Pastel Sketch

Vacation's been great and I've been sketching some along the way. I picked up some pastel pencils to fool around with. Here's one I'm fond of.

Still Life, In Progress

Before heading out on vacation I started working on a still life composition . . . . here's the set up:

drawing and initial block in:

first pass at hitting the major color notes:

Power Drill

Didn't go to figure drawing tonight but managed to finish off my latest effort from the past few evenings on the porch. Yup, that's my trusty Makita. 6 x 8, linen mounted on baltic birch.