642 Things to Draw #47 - Jelly Beans

Jelly Beans
Watercolour Pen

My family and I really enjoy jelly beans. We don't have them often, so they are a treat. I like the red and the black ones of the regular kind. There are too many too name in the Jelly-Belly brand. My son loves the green jelly beans, which are my least favourite.

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EDM 18 - View from My Window

The View from My Window
Mixed Media

When I sit in my corner of the sofa, I am close to the patio-doors in our living room. We don't have windows in our apartment, but rather two patio doors, one in the bedroom, and one in the living room. We are on the 10th floor of our apartment building and face the street.

What you see here is my view from my sofa corner. I pulled the curtain back a bit so I could look outside. That is my brown curtain on the right. At the top you see the roof our our balcony (or the bottom of the upstairs balcony). Then you see cloudy sky. The two black areas is my veranda (railing). You can see the tops of buildings between the top and bottom sections of the veranda (railing). At the bottom you see a bit of street and some tree tops between the bottom of the veranda and the floor of my balcony.

I used ink, watercolour, and Derwent Inktense pencils, both wet and dry.

642 Things to Draw #46 - A Bag of Hammers

A Bag of Hammers
Pen and Ink

Bag of hammers, according to Urban Dictionary means: "An insult referring to either the stupidity/low intelligence of another, or the uselessness of an idea, remark, or person."

You can say something like, "He sure is pretty, but he is as smart as a bag of hammers!"

I drew a literal bag of hammers.

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Seagulls in the Parking Lot

Seagulls in the Parking Lot
5 Minute Sketch
Pen and Ink

The other day Alexander and I went shopping. It was an overcast day and there were dozens of seagulls all over the parking lot. While Alexander ran inside a shop to grab something, I sat in the vehicle and quickly sketched a few of them. This was not easy to do because they kept moving around.

642 Things to Draw #45 - A Jar Full of Pennies

Penny Jar
Pen and Ink

Well, it is not exactly full of pennies. It is only a third full. This is my penny jar. It is in the shape of a Teddy-Bear and was originally full of Kraft peanut butter. These bear-shaped jars came out in 1987 as a limited time promotion. The lid had a coin slot built in to it so you could use these as coin-banks.  Ours is a large (1.5 Kg) glass male bear with a red lid.

Kraft bear-shaped jar banks
circa 1987

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