“Creatures” Cedar Park, 2017
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Friday Night Lights
“Creatures” Cedar Park, 2017
Tag: life
“Creatures” Cedar Park, 2017
Another Day
“Grassy’ Austin, 2017
こんにちは。 How’s it going?
Well, today is my birthday, but for the longest time now, I’ve always preferred it to be low-key (which is odd since the name of this blog refers to my birthday). So, for dinner, which is one of the ways my family celebrates, I always choose something which is not special, expensive, nor fancy, but rather someplace new or that we haven’t been to in a while.
So I chose to go to Red Robin, which is a chain of hamburger restaurants. 🍔 A new location recently opened near our house, and I was looking forward to their “bottomless” steak fries. 🍟 It turns out that I only had one serving of these, despite the fact that you can order as many as you’d like. I guess as I get older, my eating limit is getting smaller. (Even though my waistline is growing!)
Besides the yummy dinner, I also enjoyed the gifts I received from my family, especially a large set of watercolors from my son. It was a really nice surprise since he bought it on his own for me, without my wife’s knowledge! I am so happy!
Today’s photo is of the carpet beneath my desk at work. This morning I dropped off my wife’s car at the mechanic to get some work done and then made the 10-minute walk to the office, which included a short detour through a small lawn. Sorry to the cleaning crew in the office!
Oh, and as an added little birthday treat, my favorite baseball team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, finally won the National League Pennant for the first time since 1988! I’m very happy about that!
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
Hanging Out
“Boys’ Party” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Here’s a photo of Koa and his buddies playing video games. He had a bunch of friends (6; all boys) over to hang out, eat pizza, and generally goof off. It was pretty fun, as far as I could tell from all the laughing. I think it’s pretty easy to take care of boys… or maybe it’s just because I have no idea what girls his age do for fun when they get together. ♂ It’s a huge mystery.
Anyways, video games, kicking the soccer ball around at the park, and pigging-out on pizza are easy things for me to understand. ⚽️
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
Curry and a Sketch
“Curry Nite” Cedar Park, 2017
Just like the title says!
For tonight’s sketch, I looked at a reference photo of Koshiba Fuka 小芝風花 for the hair, but the face I drew from scratch. I’m happy with how it turned out! 😄
“2017.10.12 Sketch” Cedar Park 2017
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a great day!
またね～
Sketch and a Milestone
“2017.10.10 Sketch” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。Tonight I did this little sketch. I’m satisfied but not satisfied with it. Satisfied because I think I made progress and identified a lot of things I have no idea how to do. But not satisfied because it looks a bit “off” to me. But, as the first one like this, I’m more happy than not. And I had a lot of fun sketching it!
In other news, I was informed by good ol’ WordPress that it’s been 11 years since I joined WordPress.com. I’m not exactly sure when I started using WordPress as my blogging platform, but I’ll enjoy the award nonetheless. 😀
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice day!
またね～
Chili and Two Sketches
“Chili and Egg over Rice” Cedar Park, 2017
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Well, the weekend is coming to a close, but I had a nice one. Today I sold a lens that we don’t use and recouped a nice bit of money. Besides the extra cash, it’s a good feeling to clear a bit of clutter. Last week I sold a bunch of books, and while I didn’t get much money for those, it was nice to clean up the bookshelves here.
After selling the lens, I made a huge pot of chili. The photo above is an example of our preferred way of eating it. It’s chili, over rice, with a fried egg on top. I also added Serrano peppers because I like it spicy. I wonder if other Asian families have rice with non-Asian foods. I’m guessing yes. We actually call this dish “chili-gohan”, because gohan in Japanese means rice (or more generally food or meal). I actually bought hot dogs and buns for chili-dogs, but Bay said he would rather have chili-gohan, so that’s what we ended up having. 😀
This weekend I also did a few sketches, two of which are below. The first is a quick one (maybe 30 minutes) to see how quickly I could do a decent sketch with minimal guidelines. I just drew a circle and centerline, then a couple horizontal lines freehand before filling in the rest. I think the eyes are a little uneven, the nose and mouth are a tad small, but I am still pleased with it.
“2017.10.07 Evening Sketch” Cedar Park, 2017
The second sketch is from an angle, and I spent about an hour on it mainly working on the eye shape, angle, and size. Then the outline of the profile, nose, and mouth. Lastly, I outlined the hair, but I’m not so happy with that part. All the short hairstyles I draw look pretty goofy. It kind of looks like a helmet you might see in Star Wars. I realize that hair is something I need to work on in the future, but now is not the time so I just left it as is. Also, the eyebrow on the right side of the sketch is perhaps too high and thin. Despite these criticisms, I am happy with it, and the experience I gained drawing the eyes will certainly help my sketches in the future.
“2017.10.08 Sketch” Cedar Park, 2017
To see all the sketches I’ve been working on, you can check out the Flickr album “My Sketching Journey”, or my Instagram account barron.sketches which I created just for posting sketches, watercolors, and stationery items.
I hope you had a nice Sunday!
おやすみ
Saturday Shower
“Baby Shower” Austin, 2017
My nephew and his wife had a baby shower today in the park. It was a nice luncheon with a wonderful autumn theme. Good times! I remember when we had Bay’s baby shower, which seems like so long ago… Time marches on, doesn’t it?
“Pumpkin Gifts” Austin, 2017
