1-Day

1-Day, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Here they are....
Female black and tan on top, brindle male next, and black male on the bottom.

Feb08Art

Feb08Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Dixie and I have had a busy day today... She was a little confused with the first one, but has settled down and is going to be a good mother...and thankfully it is a very small litter.

WCSplats02

WCSplats02, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Nice big splats... this was the look I was going for...

WCSplats01

WCSplats01, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

This is the frustrated painter slinging paint on the paper, the big splats were added once I changed brushes.

Lessons I learned today.... Starting my negative painting.
1. Squirrel Mop brushes do NOT drip on their own no matter how much paint and water you add...
2. Tapping a Mop brush to MAKE it drip, gets a tiny drip ARGH
3. Slinging the mop brush at the paper gives you LOTS of tiny splats... totally unacceptable for the lesson we're doing but interesting looking (pictures when it dries).
4. A much SMALLER, synthetic brush (size 10) will drip quite nicely even with just a small amount of paint...

So to save paint and frustration... if you haven't started this yet... DO NOT use a mop brush, and propably not a good sable either... a brush that holds a LOT of paint... doesn't 'drip' very well... use a nylon brush for much better results... splat wise....
So that's what I learned today

Tim

Tim , originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Checking out a mud puddle we came across today.

Feb06Art

Feb06Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

This is not the first time I've drawn the green dragon glass bead that sits on my desk, he has a fierce mean expression on his face... I almost captured that face today.

Feb05Art

Feb05Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

I did a lot of sketches of Betty today, while lying in bed watching this old movie. I think it was easier because it was in black and white... Some of the sketches look like her a little I think.

Feb04Art

Feb04Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

What can I say, dead eye... that's me LOL

Feb03Art

Feb03Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

So I looked up this negative painting thing today, there's even a book about it. 'Painting outside the lines' I think is the name... I'm cutting myself off from buying anymore books until I've worked thru the ones I have... so WetCanvas's Watercolor challenge for February is..."negative painting"... I plan to participate by doing a bigger one of these... but I'm pretty pleased with this one in my journal.

Cedar-of-Lebanon-Step5-Lesson4

Cedar-of-Lebanon-Step5-Lesson4, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Watercolors - Burnt Umber, Raw Sienna, and Thalo Blue
On a watercolor pad... practicing trees.

Feb02Art

Feb02Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

When I saw Anita's page I thought, oh... that looks cool and easy to do... I could do that... WELLLLLL Anita sure made it look easy, but it was harder than I thought, and mine doesn't look like hers one bit.

See it on Thing-a-day here.

My rainbow...

Found this on Barbara's blog 'One Happy Fool'...

Your rainbow is shaded red and green.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What is says about you: You are a passionate person. You feel strong ties to nature and your mood changes with its cycles. You get bored easily and want friends who will keep up with you. Those around you admire your fresh outlook and vitality.

Find the colors of your rainbow at spacefem.com.

Feb01Art

Feb01Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

The Thing-a-day site suggested 'clocks' for week one... so feeling very uninspired today I drew the clock in the computer room that Ron Jr. gave us for Christmas this year. It's a really cool clock, shows the temp, the weather etc.