9x12 Arches 140 lbs cold pressed block... watercolor tree exercise from Bob Davies Watercolor Secrets DVD.... I was happy with this up to the very end.. I think I ruined it when I added the shadows across the path..
March is out like a lamb... here in Charleston anyway. This is the end of this handbook, tomorrow I'll start in my hand made journal... I'm looking forward to it. I ordered a video and brushes on Chinese Brush painting... I'm really interested in their watercolor techniques, especially doing birds.
I find it interesting that these gulls gather in the parking lots, sometimes in quite large flocks... and sometimes they seem to be playing 'chicken' with drivers... how close can I let the car get before I have to move or fly away. My husband hates them calls them flying rats... Not having been raised here I find them beautiful and interesting to watch.
Probably did WAY too much today... my back will punish me later for it... hopefully it'll be worth it... when my new flowers bloom :-)
I saw gaykraeger's title pages and liked the idea so much, I went back and added title pages to all my journals... all 4 of them (kay's done more than 50).. thanks for the idea Gay.
I saw gaykraeger's title pages and liked the idea so much, I went back and added title pages to all my journals... all 4 of them (kay's done more than 50).. thanks for the idea Gay.
We took advantage of a gap in the rain today, to go out to the range to shoot. I've got Spring fever... my Dogwood bloomed today. Lowes had azaleas on sale, so we bought 5, and now we're thinking we'll go back and buy 5 more tomorrow... Yard work tomorrow... I love working in the yard.
This ad in Charleston Magazine caught my eye... I didn't even attempt the girls face... I think the hat turned out nicely though.
I have one azalea bush on the side of the house, with these light pink azaleas... I just love the colors on these.
My front yard is covered in pink/purple Maple tree seed pods... the tree is LOADED with them still. Can you pick out the real one taped to the page?
Well the Brown puppy has gone home with a neighbor down the street so we'll at least get to see him some. Now to find a home for the black puppy and let life get back to normal... sort of around here.
Well my sandpipers look kinda washed out on my monitor, look ok in my journal though. I've gotta dig out another journal or buy one, this one only has enough pages to last till the end of the month. I like this size (5 x8) and the number of pages in these handbook journals. Somewhere around here I have a hand made watercolor paper journal that I bought off Etsy... I want to use it next.
I get cranky when I don't get time to exercise... or paint... the pain in my back doesn't help either......
I couldn't resist drawing this cartoon shark as my inner critic. My friends from Atlanta and my dog showing days would understand and appreciate this.
Stingray won the hockey game, we went to Chili's for a late supper.... I enjoyed my birthday... tomorrow LAUNDRY!
My grandmother was a very cool grand-mother, in the summer she worked at the swimming pools for the parks dept... so we got to go to the pool and stay all day. She took me on car trips to Warm Springs and other historic sites.... we'd pack a lunch and stop at road side picnic tables to eat.. She always doted on me and I'm positive I was her favorite (I bet my brothers and cousins think they were her favorite too... LOL)
It's been a L-O-N-G day, just got home from the Palmetto Gun Club meeting... I've got to get back to my paintings... I've been neglecting them too long.
I can tell Grace is glad to be home, she obviously didn't like being treated like a 'dog' at the kennel... she's sleeping either on my pillows in the bed or on her blanket at my feet.. she is used to being the 'Princess' around here... and is glad to be holding court once more.
The United Four Wheel Drive Assoc.. 2nd Annual Wheel-In... lots of snow, then rain... made for a fun and exhausting 2 days.
Travel day, farmers are planting and/or plowing their fields, the bradford pear trees and crabapple trees are blooming... It was a long trip.
SNOW... we had snow this morning for the UFWDA Wheel-in at Oak Ridge Farm in Va. Journal pages coming soon ...
Love getting those art supply deliveries.... besides the paint I got a tote bag for my easel it fits perfectly.. I will not be able to post for the next 5 days... on vacation ... Bye Bye
My drawing doesn't do it justice, what is amazing is that she did this little work of art with molten, melted glass... Check out her work at www.sundaisyglass.com
The 'predicted high' was off just a little, it's 3:15 in the afternoon, and the temp is 83 right now...Ron and I rode our scooters to lunch in t-shirts :-) No jacket required. Doing the first steps in the sumi-e book, leaves and bamboo, the Nija brush doesn't work very well for this practice.... of course it might be that I need more practice at it.
The weather says it all... walks in the park, went to the book store and got a couple of new journals and a book on sumi-e... bamboo coming soon :-)
Rode my scooter to work this morning... it was a little chilly but this afternoon, it was fabulous... we're supposed to have great weather all weekend...
Got my new colors tonight for my Bijou box (from Cheap Joe's).. got Manganese Blue Hue (which I really like), Raw Sienna and Light Red. I took, black, Cerlean Blue and Sap Green out... Did a little color chart and scanned the tiny box too.
Not up to doing the whole peacock yet... so just did a feather... Magnolia Plantation had some beauties, including several solid white peacocks. They were lovely birds.
Spent some time with the Geese at Magnolia Plantation last month, and got several photos.that I wanted to use as reference photos... but... oops the color on the beak ran... you know I kinda like it that way.
Been a busy Sunday... did manage to paint a bit... ruined my willow tree :( Guess I'll start again on that one.
