Peppers

Last week I was sitting in Connie's kitchen waiting for her kids to get home from school. Sitting on the countertop by the window was a bowl of fruits and vegetables with the sunlight dropping down on them. Grabbing my watercolor pencils, I got to work. I didn't finish in time as the bus soon pulled up.

As I had started with the orange pepper first and worked my way to the left, the whole composition definately leans to the left. I think it looks better this way than had I done it more level. I also like the brightness of the colors but I need to work on generating deeper contrasts with the watercolor pencils. What you think is dark enough really fades once you bring on the water.

Doodle Bird

I just recently got a new Wacom Pen tablet and here is a quick doodle I did using the supplied Corel Painter Essentials program. I'm still learning the program, but it's been delightful to use (I do recommend it as an inexpensive digitizing device) and the kids have had a blast making drawings for the refridgerator.