Two days behind… ho hum

A day behind in the Every Day in May challenge soon became two days behind.

I am not sure daily challenges are good for me. Do they motivate me, or do they just put me under pressure and add to my stress levels?!

In any case, I decided rather than play catch up I would just pick up with today’s challenge, and go back and do the other two as and when I can.

Today’s challenge was to draw the oldest thing in your refrigerator. I rummaged at the back and found this nearly-empty jar of goose fat. It is six months out of date. I think it might be best to ditch it now. In any case, I prefer my roasties cooked in duck fat.

And here’s EDiM#9 Draw a lock. This is the padlock from our shed. Thankfully, no-one nipped in and stole our bikes while I had the padlock in the house to draw!

A Free Art Pass and a Fake Coffeepot

Two more days of the Every Day in May Challenge, although eagle eyed readers may spot that I am a day behind! No worries, just an extra drawing to do today.

EDiM #7 was to draw something you got for free. My most recent treasured freebie was a three month Art Pass, which has gotten me half price tickets to see the Lichtenstein exhibition at the Tate Modern. Can’t wait!

EDiM #8 was to draw a coffeepot. Normally I like to draw from real life, but I don’t own a coffeepot so this is drawn from a photo I found online, which makes it feel a bit fake to me. I don’t really do coffee, I’m more of a tea girl myself.

I hope you’re not getting too bored of these drawings, dear reader. I promise I will post about something else soon

Pine & Perfume EDiM #5 & #6

Can’t believe there’s been six days of May already. Yikes. But I am pleased that so far I have managed to keep up with the daily drawing challenge. Here’s days five and six:

Nothing special, but it’s the showing up that counts

On Socks and Friendship: EDiM # 4

Mittens & Booties: Joy

Here’s my attempt at EDiM #3 Draw something that represents joy

Birdsong

EDiM # 2: Draw a favourite sound. I love the sound of the birds’ dawn chorus. I think blackbirds put in a good contribution to it, so here’s my little blackbird:

Plums in April?

I wouldn’t normally buy plums in April, but these were a gift from my mother-in-law. I’m not sure how edible they will be, but I am sure they will be greatly improved by stewing with some honey, ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg. And they were fun to draw

Fun with Fungi

We had fun with this week’s Sketch Tuesday assignment, which was to sketch a mushroom. Even MM took part, so there wasn’t mushroom at the table (boom boom!)

Waif drew a selection of chestnut mushrooms:

And so did I:

MM drew a mushroom ornament:

And Gman put an incredible amount of work into his detailed sketch of a jar of mushroom antipasti:

Zip it Up!

This week’s sketching assignment was to draw something with a zip. Just lately, whatever the assignment, Waif has managed to find a way of sketching one of his collection of soft toys. This week was no exception, as he sketched “Zippy” (who my British readers may remember from the TV show Rainbow in the 1970s…)

Gman found a pencil case that is entirely made up of zips (11 in total!) and sketched that:

I went with one of Waif’s snow boots. You’d think, with it being “spring” and all that we’d have been able to put these away til winter, but today it snowed again. Brrrr.

Another fun family sketching session!

EDM # 324 Draw a Garden Tool

Shiny things are hard to draw! Wooden handles are much easier.