For the last lesson in Jane Lafazio’s Watercolor on Location class we had to draw moving animals. Our house is pet-less since we all have major allergies and it is till way too cold to go to the zoo, so I was stumped trying to figure out what to draw. Luckily there is a nearby Bass Pro that has an indoors pool with fish and ducks. I went at night and the lighting indoors was dimmer than I would have liked by the pool and I had trouble really seeing the details in the ducks’ plumage. That was probably a blessing in disguise since it forced me to keep the sketch really simple. The ducks were in constant motion so this was a really challenging assignment– but a lot of fun!! 
When we came back home I wanted to get in my ink drawing for the day and was at a loss for what to draw. R2 was surfing the web and I really need work on drawing people, soooooo he was my victim/model for today. The smear on his elbow is where my fountain pen ‘burped’ on the page. Vintage pens are nice and have flexible nibs the newer pens can’t even begin to compare with, but they are unpredictable……..
