Category Archives: Pen & ink

My sisters’ birthdays today

My poor sisters have the misfortune of having 9/11 as their birthday. I’ll never forget that day back 2001. It was a gorgeous Tuesday morning. My youngest sister was getting married that coming Saturday. It was shaping up to be a nice week. I remember stepping away from my desk and when I came backContinue reading “My sisters’ birthdays today”

Quinacridone Gold Kitty

This kitty is from one of my starter kitty piles. I make a bunch similar to doing a mono print and then embellish them later. Doing a bunch this way gives me some inspiration and pre-started kitties that I can do while in a coffee shop or on the beach, where this one was completed.Continue reading “Quinacridone Gold Kitty”

The Dockmaster

My father-in-law is 89 years old and still works at the local boat ramp. He works because he wants to, it keeps him busy and active. This is the hut where he spends his working hours. It has A/C for those hot days. I sketched it this evening when I was out with my localContinue reading “The Dockmaster”

Kitty in coach class

My daughter was home for a week. On her travel day today, she received an email that her connecting flight was canceled. Now her seat assignment was in question and she envisioned that she would be in this very situation flying home. Fortunately, she was able to get an aisle seat and the flight homeContinue reading “Kitty in coach class”

Kitty and the horseshoe crab

Recently I have been reminded of a creature that isn’t the prettiest but it is ancient and it’s mating season is a major contributor to the food chain, primarily, the red knot and other migratory birds. We used to have a house near the Delaware Bay and our morning walks consisted of turning over exhaustedContinue reading “Kitty and the horseshoe crab”

Today’s kitty

The technique I used for this kitty is a mixture of ink and pencil. It was demo’d in Carla Sonheim’s 365 workshop of prompts. We used the technique with chicken sketches but I used it for this kitty and a 5 minute Sktchy portrait. I’ve included all of the sketches here. I really liked doingContinue reading “Today’s kitty”