R's rue

(...rest of the year meaning sketching when I want to not have to because of some weird notion I had that I could do this everyday and stay inspired.…

A flower in "remembrance" of spring (or summer).

I was out today so didn't get my sketch done until late. This trail we were walking that day several years ago,  goes through Mill Valley in Mari…

Hello - and not much news to report other than we got out and drove around a bit today and it felt good.  Snow was powdery that fell during the night…

Today's sketch is a squirrel  who appears cranky about the lack of peanuts I have been throwing out in between snow storms or ..maybe he is just …

Once again, I was waiting to get motivated and it didn't happen.  I finally decided I had to get a sketch done whether I wanted to or not.  I had…

Night time Snowboarding.  Long day and no time to sketch until tonight - ..more snow on the way...

I can't get over the HUGE amount of rain the mountains are getting.  There is flooding all over the roads and rock slides.  I'm so glad we ar…

This frog is going to be very happy in the next few days.   Over the last few years because the lake had been lowered so the dam renovation could be …

Got it done in time - wasn't sure I would.  Western Bluebirds like to sit on the chain link fence over at the old ball field at one end of the la…

Several years ago one of the times we visited up in San Francisco to babysit our grandkids I took Holly out for a walk.  When I knew we were going to…

Another house sketch.  If I keep going I'll eventually sketch my whole neighborhood.  Anyway, this house,  anytime we are driving home from town …

We  passed this house yesterday over in Blue Jay as we headed towards Lake Arrowhead to check out the snowy areas.  This was one of the houses I phot…

I wasn't sure what to sketch but saw this image on the net of a blackbird so decided it will be a quick sketch to do tonight.  We did get out as …

I was so busy today watching it snow and taking pics and... watching our local guy who goes out in his truck and takes videos ...which I was watching…

For today's sketch I chose a perspective that would give me a little practice with angles of houses which I have so much to learn about because …

I always think of parakeets as usually the birds I like to sketch more than any other species.   I got my sketch done for early posting so I can not…

Rainy - torrents of rain all day - ...finally made myself just sit down and draw.  Lots of rain and wind in our area - a few blocks away about 900 pe…

I throw peanuts out every day for the squirrels.  The last time it snowed this poor squirrel looked everywhere and never could find a peanut.  "…

I really enjoyed doing this house sparrow sketch.  I love remembering every day to release fear from my life.  The only real prison is fear, and the …