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Hitching a Ride – Counting Sheep 12

’Sketching Stuff Exercise and #DoodlewashSept2022 prompt: Music. It may not be music to your ears, but … Did you know that lambs and ewes can recognize each other’s bleats, and that studies have shown they can recognize up to 50 faces, both sheep and human, and remember them for up to two years? I’m posting prompts out of order. Several of my prompt responses this month will show up as examples…

Blackface Sheep – Counting Sheep 11

’Sketching Stuff Exercise and #DoodlewashAugust2022 prompt: School Supplies. Well, Mary did have a little lamb that followed her to school one day, so obviously sheep are a school supply. The August sketching stuff had an exercise challenge to use a shadow to make things pop. You can sign up for the Sketching Stuff newsletter, which has a monthly creative exercise here. Mary Roff Handmade…

A Cup of Joe

#doodlewashMay2022 prompts: Mug. ‘Create Like a Kid Again‘ – Exercise 12. Discover Fun Facts. Did you know there are 3 theories about the origin of the term ‘Cup of Joe’? One is that Joe was a term for the common man and coffee the drink of the common man. Another is that other slang terms for coffee, Java and Jamoke, were combined and shortened to Joe.  The last is that when Josephus Daniels,…

I’ve Got a Frog In My Throat!

Did you know that Charlie O’Shields published a new Sketching Stuff book (Sketching Stuff – Create Like A Kid Again! ) a few weeks ago. It’s full of exercises to engage your creativity – whether you write, draw or just like mental games. He also has a Sketching Stuff website (https://sketchingstuff.com) where you can see what’s happening with his books, enter giveaways, and buy all sorts of cool…