8 Miscellaneous Sketches/Doodles from this Week

 A few sketches in my small sketchbooks from this week using an Ebony pencil, a mechanical pencil, and a gel pen. Two of them are in my new small book with 140 lb hard pressed paper, the flowers and the cat, and the rest are in my last Arteza book with smooth and textured mixed media paper. They are not posted in the order that I actually did them. I did the last one first and did the sheep this morning. Unperfectly fun!

I attempted to sketch a sheep head using a Pinterest photo for reference and a mechanical pencil. Not bad for a second try. It ain't pretty, but you can tell it's a sheep!

An attempt at sketching myself as a child from an old photo with an Ebony pencil on textured paper. I, for sure, need more practice!

A imaginary vase of flowers on hard pressed paper with a mechanical pencil. I plan on adding some watercolor after I  adjust the flowers a bit to make them a bit more irregular shaped.

Re-adjusted flowers: 

An imaginary woman on textured paper with an Ebony pencil just doodling...

A quirky cat emerged from the pencil marks with an Ebony pencil and a gel pen!

Large feathers emerged from the Ebony pencil marks on smooth paper, which I referenced Pinterest photos to turn them into Magpie feathers for my Magpie's Nest Journal pages, if I can ever get it together. See sidebar for the Magpie's Nest Class link on Jeanne Oliver's site.

I love these two little beings that came forth from my quirky marks with an Ebony pencil on mixed media paper. I plan to add watercolor to them at some point too.

And last, although this sketch was actually first this week, another simple figure appeared from my doodle marks with an ebony pencil and a gel pen. I meant to fix the smudge on her hand before I scanned her. Another one I want to add watercolor to!

These last two fit right in with the three I shared in a previous post and were actually done within a couple of days of each other. I don't know where the images are coming from, but I like them, and I now have five sketches that I plan to add watercolor to for a set/series. 

Anyway, that's it for now, aside from writing for my memory book, which I haven't decided to share yet. The rest of my many projects are in limbo at the moment. I'm proud of myself for keeping up my sketching/doodling practice though. I don't know if I'll ever be a good artist, but I won't give up. It feeds my soul and makes me happy!