April 12

More knitting.  This piece is to the point that it goes around my neck without very much overlap.  The stitches are getting a bit more even, though when I lay it out the mistakes really jump out at me.

April 11

I think this is the best oil pastel I've done yet.  Everything blended really well.  The inspiration came from a photo on the internet.  Tulips are my favorite and since I want so much for the warmer weather to get here it seemed fitting.  I lightly sketched it first and then had to try and erase it even lighter because unless the lines were so light you almost couldn't see them, they still showed through the pastels.

April 10

My trackball mouse.  Why?  I wanted to sketch and it was sitting next to me.  Overall not bad.  The shading is a little off, but not bad.

April 9

Back at it with the pencils.  The angle of the brim is a little off, but otherwise I'm happy with this.  I notice that I'm needing to measure with thumb/pencil less and less to get the proportions at least close to accurate.  I'm taking this as a good sign.  A sign of development and progress.  I'm also a little scared that that might mean it's time to try adding in things in the background.

April 8

Time to play with oil pastels again.  It was hard to control the edges of the apple when i was blending.  Something to work on.

April 7

This was all that was in my head today.  I ran (walked) my first race ever.  It was the Shamrock Shuffle 8K in Chicago.  I'm not sure why but I've always wanted to do it.  It was rough, but at the end all I could see was this finish line.  Big red finish line.  The park was not as idyllic as I've painted it, but like I said, all that mattered was the finish line.

April 6

This...is...horrible.  Just horrible.  I drew it after watching a video that was shot partly through a key hole.  However, this is, I don't know what this is.  It looks like something I might have drawn in grade school.  I was almost ready to say "oops I didn't create today."  I realize that part of creating is living with flops.  I just don't even want to look at it it;s that big a flop.