My 20 minutes today...

...was spent gently plucking the tiny feathers off of a sweet little sparrow that ended its life today by crashing into our window. Maybe it is weird, but since I have been enjoying my plume de becasse so much, I thought I might be able to use this poor little bird's feathers to make a new brush for myself. And to make its death a bit less tragic, I may be able to create some beautiful art from its tiny feathers.

I will keep you posted.

Button is very excited about it.

My 20 minutes today

Although I had more errands than I could get done before work today, I stopped for a musubi (I still can't believe I like the stuff after growing up on spam!) and a breve and drew this scene. I am very excited to try my new watercolor set and experiment with 24 colors instead of the 8 I have been using in my mini set from Sennelier. I found a beautiful three level box set which included 24 half pans of colors, two squirrel brushes, a graphite pencil, embroidered Sennelier cloth, and a ceramic pallet. I ordered it from Blick and it was here in three days! Next time you see this drawing, it with be in CoLoR!!!

My Hemingway Cat

This was drawn a few years ago using ink and colored pencil...Hemingway LOVED polydactyl cats, and if you go to Key West, make sure you go to the Hemingway House. The place is still crawling with polydactyl cats. Here, you can count Button's toes...all 23 of them! He even has 5 instead of the usual 4 on the back feet.

Quick draw

No, I wasn't testing to see how fast I could draw my pistol...I was trying to draw my polydactyl cat  Button before he fled the scene! He kept moving his head into a profile position to peek through the blinds, so this was HARD! He hangs out by this window every day STILL looking for the sparrow that was eating her way through the siding to make her nest. Last SPRING.

MetrOasis, my home away from HOME!

My dear friend Amanda helped me figure out what my palette was missing so I can make a beautiful purple next time... but I had to settle for blue walls this time!

Last Wednesday's 20 minutes

I went into Black Cup and it was so crowded! I did not have a choice of where to sit, so I just drew what I saw. Baristas were on my right. Nice place to get a good cup of coffee!

So how's your 20 minutes going?

The purpose of this blog is to encourage you to spend 20 minutes a day doing that thing that gets put on the back burner because everything else feels more important. Are you a writer? an artist? a musician? a __________? but not taking the time to do that thing that brings you joy? Carve out 20 minutes each day to do it. I attempted to do this since the beginning of October, and you know what? I didn't draw every day. But I'm not beating myself up over it...I have drawn more in one month than I have done in five years!