CRE8365 Day 10 - Wandering Jew digital sketch

OK, here it is folks, today's theme/prompt is "houseplant", I don't normally have houseplants, at the very least, anything I expend energy and time growing needs to do something besides just be a pretty face, I prefer herbs for cooking and medicinal, it has to "earn" it's place in my life :)

This is a bit of an exception, though in all honesty, I am not expending anything on it, this is PB's plant, a Wandering Jew, we had it planted outside the house where we used to live, this particular plant came from PB's mom, from her garden. We usually grow this outside, it dies back in the winter and comes back from the roots, this winter PB decided to bring it in and see how it did.

Well, it did very well, in spite of the fact that the sky castle is cold, this plant is thriving, today I noticed a bloom on it, it actually flowered! Now THAT'S a happy plant.

I snapped a few pix of this plant in the window, my thoughts were to use the photos as my daily upload, then I decided to go ahead and sketch out the plant. This plant is very pretty, it's mostly purple with some green here and there, the blooms/flowers are a delicate pink.

Here is my daily creation, made with Sketch Guru.

Here are some photos of the actual plant.

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CRE8365 day 9 - Girl in glasses digital sketch

Today's theme is Rose tinted spectacles, so using Sketch Guru (finished it in Photoshop), I created this pink bespectacled girl in a slightly whimsical style. I see this style done on YouTube quite a bit and it looks fun.

Come on over to http://cre8365.com and join in the fun, I have been having all sorts of fun, not only doing my own thing, but seeing what everyone else posts each day, I am making some great friends as well.

CRE8365 day 8 - Acorn Woodpecker in Derwent Inktense

I slept in today, it was so nice to wake up then turn back over and go back to sleep, that's when I have the most interesting dreams, some of them are bookworthy :)

The dogs began to go nuts which told me someone was here so I got up, sure enough one of our friends had come by, we missed him on Christmas so he didn't get one of my Christmas cards, I wanted him to have one so I asked him to stay a little longer while I whipped out another card. I enjoyed drawing and painting this while he watched and chatted with PB.

As an artist, on occasion, someone will ask me "YOU did this?" or they might say "You DID this?" or "You did THIS?", and I say "Yes", well this time the recipient of the card watched it being created, so there was no doubt as to WHO did it :)

This went along with the theme for Christmas this year, well last year technically.... this is an acorn woodpecker.

 

I am using this as my daily CRE8365 picture.

I also created this image, it goes along with today's theme, "perspective".

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CRE8365 day 7 - Old Rock digital sketch

Today's motivation on CRE8 is "old rock", I immediately thought of an old rock (stone), with a craggy man's face... so that's what I drew. I used a program called Sketch Guru, it's free and has some pretty good pencils, I'm still not terribly comfortable with digital drawing, but this program makes it pretty easy. This is an Android app, there is one by the same name for Apple BUT alas, it's not the same program.

If you haven't already been to CRE8365, then click the link and head on over to check it out, this site is fantastic for motivating me to create something each and everyday.

CRE8365 day 6 - Whimsical birds cuddling on a wire sketch

Today's theme is cuddle, so I made these two whimsical birds cuddling on a wire.

CRE8365 create something each and everyday

Hello fellow doodleheads and artists :)

I always want/need more inspiration (read:DEADLINES) in order to create something everyday, fortunately I ran across a site that prompts us to create something, anything at least once a day and post it to their site.

http://cre8365.com/

I got in on the first day of the year, but because they are based in Spain, it shows that I joined on the second, oh well, doesn't matter, as long as I create something each and everyday to post there. Some days I do something quick just to get it on there, other days I take more time and create something more interesting.

Here are my creations so far,I did miss a day because of bad weather interfering with my internet.

I'll do my best to post my images each day from this project. If this appeals to you, then check it out, it's fun, there are some wonderful supportive people there.

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I also created a Pinterest for my daily creations.

http://www.pinterest.com/wrethaoffgrid/cre8365/ 
You can join this anytime you wish, it isn't something you had to have gotten in on in the beginning, that's a convoluted way to say JOIN NOW, no matter what the date :)

Christmas cards 2014

Here they are, my Christmas cards for 2014, I chose to do our local birds, I chose not to write anything on the face of the card so that the card could be framed if the recipient wishes. I might do a few more, if I do, I'll post those as well.

I used Derwent Inktense Blocks and Derwent Inktense Pencils to draw and paint these images, I am drawing/painting on heavy card stock. Enjoy!