Slim
This is the one I use in my sketch kit, fits right in a pocket. It does a nice job sharpening pencils.
~Kirby
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2010Jul 220
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2010Jul 21
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ED
5″ x 8″ WatercolorED. Ready to sharpen my pencils at the flick of the wrist. It also likes to eat lead. It’s more of a portable sharpener until I got one of those small metal ones. I’ll do a sketch of it and post it next time.
I’m a proud owner of a Panasonic Auto Stop Electronic Pencil Sharpener. I had it for about a year or more. Reviews gave it a thumbs up because it’s smooth as cutting butter. Don’t tell Ed he’s been replaced. Maybe he knew all along and decided to eat my leads, lol.
~Kirby
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2010Jul 20
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Evening trains at the train yard in Alvin, TX.
~Kirby
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2010Jul 18
tags: Bike Trip | kirbysart | rice field | Texas
Simple sketch of a Rice Field, from a recent bike trip. I love the bike trips. Went on one yesterday to the Oil Fields and returned late in the evening. I found out that a night time the bugs come out and you have to keep your head down to keep from inhaling them. I was also reminded that even though its dark that doesn’t mean dogs are napping. In fact the biggest dog on my route was there to great me kindly. I almost ran into a truck that was pulling into a parking lot. I veered to the right and the dog had to veer into the grass. I thought I had him for sure and floored it. Then I was reminded yet again, this was the big dog idiot. Oh, thats right he has the big legs. Most dogs quit after seeing you floor it and realize your going faster than them. No, not this one, he had another gear I’m telling you. Almost like a cheetah. I can just see his back pumping his legs faster and taking longer strides. With a bark that can scare for sure he was right beside me again. Theres only one thing left to do and that was show him I’ve been training hard. Using the same gear, the big gear, one of two that I have that works, the other being a medium gear I burnt him like toast that was stuck in the toaster. It was too much for him and my adrenaline was like rush hour. Wow, finally it was over but still another house to go by. After passing that one and hearing the dogs bark I knew it was freedom at last….
Do you like the story? I’m trying to improve my writing
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2010Jul 17
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I started some small sketches in my Moleskine skeetchbook. This is about 1.5″ x 2.5″ and I used a pencil and watercolor. I’m thinking of giving this a go for an oil painting. I think I have plent of info to do one don’t you think.
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2010Jul 16
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A couple of sailboats at Kemah. We used to have a sailboat in a marina called Key Largo(named after an island in Florida Keys I guess). Hurricane Ike managed to totaly destroy the place, boats everywhere. Luckily we pulled ours out about 3 years earlier. I had to sketch this one while the car was on an decline, about 60deg, pretty steep. The white sailboat is one I chose to plug and play into the scene from a bit farther from the left. I don’t think it looks right becuase of it and would have looked better without. Maybe I can turn this one into a better watercolor.
Harvest time is nearing and still waiting for the right moment.
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2010Jul 13
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Simple pose of a young lady.
~Kirby
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2010Jul 12
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An old vise sitting around the house I’ve been wanting to sketch.
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2010Jul 10
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Breakfast Club
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2010Jul 9tags: kirbysart
