EDM 33 An Eye

Bella is Italian for 'beautiful' and my girl Bella is just that. Just a pencil sketch, but I enjoyed it. That fur can go on and on forever can't it?

EDM 32 Something Metallica

Hillary and I went to Auckland Museum and chose a Spitfire plane in the War Memorial section to draw for our "Something Metallica". It wasn't a huge plane, but in a small space, it was difficult to get right. So difficult that I decided to choose this old money box instead, and vow to go back and have another try at sketching the plane.

EDM 31 Something You Collect

I have a love of handmade wooden things, especially dolls and old toys. This is my collection of French Wooden dolls.

EDM 30 A Chair

This is THE MOST COMFORTABLE chair in which to think, read, drink coffee, natter, sketch, be. Sketched with a Staedtler Triplus Fineliner in about half an hour. Another "no fuss" approach to this task. I am enjoying the fact that quantity brings with it courage in drawing. 'Just Do It' is my new guideline.

EDM 29 Something Architectural

Have been grappling with perspective for the last 3 weeks at art classes. Love this local church and am pleased with my "no fuss"approach to this sketch.

EDM 28 An Appliance

I chose a shaver for my appliance, because they don't get much use here in November - in support of Prostrate Cancer Awareness, the men grow moustaches so it's called "MOvember ". This was my first attempt at using a fine black ballpoint pen and not too shabby a result I thought.

EDM 27 A Book or Books

I guess this pile of books sums up quite a few of my interests. For sure, I never get tired of their contents.

EDM 26 Anything You Like

This cute little pin cushion was give to me years ago by a fellow calligrapher and sits on my desk. It reminds me that we all need to hold hands to make the world go round.

EDM 25 A Glass

Pencil sketch, water colour pencils but no water used. I found the angles interesting; I always seem to pick a difficult arrangement, but then I enjoy the challenge of drawing it, and hopefully it's of interest to the viewer too.

EDM 24 A Piece Of Fruit

 

A nectarine. And a bit of work to do on fruit.

EDM 23 Your Foot

Found this challenging, probably because my foot was resting on a footstool and the angle was odd. The curve of the arch took lots of trial lines and lots of erasings. I thought the shape was simple, but no. Well, it's all about a challenge, isn't it.

EDM 22 A Piece Of Clothing

Crazy design, designed to drive you crazy trying to capture it with w/colour pencils.

EDM 21 Something Old, Antique or Vintage

Probably not what you'd expect for this exercise, but my beloved Book Press is definitely Old. I bought it 6 years ago and it was in a real mess - rusty, dirty, paint peeling, inhabited by spiders. I enjoyed restoring it to it's present beautiful state.

EDM 20 Something "Dad"

This is a bit teary for me - Dad passed away last year, and I'm still finding it difficult to deal with. Parents are such special people and you only get one set, so tell them you love them while you have the opportunity.

EDM 19 Something You've Made

I handmade many of these beautiful bookmarks. They were purchased by friends for gifts as well as for themselves. I kept only two for myself, and this one adorns one of my very favourite books.

EDM 18 A View From A Window

It is nice to back onto a reserve. Many varieties of birds visit on a daily basis, as well as neighbourhood dogs with their owners. When there's no dogs around, my cat Bella and I sit in the reserve and enjoy the peace.

EDM 17 A Musical Instrument

I lived in South Africa for 2 years (many moons ago), and this is one of my very few souvenirs from that time. A cool instument.

EDM 16 A Favourite Tool

We have a local French Market that operates mainly on Saturdays. It's amazing. It's called La Cigale. I bought these for $10 and they are just the coolest tool for chopping herbs in triplicate!

EDM 15 Tree, Trees, Leaf, Leaves

I sat on a boardwalk bench with the wind tossing my hair everywhere, and my watercolour paints balanced on my leg while I painted this - not bad, considering!

EDM 12 What I Ate For Dinner

Baked Beans on toast! Bean There, Ate That.