June13Art

Practicing rotten apple cores for some post cards I'll be sending out soon.  Can't decide if I want to paint them all or just scan then print out on cards... I see a trip to staples for postcards in my future, because I'm too lazy to draw and paint the number of these I need.  

June12Art

I'm taking an online journaling class... our next assignment is a pineapple... painted without drawing first. I watched the video and downloaded the reference photos 5 days ago... and still I haven't started.  The pineapple has me paralyzed.

I wonder what the folks at the NSA think about my internet activity?  I'm sure my use of the phone to play Words with friends and text my husband, either "I'm here" or "I'm home" are so dull they wonder why they bother.  In spite of that I am OUTRAGED at the invasion of my privacy.

June11Art

Rain, rain and more rain... I'm about tired of all this rain... the yard is a soggy bog out back... which means muddy doggy feet to deal with not to mention Gracie who is terrified of storms and goes nuts with the barometric pressure drops... she is our early warning storm detector.
So I figured I'd draw a sunny, sunflower... and hope for sunny days ahead.

June10Art

What does the pelican have to do with the quote?  Absolutely nothing... very hectic day today with a trip to Columbia for work and then a County Executive Committee meeting tonight.
Finally ending my day that started at 5am at 10pm, with Gracie having a fit because of the thunderstorms rolling thru town.
Last month I paid off my car... woo hoo... tonight my car's roof sprang a leak!!!!  What is up with that?  How did the car know it was time to start falling apart now?

June09Art

The instructor in my online class suggested that we come up with a talking head / icon to represent ourselves in our journal drawings.  My good friend Dan Kent of Dan's Canvas popped in yesterday to comment and I saw his charming Dan icon... and decided to try my hand at an icon to be me.  This one has possibilities... I'll see what it looks like reduced to avatar/icon size.

June08Art

Ate WAY TOO much... we usually go to Olive Garden for lunch and just get the soup and salad.  Tonight we got a full meal... I'm stuffed.
Watching the Chicago Blackhawks, and LA Kings in the Stanley Cup finals... Chicago looking good so far.

Online Journaling Class

I'm taking an online class about journaling in Charleston SC... since I live in Charleston I'm hoping to do some on location drawings during this class.

Next lesson, draw the oldest building still standing in Charleston... the Pink house, started life in the 'red light' district as a bar/brothel... in modern times it was an art gallery... today hard times find it boarded up and for sale.

 I do LOVE the window boxes in Charleston, and I like the idea of combining the best parts of different ones to create a fantasy window.  Again, now that I've posted it I see I forgot to stipple the bricks... I always seem to forget that part. I went back to my pen to draw the awning and window... but only used the brush on the flowers... baby steps for me :-)

I'm so behind in this class and with my trip to Atlanta next weekend, I need to get as much done as a can before the class is over on the 17th.

Final lesson page... I have REALLY enjoyed this class and learned so much. Sad it is almost over now.

June07Art

Andrea has moved on, the sun is out and the frogs in the swamps are singing.
My little dog Gracie is finally sleeping peacefully in her bed, she does not like storms at all.  She shakes and hyperventilates... and is quite beside herself even before the storm hits.

June06Art

Tropical storm Andrea has been dumping water on us for two days now... tomorrow she should be over our heads dumping even more rain and wind.  Not a hurricane but an annoyance none the less.

D-Day today, watching the Military channel shows about that day.  My Dad was on those beaches... he never talked about it when we were kids.  When the movie 'Saving Private Ryan' came out, he did talk about it and said he thought that movie was the closest thing he'd ever seen to what it was like that day.  We all owe a lot to that generation of brave men... if you know a veteran I hope you thanked him today.

June05Art

Reading my book on 'Drawing Birds' by John Muir Laws... very comprehensive so a lot to practice and comprehend. I'm still floundering without a daily list... but I'll get back in the groove again soon... I hope I do... I hate spending hours staring at a blank page.

June04Art

I don't know how long Chili's will have this new dessert... so if you have a Chili's near you... you must try this chocolate chip cookie... warm from the oven... heaven in a cast iron skillet.  WOW... whoever thought of this is a genius.

June03Art

Mockingbird singing his heart out this morning... just before the downpours started.  It rained all day long, my flowers loved it....

June02Art

Everyone needs at least one day of rest, and today was that day for Ron and I.  He's been working a lot of overtime, so today was his only day off this week.  I did get everything out of the car and into the house, but have not unpacked nor taken pictures of my paintings.
Without the Everyday in May list, I drew a blank today on what to draw... saw a lady bug today, which made me happy, as I think one of my crepe myrtles and my lantana have aphids again... akkk.  

June01Art

Spent the day doing laundry, and a bit of housework... scanning the pages I wasn't able to upload while in Boone NC... still haven't unloaded my art supplies, so Dogbert is hogging the brush jar along with my back scratcher.
Got a new sketching bag from Rickshaw bagworks in San Francisco... my new tiny palette along with a pen, water brush and my hand book journal fit snuggly inside... perfect fit.  Sadly the Stillman Birns Journal is too large.  While I was away my book from John Muir Laws on 'Drawing Birds' arrived.  Discovered his website and book thru Kate Johnson's Pen and Wash class... I so want to learn to draw birds... and this book looks like an excellent reference... now all I have to do is practice :-)