Apr09Art

Went to the library to review school text books that SC is thinking of buying... boy was that an eye opener. Ron was cooking some beer, while I splashed some paint on paper later this afternoon. I got my new colors from Daniel Smith... yummy new colors... I do love Daniel Smith's paints.

New colors...

Testing out my new paint colors.. the brown I got for painting black people's complexions... I think it's going to add a richness that I haven't been able to achieve before... so I'm very pleased with it and with it's transparency. Roz love PB60, so I had to try some of that blue. Jean Haines loves PO71 so I had to get some of that orange... and for me I got the Opera pink... which is a really beautiful pink... doesn't show up very nice on my monitor... but I LOVE it... I'm very happy with my new colors

Fuscia - after Jean Haines

This is a 'warm up' exercise in Jean Haines book 'How to Paint Colour & Light in watercolour' . It is on 300 lbs paper, I probably should have used 140 lbs paper like she does... the 300 lbs paper soaked up the paint and water fairly quickly so some of the run I should have gotten didn't happen... and some went too far and made mud puddles. This loose painting is not as easy as it looks.. but I do love it.

Apr08Art

Chamber of Commerce day today in Charleston... rode my scooter to work and didn't really need my coat today. Went to Wild Wings for dinner and ate some sinful appetizers... we'll go back on the diet tomorrow... they were yummy.

Lavender Fields

This is a watercolor on 9x12 Arches 140 lbs rough paper. I'm not particularly happy with the foreground, nor the lavender rows on the right... too much purple it's just a bit overwhelming... but an interesting exercise none the less.

Apr07Art

It's been a busy week... great meeting tonight... good to catch up on what everyone is doing. 

Apr06Art

Another disappointing loss tonight... looks like hockey will be over very soon.  Hopefully they'll look for and recruit a goalie for next year.

Apr05Art

Hockey game tonight... we lost in over time... the team really played their hearts out... the goalie let a puck dribble in... and we lost... needless to say lots of disappointed Stingrays fans tonight.

Apr04Art

 

Got busy this evening doing color testing... and totally forgot to post to my blog... Akkk.

Color tests....

I did several of Judith’s planet color tests tonight…. I had all this almost typed in and POOF it all disappeared… AKKKK… so here I go again… On the pages I use a short hand for paint colors… 
FU and UM both mean Fr. Ultra Marine Blue…
RS – Raw Sienna
BS – Burnt Sienna
CO – Cobalt Blue
PB – Prussian Blue
CT – Cobal Turquoise
HY – Hansa Yellow
LY – Lemon Yellow
QG – Quin. Gold (DS single pigment color)
QM – Quin. Magenta

Apr03Art

Been having fun today... between loads of laundry and doing the weekly grocery shopping... boy coffee has gone sky high... 11.68 for 32 oz of 100% Colombian... Will my great grand children read this some day and think that's a high price or a low price?  I wonder. 

My first hand made Journal

I've been wanting to make my own journal for some time now... today I finally did it.  This one is only 1 signature, and the cover is watercolor paper, inside Stonehenge paper in 4 colors (going to test out my Gouache on colored paper).  I used Carole (Sketchalina)'s idea for the cover and the fold out larger pages... it is small 4x6 so it will fit in my purse easily.

Apr02Art

My little bird bath sprang a leak and won't hold water anymore... so we went in search of a new bird bath.  I like having close up views of birds without the mess of feeders... besides my next door neighbor has 4 or 5 feeders and nest boxes in her yard... so I provide the water and a place for a nice bath LOL

Apr01Art

Spent the evening playing with my new toys, new Gouache colors, Jean Haines book, and mylar sheets to make my own stencils... not exactly a success... but it was kind of fun... my next ones will be better... or not... who cares?