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2 Nov

Hibiscus

Posted by joz1234 in drawing. Tagged: art, artwork, graphite pencil drawing, pencil drawing, sketches, sketching. 6 Comments

Thanks to this picture (courtesy of this website) in google images, I was able to have a pretty Hibiscus to sketch today.

My goal was to apply some of the blending techniques that I learned from this website. Rebekah Lynn had some great tips and suggestions, and I think they worked for me. I [...]

1 Nov

My Then 1 1/2 year old…reworked

Posted by joz1234 in Baby Boy, Ernie, drawing, my crafts, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: Ernie, pencil drawing, sketches, drawing, sketching. 6 Comments

I’ve since also reworked the chin area…making the drawing’s chin slightly less “long”…I’ll post the rework later.

31 Oct

“I Said ‘Hey! What’s Goin’ On?’”

Posted by joz1234 in Bert, Ernie, Nintendo Wii, discipline, drawing, growing up, housecleaning, humour, medical training, fellowships, relocating, residency, mommies, moms, my crafts, parenting, stuff we do together, things I like a lot, toddlers. Tagged: around the house, art, artwork, Bert, bert and ernie, blog break, bringing up kids, children, diet and fitness, disciplining children, eating healthy with kids, family life, fitness, indpendent children, windows antivirus pro. 2 Comments

Wow! It’s certainly been a while since I was on here actively posting. My life has been busy with kids and work, and tutoring at the Elementary nearby. I needed a “break” from blogging, so I took it. I’m looking forward to posting more here.
Some things that have happened during my break?
-Got more leverage…bought [...]

30 Oct

My Then 1 1/2 Year Old

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I’m not that happy with this one…I think it’s the eyes…or the lips…or the mouth…or all of it. He was not happy here, but also not angry. We were taking photos at JCPenney, and the photographer scared him, I think. Poor little guy. This is the expression he was making as he had his body [...]

30 Oct

On to Something Else

Posted by joz1234 in drawing. Tagged: art, drawing, graphite pencil drawing, pencil drawing, sketching. 2 Comments

I’ve never denied being a flighty person. The truth is, I think I just love doing lots of different things, and strive to do many things pretty well. I don’t have to be wonderful at them, although when they are in my current rotation of things I am doing, I do try to make myself [...]