300

post #300. just over 2 years... and some of you are still around. thought i would try to get one in prior to midnight... we'll see

no title...

i always enjoy walking through the woods in the evening. one of my neighbors told me they were charged by a big bull moose last week. i'll keep an eye out for him on my next walk.

inside cover

saw a lot of weird stuff working the night shift last night, may take my camera tonight. sleep sucked today, it is way too hot! later

boat...

an old broken boat. its floatin' days are over, now it just collects leaves and other discarded items from man and nature.

i'm working night shifts for the next couple days. explains the rush on this one. with any luck i'll be able to draw tomorrow in the am...

smokes...

pick-up yer butts... i've never smoked, and i've never liked picking up other people's butts. it's amazing that so many people flick their butts out of the car window without any concern at all. thanks sally, for the idea!

fire...

in the theme of abandoned, don't leave your campfire unattended. the fire season is upon us. another hot day in the northwest...

Illustration Friday: idle

Taking a break from the trash theme. Opened another sketchbook to draw other "stuff". The theme this week for IF is "idle", figured I'd draw something in my "idle" time that i like to do when i need a break... others may see wondering about the woods as an "idle" pastime, for me it is a time to reflect and enjoy the beauty around us...

roadside chow...

don't you love it when folks chuck their healthy feed bags along the road, or better yet when they leave it scatter about the park when there is a trash can twenty feet away... guess that's why it's convenience food.

more trash...

yes, more trash... there are plenty of shopping carts strewn along the river, as well as a river of trash. i may take a small break from trash and start the close-up face japanese album moleskine. tomorrow will advise me on what to draw...

a different trailer

i see abandoned semi-trailers here and there in fields and in the woods. one on the trail about a mile from my house has been vandalized and some kids smoke their "funny cigarettes" inside.

quick one

God i'm tired... had to hurry to get one done before the midnight hour. i need to get to bed, another early day tomorrow.

hey all you faithful, throw some ideas at me for this abandoned/trash theme. i have 30 ideas on my list for the 40 i have to draw...

red and yellow return

memories of being a kid working on a farm. the farmer had an old tractor sitting out back that didn't run. i wanted it to fix it but never did. i wonder if the old thing is still collecting rust and bird droppings...

left in an overgrown parking lot

it is amazing what one finds in the parking lots about the city. plan on taking my camera for a walk to take pictures of the stuff i may eventually draw...

left for dead

when i was growing up, in pennsylvania, my father would take me hunting. i remember an old bus in the woods. it was converted into a hunting camp. this bus is not as run down as that one, but it is still creepy to come up on one left in the woods.

tired...

still @ the trash/abandoned drawings. this was a bit rushed. going to see how many days in a row i can draw and post...

trailer...

more neglected/abandoned structures in the woods... working the night shift tonight thought i'd post before i head out...

on another note, my design for the spoke cards for Spoke Fest 09 was selected for the September event.

church...

thought i better hurry up and get this posted, the day is almost over. tryin' to post one a day...

outhouse...

not doin' any faces in the new moleskine (sure i won't). thanks for the suggestion eva! thought i'd stick to stuff abandoned... i still plan on making the japanese album moleskine full of close-up faces...

started a new moleskine

started another moleskine today... so far not happy with this one, think i'll work on it some more...

a bit out of practice... been a little while since i picked up a pen. i'll try to get motivated... eventually i'll try the whole drawing a day challenge (sure i will).

IF: shaky

the economy is a little shaky...

theme for illustration friday... shaky