In the Woods

5x7 ballpoint pen sketch

Spent some time in the woods today searching for a missing cellphone.  And, I discovered that moleskine is spelled with an "e" on the end.  So, rest assured my vegan friends, I'm not sketching in a journal made of  skin of mole.  Tried to do a painting of this today just to get my fingers back in the oil paint but I wiped it.   I'll try again tomorrow.  Now, back to sweeping Thanksgiving debris out the doors.

Old Bay

5x7" moleskin sketch

Here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, we put this on everything...including ice cream.

Garden Boots

5x7" pen and colored pencil

This is where I was most of the day

Combine #2

pen, colored pencil sketch

The combines are gone and the fields are perfect for walking through and finding things to sketch.  I've joined a facebook artist journal workshop group put together by Cathy Johnson:  http://www.cathyjohnson.info/.    I've been a fan of hers for a long time, love her books as well.  It's a great way to share sketches and see what other people are doing in their journals.  

Combine

pencil sketch in moleskin journal

The fields around the Eastern Shore are full of combines hauling in the goodies.

Gourds

10x10" oil

Grew birdhouse gourds this summer.  They are now sitting on the porch drying out so I can clean, paint, and hang them.  They're pretty small-perfect for wrens I guess.  Then maybe the wrens will stop building nests in my plant pots.

LeGates Cove

12x16 oil

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The cove lit up with amazing color and then it was gone.  I love Fall.

Union Church

8x10" oil

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This small church in Salisbury, Maryland, was the scene of many family reunions and a recent memorial.

Forks and Hornets

moleskin sketch, pen and pencil

Doodling while watching Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert last night.  

Sunrise this morning.

Later, Martha and I were wandering and found this hornet's nest about 6 feet off the ground.

"See how high the hornet's nest, 'twill tell how high the snow will rest."  Courtesy of the Farmer's Almanac.