

I hope to make an attempt (or 2 or 3) with watercolor on 140# cold press paper later today and am looking forward to sharing them with you tomorrow.

I hope you had/are having a wonderful Easter/Passover holiday, and that you are making time for yourself and your creativity.

xoxo