spuds your way food truck

spuds your way food truck, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Andy Kotylo organist

Andy Kotylo organist, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

baggage claim at Bradley

baggage claim at Bradley, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

irises

irises, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.
Ah, irises! It always takes me by surprise when they are blooming, especially because I always seem to forget to buy and plant bulbs for them. They are my mother's favorite flower. She has two large paintings of irises hanging in her cafe. I drew these quickly in my sketchbook as I waited while the boys walked their friend to his apartment door last night. 

Esty Wednesday

Ink Wash Drawing: Our Neighbor's Pine Tree

I am turning over a new leaf! Each Wednesday, I am going to try to post a new original artwork for sale at The Little Wolf Press Etsy shop, curated from recent daily drawings and paintings. If you see something in the blog here that you think I should offer at Etsy, please leave a comment.
This week, I picked the Ink Wash drawing of our neighbor's pine tree. It is moody and dark and it is from the Every Day in May group that I belong to on Facebook and at Flickr. It is a great group, which I learned about originally from a blog I follow for watercolor inspiration by Liz Steel, aka Boromini Bear.

EDiM- starbucks free coffee free wifi

EDiM- starbucks free coffee free wifi, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Every Day in May (the draw something free assignment revisited) Out doing errands this morning and waiting for updates from my father-in-law's surgery (which went well-Hooray!)

soccer practice

soccer practice, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

catching up

catching up, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Catching up on Every Day in May's daily drawing list. free coffee from Starbucks, my lock at the pool locker room, the oldest thing in the fridge is probably some nori for making sushi, my fingerless gloves which thankfully it is finally warm enough to not wear, a pillow on the couch, and a creepy mouse that keeps eating (or hiding) all the dog's food at night.

exercise 1.3 100 drawings

exercise 1.3 100 drawings, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

From the Cartooning book/course...this one was hard, 100 drawings, 5 seconds of any words that come to mind, persons, places, objects, occupations, concepts, emotions...

6 am field trip waiting for the bus

6 am field trip waiting for the bus, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
All the 6th grade dudes in hoodies...too cool...

coffeepot

coffeepot, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
EDiM May 8th, draw a coffeepot. I drew this with my new brush pen, which Ken got me for our anniversary.

Exercise 1.1 Car

Exercise 1.1 Car, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
This was from the first exercise in Ivan Brunetti's Cartooning book. Drawing the same object in 4, 2, and 1 minutes, then in 30 seconds and 15 seconds. All about paring down, and getting to a good hyroglyphic state with your cartooning skills.

lilacs in bloom

lilacs in bloom, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
EDiM something fragrant...

neighbor's pine

neighbor's pine, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

soccer

soccer, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
sketch from Hamden Soccer
also for Every Day in May, draw "socks" (it is a bit of a stretch, I know)

my little family

my little family, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

snoring dog

snoring dog, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

dinner

dinner, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Every Day in May: Dinner boiling and bubbling on the stove

soccer practice

soccer, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Really quick sketch when I was picking up B from soccer practice this Monday. Trying to get some quick gesture drawings of the guys.

last night's moon today

last night's moon today, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

soccer

soccer, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

stop and shop again

stop and shop again, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

amity lanes bowling with k and b

amity lanes bowling with k and b, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

soccer practice

soccer practice, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Rev Britton at Trinity

Rev Britton at Trinity, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

soccer practice

soccer practice, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

k at the gym

k at the gym, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

hilary and david

hilary and david, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

eye exam

eye exam, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

k at the gym

k at the gym, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

Urban (Downtown New Haven)

signs downtown new haven, a photo by Bricoleur's Daughter on Flickr.

I am reposting this watercolor for Illustration Friday's Urban Theme. It is from the corner of Temple and Chapel Streets in New Haven.