Where to begin.. once again, I have been offline for a day or three.
I recommend Brown& Bigelow tea's "Constant Comment" Has bits of orange in it to give a slight citrus taste to the tea. (I recommend three sugars, steeped ten minutes)
Not much going on in Goshen these days. Except that the governmental building, the one that looks like it's upside down, needs some replacing.
"My December started out as a different drawing.. ended up as a kind of self-portrait. As a rule, I do not stick my actual pic online, too easy for Faces2000 to rip the image. A drawing has no nuances for the stupid proggy to rip.
I have better drawings.. but cannot scan a 48" x 24" image.. nor can brown matteboard 24"x 24" be scanned too well....
"Spinning Free" started out with a fish in a birdcage.. which morphed into a snowglobe in there somewhere while working the drawing. Along with all the other assorted oddities in the background. It was originally supposed to be a color image, especially the "Cherry ball" in the hand of the puzzleface. The figure was drawn from mental imagery, no models used. (I rarely, if ever, use models. Had some lined up once, they wimped out once they heard a GUY was doing the drawing. And they could've stayed dressed, costumed even. I need the practice.)
Self taught, prefer pencil to pen. Though a good ballpoint pen can do credible work when tilted severely. (Bic roundstick medium point, nice thick ink.) I haven't played around with ink lately. [read five years]
I was handed some watercolor pencils (?) a few weeks back. Kinda odd to work with, especially since the paper that came with them is cold press.. and I use smooth paper.