Protesting

Judy and I roamed around Bastrop, Texas yesterday. The ducks and geese in the park think that anyone and everyone who shows up is there to feed them.

We didn’t have any food for them. They were not amused. This Muscovy Duck seems to be protesting our lack of foresight by blocking our exit. We had to shoo it away a couple of times before it let us leave.

Duck behind vehicle's rear tire

Not until you feed me!

Art Muse

Here is Cat, my art muse, keeping an eye on me. Hard work it is, trying to get me to understand the application of more than three tones in a charcoal sketch.

Cat napping

My art muse

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My charcoal sketch of an apple.

A charcoal sketch of an apple

A charcoal sketch, supposed to be with several tones

Tone Chart

In my art class I’m working on tone, the variations from light to dark. In sewing and quilting, I would use the word “value” for the same idea. Here is my tone chart (charcoal on cotton paper).

Tone chart

10 values

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And here is Cat, having moved to the artist’s station next to me.

Cat as artist

Cat as artist

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Internet service update: Day 20 without our regular Internet service. I’m starting to make the rounds to places that provide free Wi-Fi, which means that when hubby invites me to breakfast at McDonald’s, sometimes I go. Yikes!