Mandarin Oranges

or are they tangerines?
Still not had much time for sketching...here's some mandarin oranges, which must mean it's nearly Christmas.
Eaten long before I finished the drawing!

Pine Trees

more attempts at ink painting.....

Spicing up breakfast

.....with thanks to my lovely neighbour bearing gifts from Thailand
(Heinz Chilli Sauce, the best for breakfast)

Threads

Just received my Arthouse Sketchbook (Limited Edition) in the post......after resisting earlier this year due to lack of time, I gave way to temptation...... here is a warm up but not in the book.
My theme is.........

dog

another quick charcoal sketch....more tomorrow

ink dragon

Still doing my ink painting but not practising ......

Frayed

...or unwinding, coming undone.......frayed rope I borrowed from my neighbour......

graphite/watercolour on Canson Aquarelle paper

(want to save "end of my tether" for another painting)

Cat

A quick charcoal sketch (less than 10 minutes) on canvas, work in progress.
I found it  liberating to use charcoal after many months of watercolour.
Updates of painting to follow.
This is a sketch of one of my cats, she died last year.
The photo I used she has her mouth open so I changed it slightly, still not quite right
She has her hunting/slightly annoyed/when are you going to feed me look on her face which I saw often

Pumpkins

Baby pumpkins....

Found this didn't scan all the colour differences on the greens, now add a background or not?
Had a busy month with little time for my own drawing, but working on some commissions. Thanks for your previous comments everyone

Bowl of Lemons

Zazzle

You might recognise this........been playing at zazzle.com so no time for drawing this week.
Back to the sketching soon.Thanks for visiting
I still have lots of work to personalise my store and decide what works but here's the Zazzle link if you want to check it out. I'm planning to put more drawings on cards. Any ideas and suggestions would be welcome. I have many ideas but not enough time.
http://www.zazzle.com/debramorris

More seed pods

Dried chillis

dried up and wrinkly, suits how I feel.................

Thanks for your comments everyone

Pineapple

for Mariko

Mid Autumn Festival

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooncake

Champagne Grapes

I put the background on this picture and regretted it, faded it out with a white glaze.

Wish I'd scanned it before the background but it's always fun to experiment

another feather

Starfish

in progress....................

Starfish

tricky dried sea critters with a pungent odour....(used in Chinese medicine)...moving on to the painted version, which I think will be easier to depict all the texture and spikes

Thai Spring Rolls

with chilli sauce.....