Parks and pens

Santa brought me a Sailor fude pen, and I've been experimenting with it at a local park.  Loving the variable line but need to switch to waterproof ink so I can do watercolor over it without the ink smearing.

 

Here's some photos of the park:

November in a nutshell

Most of November was spent working on paintings for Christmas, but there was also the array of coffee shop sketches.

 This one was a math tutoring session, with the relateable quote, "I feel like I understand it, but when the test comes, I'm blanking.":

That laptop lifestyle:

An then, of course, there's the annual Winterfest with rides for the kids, a 10' x 20' area of snow, craft booths and live music.