Mockingbirds are Real Bullies

This 2-page spread is from this morning as I watched a Mockingbird chase off other birds at the feeder.  Even if he wasn't actively feeding, he'd sit down on the ground and then fly up and chase the others away. 

Used a bent nib fountain pen for this in my S&B Beta journal. 

Decided to add just a bit of color

And this shows how I captured the mockingbird..........quickly getting down general shapes and then working from there.

Urban Sketching - One of our Neighbors

I was suppose to go to a class this morning on Zentangles but had a bad night and never made it.  Instead I just sat around and looking out my window captured this scene of my neighbor at his truck and RV.

Went straight in with pen and ink capturing our neighbor first knowing he'd not be there very long.  Worked the rest of the scene after he had gone inside.

Platinum Carbon desk pen with Lexington Gray ink in S&B Beta journal (small)

USK 24 Hour Global Sketchwalk - USK Orlando

Yesterday was my first time out with a recognized Urban Sketchers' group out of Orlando Florida.  I had been invited to attend this big event which for us was at Disney Springs, Florida.   The USK 24 Hour Glbal Sketchwalk is in honor of Urban Sketchers' 10th anniversary as mentioned on Facebook.

Was also honored to meet James Richards.....author/artist of "Freehand Drawing & Discovery - Urban Sketching and Concept Drawing for Designers.....who recently moved to Florida.  Mr. Richards also offers a course on Craftsy called "Essential Techniques for Sketching the Energy of Places."

Noga Grosman heads the Orlando Urban Sketchers group and had come to Leesburg to give a presentation with our Leesburg Sketching group on Urban Sketching concepts.  It was through her I learned about and was invited to the global sketchwalk.

What an exciting time we had meeting up at Disney Springs in Orlando, Florida.  We met outside the Coca Cola shop and then dispersed to find a subject or spot that grabbed us.  We had about an hour or so to sketch and then had to meet back up where we started to "throw down" our sketchbooks to share with one another what we had done.  At about 11:45 photos and video were aired on Instagram. 

It had started to rain so we moved under cover and placed our books back on the ground standing in a circle.  Each of us took turns telling a little about ourselves and showing which sketchbook was ours.

My husband came with me and once I found a place to sketch, he walked around taking photos for me.  I chose Starbucks because it's one of Terry's favorite places.

The line sketch is all I managed on site (at least I managed to finish that much as I'm a bit slow and was also nervous on this outing) and then this morning I added color.  The third photo below is another watercolor sketch I did from one of the photos Terry took for me.  He knows I like building toppers like this.

Disney Springs is a place I want to return to!!!  :-)