What’s in your neighborhood?

My local dragon

My, what big claws you have!
What’s in your neighborhood?

My local dragon

My, what big claws you have!
Lesson 6 of my online sketch and watercolor class is the last lesson. The subject: machine-made objects. This turned out to be difficult for me to choose an object, as I kept wandering around the house, rejecting most items “too hard to draw” (this included many glass objects).

The ceramic cat was a gift from a friend many years ago. Usually the objects I sketch and watercolor are larger than my sketch; not this time. The watercolor paper is 5×7 inches.

A ceramic cat
I saw a Cooper’s Hawk sitting on top of the pigeon coop, but by the time I got my camera from the house, it was gone. Then I noticed it sitting on the ground, in the shadows. Was it hiding?

Practically invisible?
Not my pets, but other people’s happy dogs I’ve met on hiking trails.


While on the hike at Commons Ford, we came across some dogs playing with their humans. This dog in particular was having a wonderful time.

Yippee!