WaniKani Practice

 This is how I practice kanji.

Japanese calligraphy

Practicing my calligraphy with various implements.  Above is my Budda Board, which I love love love and think it gives me the best results...sadly, that water evaporates awfully fast...  Below are samples, scanned, attempting various implements...brushes and dip pens mostly, though there is also probably a brush pen in there somewhere.

 The scans are pretty stark, so here is a photo (which also shows the whole papers).

And why yes, I *did* just make a post!!

Heavens to Betsy.

It has been a while since I have posted anything here! Here is a small random selection.

Digital Sketch

This was done with a trial version of Corel Sketchpad. Santa gave me a copy of Painter 11, so expect to see more digital work. :)

Baby, Baby, Zebra

Some recent work...two oil pastels--one of Scarlett and one of her cousin, Adam--and a digital sketch. :)

Scarlett Anastasia

Last month we were blessed with a new addition to our family. This is Scarlett Anastasia, only the cutest little angel in the whole wide world. :) These are both done with Conte crayon...the first is from when she was 18 hours old, the second when she was three days (she is now all of 13 days old!).

Another Conte, Zebra Portrait

As I am officially on a "roll" with these, I thought I'd do another one last night before I got distracted by oil paint today. :)