Keeping It Loose

Inktober has been a wonderful way for me to learn more about ink drawing. I am really enjoying it, and … More

A Prickly, Tickly, Sticky Situation

With today’s prompt words — tired, ship, prickly, tasty, tree — our search went directly to the prickly ash tree. … More

When Cheeky Monkey Mind suggested yesterday that today’s drawing should have twelve — yes, count ’em, twelve — trees, I … More

I had high hopes for today’s Inktober drawing. It’s a tree, of course, a mango tree, to be specific, and … More

Today, Cheeky Monkey Mind and I followed a little trail that led to an expensive ghost tree. Yes, those were our … More

You’ve probably heard that old expression: Fool me once…Shame on you! Fool me twice…Shame on me! Accordingly, I’m to blame … More

On September 12, 1962, John F. Kennedy spoke these famous words: We choose to go to the moon in this … More

I’ve written before of zen and drawing. For me, it seems to occur most often when I’m drawing something from nature, especially … More

There is a road my husband and I often drive down, and each year in the spring, we admire the … More

Today’s Inktober drawing — from the prompt words battle, graceful, swollen, ornament, tree — is definitely the messiest drawing I’ve … More

Oh, so much to say about today’s drawing. As I worked on this, I realized that this drawing represents the … More

So, where did today’s prompt words take Cheeky Monkey Mind and me? Those words — relax, mysterious, weak, legend, tree … More

TODAY’S SILLY SEARCH WORDS: Tree, fierce, clock, overgrown. Cheeky Monkey Mind and I ended up sunning ourselves today in the … More

I’m sure you probably guessed the outcome of today’s search words — scared, teeming, guarded, ash, tree. With ash thrown … More

I know last month I said that you probably wouldn’t be seeing any stippling during Inktober, but, yes, what you’re … More

TODAY’S SILLY SEARCH PROMPT WORDS: Transport, run, cruel, snow, tree. Those words led Cheeky Monkey Mind and me to the … More

Today’s drawing is one of the worst I’ve done in these first ten days of Inktober. Even so, I’m proud … More

Today’s drawing of a Velvet Mesquite tree (Prosopus velutina) will probably be one of my favorite Inktober drawings. Although it … More

Today’s drawing was a disappointment. Again, it was one of those fairly simple drawing projects, and I didn’t anticipate too many … More

Today’s drawing comes straight from the orange groves of California, but I really have no idea how I got here. … More