Cocoa Beach and a Wooden Purse

We drove to Cocoa Beach yesterday, it was a beautiful sunny warm day and the song “Summertime and the living is easy” was running through my head! We had a wonderful lunch’s day this restaurant before we headed to the beach. #30pages30days

Today’s page is of a wooden purse that I found in an antique shop we stopped at the other day on our way home from the flea market.  Our friend really really like it so she bought it; I’m glad she did so I could gave a nifty entry in my book today. Super cool treasure to be sure.

Our friend Ron

Our friend Ron was willing to pose for me so I tried to capture his silly pained expression. Pen (no pencil), watercolour and opaque paint markers. 

Sandhill Cranes

Loved watching these Sandhill cranes on our vacation here in Florida (my first time)!  They were good enough to stand still for a few long seconds while I sketched them.  Appreciate that we have a pond in the back that has lots of wildlife. Pen, watercolour in my Moleskine sketchbook. #30pages30days

On holiday and two Sandhill cranes

This is what I did on the plane yesterday.  The photo isn’t the best but I’m happy with my drawing! I’ve never been in the very last row on an airplane - Air Canada Boeing 767

Our home away from home

These Sandhill cranes gave such a strange call.whike walking by the back of the house that we are staying.  My first time seeing them. 

Something dark but not for today

I had some time free late this afternoon and I knew my hubby would be watching the Nascar race so I stopped in to draw this house.  My first visit since our friends who lived here passed  four years ago.  They lived very close by and usually if I have to go somewhere that is near there I chose an alternate route.  So sad to see the deterioration of this house that had been so filled with life.  Those vines use to be so awesome before the house has been boarded up.  I’ve never been in the front door, we always went around back.  While drawing, I thought if all the fun times: dinners, weddings, barbecues, horseshoe tournaments, weekend parties and the annual Christmas tree killing party.  I’ll have to make a “tip in” so I can write up how I felt.  Too creepy to go back to the barn (maybe next time).  Colour will have to get added on another day. I went in a different direction for the concept of “dark”!  #30pages30days

I used this layered painting of Brooks as part of the Sktchy #30faces30days challenge 

I used a previously prepared page that I had glued my parking lot stub and a vintage book page then slapped some gesso over top.  Dog drawn with my Pentel brush pen and gouache with Staz-on ink pounced through sequin waste ribbon. 

Lunch Faux Pas

Here is my two page spread from yesterday. I was to meet a friend for lunch and it seems I misinterpreted her intent.  I thought we were to meet st the new restaurant in Craighurst.  I was thrilled to arrive first (it would have been a first for me) but when I texted I was st the wrong restaurant so I went to the diner across the road on the other corner. Then I found out that she was st The Old Corner Store Diner 5 kms North.  Ugh!!! Anyway we had a really wonderful lunch!

Last Nights art and Friday Face!

Got this one done under the wire.  I was talking to a friend on FB about our first page for this challenge from Sktchy.  I knew I had an idea but had not fleshed it out in my mind.  So I picked up my pen and got down to it. Pen and Tombow markers in my #Moleskine  #30pages30days