Oranges in the window

I am going to make it a goal of mine to try and do a little sketch every day. Every single day. I doodle, but don't take the time to sit and sketch, there are always a million things running through my head. I'm going to sit back, relax a little, and work on loosening up my sketches. 

I started today. The oranges on my semi clean countertop were just begging to be painted, so I sat down with my two girls (no mean feat at that, it's surprising I truly got anything done) and worked on a quick pen drawing with loose washes of watercolor.  

I've been ogling over several urban sketchers blogs lately and I love how they can make their sketches look so put together just using loose watercolor washes over an ink drawing.  I need more practice, it's a good thing I've got plenty of supplies.  Some day I may even man up enough to go to an urban sketchers event, so far I'm too chicken. 

I leave you with "oranges in the window".