Blessed Reformation Day

505 Years

That’s a flying baby in Opa’s arms to the left, and bright sunshine today. And red for the liturgical color. 

And a feast…

…. Mit Spätzli und Kartoffel Salat und Birnen mit Cranberries (not quite Preiselbeeren), very typical Herbst Essen. 

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More background 

Color Pages

From Katrina, Colored by her charges

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More Listening and Doodling

Coloring Page

By and From Katrina

So pretty!

My Favorite Bag

 I realized I've never drawn my favorite bag yet, and now one of the handles is starting to come apart at the bottom, so I wanted to immortalize it in my sketchbook, haha. (I am still using it, it is just seems to be on it's last legs soon.)

It was one of those surprisingly sturdy and versatile items that you wouldn't really expect to find at the mass-produced retail clothing store I used to work at.

It has a long, detachable, adjustable handle which can be used like the strap for a cross-body bag, or doubled up to make backpack straps (which is the way I always use it, and it is very convenient). It is large enough to hold my wallet and other necessary items, as well as a fair-sized book, but yet it is small enough that I don't feel like I'm toting luggage around with me on my errands. It's grey, and kind of a faux-leather texture.

Obviously, could have spent a lot more time on this drawing, but the whole point was to do something quick-ish during the time I waited for my laundry, so it works for me. :)
 

and a wip shot

Now that you've got all the TMI about my personal baggage... XD

I am going to be absent from my computer most of next week, but I might still get a post up before I go, or I might skip a week or two.

Hope all are well!

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Landscape 

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Color Page

By Katrina

Her young charges ask for color pages (A LOT), so she draws for them. This is a recent one “inspired by blog posts.” I am honored, Katrina. 

The original.

Colored by young people. With sparkles. 

Roses and Florals

Real Ones

We went to look at fabrics today, and a rose bed is by the entrance. 

Pillows

And I liked these pillows. 

And what do you think of this hand stitched chair? “ They are out of fashion now,” we were told, so it is on sale. All that work some woman did…..

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Scattered Bits

I have been very scattered in my projects lately - nothing this week that I can really report as finished, although I have definitely been plugging away at various creative works around my other daily duties. So, here are just some bits of things:
 

crochet - this yarn is incredibly difficult to work with XD (I'm using an online pattern)

 The above is part of the beginnings of nephew and nieces' Christmas presents already, haha... Had to pause to acquire safety eyes after I had originally planned on just embroidering the ocular features, but then decided the material surface was too fuzzy for that to be effective enough for my wishes.

WIP from a loose watercolor florals piece for a gift

 Using that watercolor block I'd shared about earlier - I am quite liking this paper.

 I also got some reading done, which I had been neglecting. That was nice. I still have several books I want to finish before the year is up, so I'm trying to read more from those at night instead of consuming as much webcomics on my phone.

 And of course, still working on the Ich Kann class artworks.

 Inktober... I am calling Inktober done. Haha! I got enough ink drawing done that I feel satisfied that I have done some, but the additional things that have come up this month that were not originally in my pre-planning are kind of making this overwhelming. I might still do a couple of little pieces or something before the month is up, but I am abandoning the ACEO series after the two that I finished already. What a quitter - nah, I'm not beating myself up about it. I feel better focusing on the "more important" projects now and not having that self-imposed obligation breathing down my neck and tapping its finger on the calendar with obnoxious throat-clearings.

 Am LOVING seeing the other ink doodle adventures here! I was thinking of sharing my Inktober stuff here as well, but I have a weird thing about not sharing the same things to Instagram as I do on the blog, if you haven't noticed. XD Maybe I will do it anyway this time?

 

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Another Call, More Doodles 

Autumn Colors

Inside

Luscious light! 

Watercolor #?

A sketch a While Ago

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Autumn

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Finished 

This was an older one that got set aside. I finished it and find I would like it to be in acrylic or oil so I could do more with it, but it is what it is….. quite imperfect. 

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More Listening and Drawing 

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For Long Calls

These keep time doubly productive: talk and draw.

Paper Doll Clothes

 Time lapse of how I digitally drew some of the outfits for the paper dolls for Mit Mir (Ich Kann course level for preschoolers - link) This was the Summer page.

 

It looks so easy when you don't see all the Undo's and the thinking out loud and the concentration frowns hahaha... This would have taken so much longer without vector layers! I love using Clip Studio Paint. XD

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Finished, Maybe

“Moonlight on the Balcony”

I haven’t decided whether to shade the figure or not…..

This piece started from a couple of random lines of the hair I had put down quite awhile ago in my sketch pad, from something I saw. Then when  I decided to do an ink work, those lines were on the page, so I developed a composition around them. 

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Last Section

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How A Section Starts

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Another Section

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This was for yesterday, but didn’t post.

Bowl

 From life, in ballpoint pen, as usual.

 

 

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Doodles While Talking To Brother

Another section in Progress.

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Still Life Finished

Some crises at home curtailed the studio peace, so the still life set up was swept away, and I had to finish this from photo resource and memory. 

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In Progress

Hello October

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This is how the start turned out.