It is mostly using pencils and graphite. I am usually using a very soft pencil which can easily be rubbed along with the graphite.

It's more Oregon, than New Hampshire actually. So I guess that does remove Waldo from the picture, even though I like that association.
The shark is not present there, as this was more of a tentacle thing... Ehr... Yeah... *coughs*
It is a waterlily she is holding in her paw there. It is actually a scene from the "Waterlilies" chapter of my story series which Jiddy offers to Sheela as a token of love.