Chawan

Chawan
I have started to learn Japanese Tea, tonight was my second class. This is a quick sketch from memory of the Chawan (or tea bowl ) we used tonight.

crow

Some days I just don't produce anything I like even after hours of drawing. Today is one of those days.

dragon 2

The truth is I had forgotten how much fun it is to draw dragons and other mythical creatures. Chances are they will make regular visits to to Creative Exercise.

Hilo clouds

This is another shot from our trip to Hawaii this winter. I don't have any good photo editing software, so for now this photo will stay as is. Hopefully I will be able to do some touch up later.

Dragon

Dragon
This started as a doodle for my Chinese zodiac. I haven't drawn dragons in a while and just had a bit of fun with it.
I will do a dragon that fits better with series later.

Stinky Beach Bridge

Old Bridge

Another Snake

Snake
I think I like this one best. This is more what I had in mind when I did the second one. I think I will leave it alone until I do the finished set.

Morning Frost

Morning Frost
A little break from the Chinese zodiac today. This is a photo I took yesterday morning on my way to work.

another snake idea

Snake (again)
Well still just can't seem to get snake where I want it.

More rabbits

Rabbit

Not sure where to go with rabbit, all of these seem to have something going for them.

Rabbit

Rabbit

Tiger

Tiger
I found if difficult to simplify down to just a few lines. Over all I am pretty happy with the result but I think it needs just a little more tweaking. ( I made a couple of minor changes and like it more now )

Boar take two

Boar

Second go at the boar, I wanted to give it a little more life.

Pig

Pig

First try.

monkey

Monkey

Snake too

Snake

Second try for snake. I like this one better but I think it still needs work.

Snake

Snake

Next in my Chinese zodiac series. I am feeling somewhat uninspired on this and will probably be revisiting it later

Rat

This is the start of a bigger project where I will be doing up a sketch for each of the Chinese zodiac signs.

Spider web

lonesome spider walks
the delicate web entraps a fly
the struggle is short

Sticking with the Hawai'i theme for another day, a sunset from Mahukona beach park.

Another image from Hawai'i this one was my wife's idea and I am quite happy with the results.

I thought that for my first post I would share a photo from my recent trip to Hawai'i. This is from the top of Mauna Kea.