is it day 8 already?

well i decided to continue and then go back later when i get the 005 pens to do the smaller pen work so here are today's updates (today being monday....waiting for yet another storm)
ok here are some of the details on the left, and on the right then of course the overall. now you are sort of seeing the extreme close up that i work at. i am working off of real leaves, stuff that i found laying around outside.
i wish i could find some of the leaves that i had pressed. because these leaves are all curled up, which doesn't make things easier for me. the sort of yellowish area is the cover sheet that i use to keep the surface clean from the oils in my hands. now the next one is the other side and leaf details, part of the duck's neck too. and of course the cover sheet, but i wish i had the 005 micron pen, i don't' like being held up..... especially with a piece that is as labor intensive as this one. since i also ordered that overlay material, i am going to test some of these drawings with a color overlay.
i would be really interested in see colored washes over them.
now on one hand, i am anxious to get this going, and on the other doing this is a bit meditative- but sometimes getting to sit down takes discipline. (also a strong back,... right now my back is killing me from lifting ponds to dump)
so now here is the overall
as you see it needs a lot more work, but it's coming along. if you notice it is growing from the bottom up mostly, (although i am working all around the drawing but concentrating on growing it from the bottom)
ok so what do you folks all think so far????
(i think i need more darker areas)

now i am looking out the window and it looks like it's going to cut lose storming at any second..... i better get the last pair of pants in off the outside line
and i better be thinking of the ducks coming in shortly

i called bernie to see if he's coming home, cause if he is-then i need to make supper, but if he isn't, i'll just have leftovers (or if the chickens give me eggies......rice pudding again)
i just put a log on the fire, it's been smoking a LOT lately which isn't normal for a soapstone stove this new, i think the secondary combustion pipes need to be cleaned. anyway all this is some of the day to day stuff i keep forgetting to do,............oye
and i need to scan and send the tax stuff to tim.
oye
and do bernie's ira roll over thingie
double oye
ok off i go........you guys will read this in the am..... and i will catch up with you most likely tomorrow
ok phoebe the might hunter, killed and ate a small rodent!!!
i am so proud of her
of course she needed a bath after, cause she was covered with entrails...... she ate the head and part of the entrails......
what a great duck she is