642 Things to Draw #32 - A Peg Leg

Pen and Ink

When I think of a peg leg I think of the old movie pirates. I'm sure that there are still people with peg legs, even in these days of artificial "life-like" prosthesis. However, this is a topic I know very little about. Wikipedia did not have much to add to my knowledge base.

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Lovebird and Fish

Lovebird and Fish
Pen and Ink and Watercolour

First drawings in my new nice purple Moleskine.

Lovebird
Pen and Ink

Based on Missus. Our beautiful lovebird. She is gone now, but we loved her and her partner, Paganini, and we still miss them.

Fish
Pen and Ink and Watercolour

I love having fish around me. They make me feel calm.

642 Things to Draw #31 - Fruit Cocktail

Fruit Cocktail
Pen and Ink

We really enjoy fruit cocktail. I make it with whatever fruit is in season and we have at home. I usually add bananas, oranges, grapes, pineapple, and berries to our fruit cocktail. I may add a little orange juice to it, but usually I just add the fruit. I don't add sugar, but my mom always added sugar.

I attempted to find a fruit cocktail recipe online to share but all the recipes I found were either for fruit cocktail cakes or for fruit cocktail alcoholic mixes. I have never had a fruit cocktail with alcohol in it, and likely won't as I am not much of a drinker. My fruit cocktails are more like fruit salads.

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New Purple Moleskine Sketchbook

New Purple Moleskine Sketchbook
W: 3½" x H: 5½" x T: ½"

I started a new sketchbook. It is a small, pocket-sized, book covered in a purple silk fabric. The book measures 3½" wide by 5½" high by ½" thick. It has a heavier stock paper in it that is good for light watercolour, as well as pencil, pen, and water-based marker.

The tacky flower I drew on the front is so I can remember which side is the front. I kept opening it upside-down and backwards.

I picked up the book at Phidon Pens, some time ago, but only got started in it in August, when I filled up my last pocket-sized Moleskine.

Double Page Spread

I always stress about starting new sketchbooks so now I just dig right in with a cover page. It can be silly, fun, colourful, or anything under the sun. Once that page is completed to my satisfaction, I am free to explore through the sketchbook.

Cover Page - My Name
Ink and Watercolour

Once the fear of messing up the new book is gone then the sky's the limit.  Here I did the cover page of my name in black ink with blue, yellow, and red watercolour. The three primary colours with black (a shade). 

642 Things to Draw #30 - A Mosquito

a mosquito
Pen and Ink

Mosquitoes are something I am very familiar with. Luckily, not in recent years, but when younger I used to be covered in mosquito bites.

Mosquitoes can be instrumental in spreading disease, for example: West Nile, Malaria, St.Louis Encephalitis, Eastern and Western Equine Encephalitis, and other diseases. There has been a lot of public education on reducing mosquito population such as removing stagnant water in your yard, bird baths, or from pooling inside tire swings.

I am very happy with my mosquito rendering.

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