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| 1/31/25 Cloud City Coffee |
When making small, quick sketches on my walks, I often think of them as single-panel comics. They don’t usually have much story to tell, but I try to tell as much story as possible in one frame. The one at right seems to be the most successful as a single-panel story: I couldn’t draw much less to convey the story, but I don’t have to draw more, either.
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| 2/3/25 Maple Leaf neighborhood |
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| 2/7/25 chasing trash trucks in Maple Leaf |
The overall story of this post is how unhappy I am with the bright turquoise Field Notes I’ve been using. Although I love the hue, it’s just a bit too pale as a midtone to make white pop. The smooth surface is great for ink (although some inks are bleeding through), but I sure miss Uglybooks’ ideal tooth with colored pencil. At this point, I’m just trying to burn through pages quickly and skip the back sides of pages where ink bled through. I can’t wait to get back to a beloved Uglybook.
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| 2/9/25 Green Lake (Every medium I used was fighting me!) |
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| 2/12/25 Roosevelt neighborhood |
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| 2/12/25 Two peaks on one walk |
One more story from a walk that happened too fast to sketch, even for me: I spotted a coyote! I keep hearing about coyote sightings in my neighborhood, but I had never seen one with my own eyes until this one. I know pet and chicken owners see coyotes as their enemy, but I sympathize with these wild carnivores. They’re just trying to make a living like the rest of us. One reason they are coming into urban areas is that humans have encroached on areas that used to be their habitat. What a beauty.
I like your single panel comics. Right now I am picturing you on a slushy street chasing down garbage trucks. lol What we do for our art!
ReplyDeleteLOL!! At least I had my boots on! :-)
DeleteA coyote — how exciting! We see them frequently on our rural acreage in Saskatchewan, and when there's fresh snow on the ground tracks reveal that they prowl around the pastures and through the yard every night. Yes, they take their toll from other resident wildlife, but we try not to take sides, and in the more than fifty years that we've shared this plot of land we've not lost any of our cats to predators. (Our fingers remain crossed.) When coyote pups are learning to hunt beside their parents we are frequently treated to an evening's entertainment listening the family chorusing in full voice.
ReplyDeleteOh, I would love to see pups! Just yesterday a friend in the neighborhood said he saw a pair, so pups might be a possibility (though it's unlikely that I would see them).
DeleteHonestly, what must the neighbors think if they spotted you chasing after garbage trucks - lol. Happy to hear you are on the side of the coyotes. They are too close to domestic dogs for me to be happy about them being hunted and killed - the ranchers fear for their cattle & I supposed I don't blame them either. I actually know someone that has a license to trap coyotes and posts pictures holding up her kills and it's all I can do to keep my mouth shut. I did feel slightly better when she told me she is right now working to remove coyotes from a specific area where a rancher is about to have cows calving. Not just trapping for trapping sake, not sport in her mind. She's actually a very responsible hunter but the coyote trapping I have difficulty with.
ReplyDeleteLike I said, we're all just trying to make a living! I hope we can coexist with coyotes in my 'hood.
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