Headed to the lake....

and I hope to do lots of sketching while I'm in Michigan. Taking some paints and other toys with me to play with.

Walked 2.5 miles

and stopped downtown to make this sketch. I love the old buildings downtown...it would be so neat to live in one of the spaces above the stores. Lots of them have very cool windows...most are not being used. Sorry about the quality of this.....I just started wearing contacts and using reading glasses cause I need bifocals.....yikes.....I forgot my reading glasses on the walk, so I could not see the page as well as I would have liked. We could call this semi-blind contour...LOL.

Biked 10 miles

strong breezes today

Biked 16.5 miles

working up to more.

Mall Walking

Not my favorite place to walk, but today I went with four 15-16 year old girls to a big mall up north. They had fun shopping and I used the time to walk, people watch and draw. Probably walked about 3 miles. At least it was a big mall with lots of stores I don't usually get to see.

Walking Errands...

I did about 3.5 miles today walking my errands before I head off to work. I stopped to draw the giant rubber ducky. We have rubber duck race on the river on Father's day to raise money for The Boys and Girls Club. They dump thousands of rubber ducks....and catch them down stream with a net. If your duck wins you could win some pretty big prizes. I don't like this drawing, but the subject matter was one of the ugliest intersections in town. Thank goodness our church built on one of the corners...it helps it look better.

Then I stopped on the deck attached to the suspension bridge to draw this bench and the cottonwood tree behind it. I love to sit on this deck above the river....kind of like a treehouse. I think you can tell by the drawing that I like this subject matter much better!

Louie and Colleen

Here is Colleen and Louie. Louie really needs a haircut! He is a standard poodle...about 75 pounds of poodle. He is 10 and has a little arthritis these days. He is the best dog I've ever had....loads of personality and fun....and sometimes a little too smart for his own good!

You can see a couple more of my drawings from today here.

Biked 10 miles...

in a very very stiff wind....was fun on the way back with it at my back though!

Biking again....

10 miles. Sorry about the posts w/o drawings, but I am posting anyway to keep track of the days I exercise. Drawings to come, promise.

aakkkkk. No drawing again!

We did bike 12 miles again tonight though. I was going to make a drawing of my bike, but by the time we got back it was getting too dark. Planning to take a morning ride tomorrow....and I will probably be by myself and can stop to draw where ever I please.....

Life IS Art

My sis-in-law told the editor of Impromptu magazine about all the daily sketching I've been doing. The editor thought it would make a good story and she assigned a writer to do a story about it. It tells about how I started making drawing a regular part of my life after reading Danny's website and book, and how it has enriched the quality of my life. To tell you the truth, I wasn't sure there was enough there to make a story...but it turned out pretty well. This magazine is circulated to homes in the Kankakee/Joliet area. I don't know how long this will be up---if the Impromptu Magazine gives me permission, I will let it stay.

No drawing but....

we did bike 12 miles today. Hopefully a drawing tomorrow. As you can see by my "pedalpower" name, some of my summer miles in my shoes are bound to be on a bike.

Biking

This is the front wheel of my husband's bike. Bike's are complicated to draw! We went 10 miles today on flat land.

Walking in Chicago

I walked so much today that my feet are killing me. But I sure had fun. I went by downtown by myself, so I could move at my own pace. I am putting a charm bracelet together for our exchange student and needed a couple of Chicago charms....it really does not take a large excuse for me to spend the day in the city. I got a new little watercolor kit on sale at an art supply store across from the Art Insititue. I wanted to go into the museum, but sort of hated to spend the day indoors.

Things have been kind of crazy around here lately and I have not been doing a lot of drawing. I felt kind of timid at first, but then I really got into the swing of it. I love letter stamps and now I have 3 different sizes.

3 Miles....

but no drawing because I walked with a friend and it was night. I will try to a drawing walk tomorrow.

Challenge 66 on my walk

I walked in the drizzling rain again so my fire hydrant drawing got smeared in a few places. I stopped in at the library to make a sketch out of the rain.