Ok, so I’ve made it to week eight, amazing! For this week I picked Teapot, Lavender, and Wooden Spoons out of my grab bag of artist word prompts. I was not excited by these words. They seemed so mundane and obvious. However, once again, as I got started, I got into a roll and couldn’t stop. It must be instant gratification, nothing to complex, just mindless easy drawing. Here are some simple efforts, quick, down and dirty.
First Up, Lavender and Teapot
![](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/teapotclean-1.jpg?resize=676%2C437)
Okay, there is only one lavender teapot in the bunch. It’s the one with lavender on the pot. I had fun designing the different shapes a teapot could come in but then botched the square one. That was a definite fail. I like the idea, it was just poorly executed. I used to work in clay, and was thinking 3 dimensionally but forgot to draw it that way….does that make any sense? In any case ignore the square one!
Throw in the Wooden Spoon Prompt
As I was drawing this I didn’t stop to wonder how the lavender, in the back of the teapot, holds itself up. I’m not sure how I get these drawings so wrong, but I have fun doing it! Actually I do know. I start in one direction drawing and then go in another. I get so into the random directions that I don’t step back and see what I’ve done. Plus I have no patience. I keep thinking I know how to draw, so just draw, and then it comes out all wrong! Ok, something else to work on!
![All the Prompt Words](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/glass-teapot.jpg?resize=676%2C473)
![Still-life](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Teapot-Vase.jpg?resize=676%2C689)
I went for watercolor on this one. The composition makes a little more sense, no? At least the lavender has some form of visible support.
Couldn’t resist the Spoons by themselves. However, where are the final pieces? Maybe, once again, I just don’t have the patience to create a full composition and instead I (figuratively) blurt out the first thing that comes to mind while I’m drawing. I like doing these quick things but then by the end of the week I finally know what I should have done. For instance. My mother has a small wall of wood spoons and wood scoops, of all different shapes and sizes. I just need to get over there to take a picture and then draw them. Had I taken the time to think this through I would have been able to get the photo last Monday…..argh.
![Three Spoons](https://i0.wp.com/penzart.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/WoodSpoons.jpg?resize=144%2C1024)
Grab Bag Words From Another Source
My daughter has asked me to do some drawings for her shop. Bees, Glasses, and Silly. Yes, silly. I think that means cartoons. I don’t think I’ll mind this at all. We’ll see what happens.
Thanks for joining me!
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