Two Months Of Sketching Everyday

Satisfaction lies in the effort,

not in the attainment.

Full effort is full victory."

~ Mahatma Gandhi

7-26-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Human happiness and satisfaction must ultimately come from within oneself...

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future,

concentrate the mind on the present moment."

~ Dalai Lama

7-27-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"All lasting satisfactions come from investment of time and effort."

~ Gary Lanthrum

7-28-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"You've got to get up every morning with determination

if you're going to go to bed with satisfaction."

~ George Lorimer

7-29-19 ~  11 x 14" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

7-30-19 ~  5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo

"The fulfillment of being an artist... is in the doing, or the 'joy of process',

and the pleasure and excitement of striving for improvement."

~ Suzy Smith

7-31-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Fulfillment is structured in achievement, Achievement is structured in action,

Action is structured in thinking, Thinking is structured in knowledge,

Knowledge is structured in consciousness."

~ Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join Me for 31 More Days of Sketching Everyday! 
 

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Joy Is In The Journey

"The joy is in the journey. In the doing.

In following one's inspiration.

In being one with one's process."

~ Abigal Brown

7-21-19 ~ 6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"A grave mistake is to paint only for the end results and not for the joy of painting!"

~ Leanne Cadden

7-22-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

  

 "Conquering any difficulty always gives one a secret joy, for it means pushing back

a boundary-line and adding to one's liberty."

~ Henri-Frederic Amiel

7-23-19 ~ 5 x 7" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Yupo Paper

  

"I buy art in order to live with it at home or in the office,
never to store it away in a vault. In fact, living with art
has been one of the great joys of my life."

~ Michael Audain

7-24-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back

and realize they were the big things."

~ Robert Brault

7-25-19 ~  6 x 6" Pen & Ink Watercolor Sketch on Cotton Rag

"Joy is the feeling of grinning on the inside."

~ Melba Colgrove

Stay Inspired and Productive My Friends
Join me for a summer of sketching everyday! 
 

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One Month Of Sketching Everyday!

"Get on a daily routine... Working is a process not a product.

Success comes from the word, succeed: Latin: 'to under go.'

You must keep moving."

~ Nicoletta Baumeiste 

6-27-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~ Aristotle

6-28-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

 "The more you draw and paint the more fluent you are with your pen and brush."
~ Igor Babailo

6-29-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

 "Make today your day to start that uncomfortable new habit." ~ Jack Canfield

6-30-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from life

 "Out of routine comes inspiration." ~ Mark Kostabi

Stay Inspired and Happy Creating My Friends!

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Symbols of Joy and Accomplishment

"Hummingbirds are symbolic of love and joy

and of accomplishing that which seems impossible."

~ Sandy Sandy

Hummingbirds can migrate more than 3,500 miles twice a year!

What seems like an impossible feat for such a tiny creature, happens without fail,
year after year. They often return to the place of their birth again and again,
to build nests and have 2-3 broods every spring and summer!

You can find out more about attracting and caring for these flying flowers
and about my hummingbirds here in SandyLand by going HERE.

Some say to draw and paint what you love and also to draw the same thing
20 times or more, so here's some more of my recent summer sketches!

6-24-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

6-25-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from Pixabay.com photo

6-26-19 • Watercolor and Ink sketch from a video

Stay Inspired and Happy Creating My Friends!

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Cats, Birds and a Landscape

Introducing our new little calico kitten, Princess Cutie Pye.

And our little boy, Opie Darling III.

 You can see the watercolor painting done from this sketch

on my other blog here.

We had quite an exciting weekend here!

You can read about it on my web-log.

There was not much time to draw,

so I did this little three minute gesture sketch.

Again, some quick gesture sketches from snapshots of my current obsession.

Ok, ok, here's some relief from the cats.

I might even try a painting of this one some day!

It's been wonderfully crazy here with all of the kitten excitement,

so I quickly sketched these bird carvings that we have. 

The wren carving and the swan above,

were moved one quarter turn every two minutes.

I hope you are all having as fabulous of a summer as I am!!

Don't forget to write me
and keep your creative juices flowing!

Hugs,

Howdy Hoo from Cat Mom Do

Cheshire Kitten
 #1 - 5.5 x 7.5", watercolor on 140 lb. Arches, matted to 8 x 10"

Anybody who doesn't care for cats (if that is possible) can probably skip reading the next few posts. I'm currently catatonic over my kittens. I can't seem to be interested in anything else. So you can expect LOTS more drawings and paintings of little kitties here this summer. You have to do what you love, right?

This is Opie. OMG, he is precious and so photogenic!

"God made the cat in order that man might have the pleasure

of caressing the lion."  ~ Fernand Mery 

Ginger Kitten
#2 - 5.5 x 7.5", watercolor on Yupo paper, matted to 8 x 10"

Most cats want to turn away when the flash goes off, but not this little fur ball! Wow, did I luck out or what, with this adorable new model in the house!

"If we treated everyone we meet

with the same affection we bestow upon our favorite cat,

they, too, would purr."  ~ Martin Buxbaum 

This was done in my sketchbook on Sunday.

I just love this pose. Can you tell?

I've got big news happening here

with the kittens this weekend!

I'll be

"letting the cat out of the bag"

 with new kitty photos and more art on

my other blog.

As always, I love hearing from you!

Hugs and Purrs,

P.S. Which  do you like the best, so far, #1 or #2?