Early Morning Again

November 2011: Early Morning, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

Mornings are getting darker and darker and in this semi-darkness I cannot seem to find my sketchbook or pen in the place where I left them the night before. So I grab whatever was on the table - to note first visitors to our home-made bird feeder and neighbor's cat out for a hunt. And later I glue or tape these little notes in my sketchbook - if I can find them of course in a day light ;)

Sketching Early in the Morning

October 2011l: Early Morning, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

It's getting darker and darker with every morning - even by the window with a whole bunch of street light coming through blinds I can hardly see anything but shadows - but this rose smelled gorgeous, in the dark perhaps even more than during light hours :)
And it was fun to look at the resulting sketch when it was time to turn on the light and start my breakfast :)

Early Morning Sketch-Time

July 2011: Organizing, a photo by apple-pine on Flickr.

I sketch whenever I can. But the more I sketch in the early hours of day the more I like it.
Before everyone is up.
Before light is sharp.
Before voices are loud.

I just organized my early morning sketches in a separate set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23173190@N07/sets/72157626969901047/
I often don't even scan my morning sketches - sometimes they are too private, sometimes not good - but they get me going!