Drawing: Untitled, apple and books

Sheryl Todd. Pencil on 9 x 12 80# Heavy Weight sketch paper, Aquabee Co-Mo sketchbook. I think I did this at Lee's house on Harrison.

Drawing: Untitled, kleenex box

Sheryl Todd. Pencil on 9 x 12 on 80# drawing paper, Aquabee Co-Mo Sketch pad. At Lee's house on Harrison Avenue.

Well, there's drawing and there's scanning, and then there's what happens when you combine the two and it gets messed up. I like it.

Drawing again and Palisade scenery

I've taken up drawing again after having done very little or nothing with it for years. It seems your eyes and your muscles start all over again, or almost all over again, after this long. It feels clumsy and it's frustrating, but I decided I wanted to see how good I could get before I get much older, since it's something I used to do pretty well. I began taking a class at the art center in Grand Junction.

It's all exercises at this point. The infamous gesture drawings. But truly, if you can learn to do them well, it will help a lot. If you ever wonder if gesture drawings have any point, find some by Rembrandt.

Peach trees and snow at the end of Milleman Street. This is looking approximately west toward Grand Mesa.

I suppose this would be southwest. There's Grand Mesa and some smaller hills.

Simple and small. The early days of TPF. The gift shop items are in the white cabinets. The rugs are from Salasaca, Ecuador, brought back by Craig Downer.