Not wasting time by waiting

I had to pick my daughter up at the dealership and I had to wait a bit as I was early and she had not finished work. No problem....I pulled out my pocket Moleskine sketchbook.  There wasn't much to look at so I  and drew the hydro pole and wires! 

The view from here

I'm a country bumpkin who is visiting in the big city of Toronto, Ontario. Our daughter and son-in-law are gone to work and our grand-daughter to school. A very grey and rainy day here so I thought I would draw something while my hubby is still sleeping. This is the view from our grand-daughters bedroom window and the alleyway in behind their house. Okay, so it is a tad wonky but I'm happy I finished what I started.   There is just so much brown and grey that I opted to not paint everything....I'm okay with that too. Pen, ink and watercolour in my Moleskine sketchbook.

A Christmas display at the shopping mall

I had a few minutes to spare and the mall Santa Claus was not yet on duty so a sat for 20 minutes and made a drawing in my pocket Moley. Did some more shopping and went for a coffee where I painted my drawing with some colour. I like the drawing much better now.

It is strange to not make any art just about every day. Although this is just a tiny little drawing and certainly not a masterpiece I feel good about it.

I Needle-felted a little birdie

I went  to the Marmalade ladies art meeting on Monday of this week.  We made these little hand felted birdies while at the meeting.  I've decided to give this Chick-a-Dee to my very own chick-a-Dee who will turn 4 years old next Monday! 

 

For sale - fire truck

I had to take Bertha in to the garage in town  to get her snow tires on today. I had some extra time so I stopped to get some snaps and a drawing of this fire truck that is for sale. The drawing is a bit wonky, it is my very first drawing of a fire truck. I had fun my down time waiting for my car flew by! 

I drew this for Every Day in November art group.

The prompt was train so I drew Anju's little Lego engine. 

I can remember a time when I would say that traveling meant I couldn't and wouldn't make art; making art was something I did at home or alone. SBS has slowly changed the relationship I have with my art and with my family and friends. All for the better too; I'm slowly learning how to "get over myself"! 

A few days ago I was visiting a friend and we were invited to dinner at her aunts house.  Aunt Connie is 88 years young and she has so many cool photographs and paintings in her foyer I decided to draw a few. She was happy to tell me about them and she loved that my visit to her house was important enough to be drawn in my sketchbook. 

Here are some of the dilapidated cabins and covered bridges from New Brunswick and Cape Breton (Canada 🍂🍁🍂). I am so happy that I can look at this page and recall my visit and our chat. 

I think I will leave this as it is even though a bit of colour would be fun too! 

Wonky Hip-roof barn

This is what I wrote yesterday.....Enroute home from visiting a friend in Belleville Ontario before she leaves for the sunny south. I used a different route so I stopped on Hwy 14 and Kings Mill Rd to draw this barn. Since my Bertha always stops in Havelock for fuel and a coffee at Tims; I painted my barn I did an hour ago. Got to post and dash now, I still have a few hours before I get home.

It was a very nice drive and I got some great snaps.  This one is for fence post Friday!  Taken on Wallbridge-Loyalist Road just south of Tuckers Corners

My hubby was quite delighted to bring me some rusty things for me to draw and paint. I was happy I could document my rail spike that I picked up on my travels to the east end of the province of Ontario. 

I'm still on the search for colour as the season progresses!