Grackles a Plenty

The summer has been flying by and it’s been a hot one. I am already for Fall to arrive so I can not melt every time I go outside. Though this summer has been good for bird watching, in early June there were a lot of Grackles hanging around. They are unassuming at first and then you notice their iridescent feathers. I tried to capture their essence in this drawing but I find them very hard to draw. Next on my list to draw is a Hawk or a humming bird, or maybe I will draw a food item. So many things to draw so little time!

Jam & Toast

Jam, butter and toast is one of my favorite breakfasts. Matt has been baking bread lately and it makes the combo even more delightful. Bonne Maman Preserves is the only jam I will use but I do mix up what flavor I get. One day I would like to get their lemon curd, I have never tried it have you? As far as the homemade bread Matt has been making a no knead loaf, it is so much better than most of the bread we can find her in Charlotte. I do miss bread from the Bay Area, ACME was our go to.

Have Some Sauce

Have you tried Bachan? It’s our go to for making vegetables and meats a little more exciting. I wish I could find the teriyaki flavor, I bet is so good. We have had the Yuzu and Miso, both are very tasty and highly recommended! I really enjoy drawing food and it’s packaging, maybe sometime I will share some of my favorite sparkling beverage drawing with you:)

Every So Often

Every so often we see Blue Jays in our front yard and it never gets old. They are such a shy, beautiful bird. Whenever we see one we drop what we are doing to just stare at them until they fly away It’s kind of funny because they have a not so pretty call. I drew one in my sketch book a while ago and I have been wanting to try and draw one again. We will see there is so much to draw and so little time.

Have a Seat

Portrait of a vintage rocking chair from a thrift store that I used to work at. I used felt pens and microns to create this drawing.

Are you attracted to all types of chairs? I think I could collect chairs of all kinds if I had lot’s of space. At the moment are house has 10 chairs and only 4 are dinning room chairs. I would even collect rocking chairs. I think a lot of creative people are into chairs, TASCHEN has a whole book about them.