Oct24Art

Sea Island Republican Women's club meeting tonight, state Rep Chip LImehouse talked to us about the i-526 completion project and other local issues. Including info on the folks running for city council and for mayor of Charleston.

Oct23Art

Well it's ink and continuous contour line... and horrid... oh well... gotta accept the good and the bad and the down right ugly too :-)

Tape resist

The Happy Painter did a tape resist painting today... I decided to give it a try myself... with more than one color... all in the same family though... all oranges and yellows... see her art work here  www.flickr.com/photos/the_happy_learner/6273051670/in/poo...

Oct22Art

On the drive to Moncks Corner today for the Sub Vets BBQ, saw lots of black eyed Susans along the sides of the road...  so I had to give drawing them a shot.  We had fun at the picnic, ate WAY too much, and the guys enjoyed swapping tall tales with each other while the ladies enjoyed chatting with each other.

Oct21Art

The little ones did finger paint and mixed colors... lots of fun, very messy. The first graders drew lines... and then colored with crayons the abstract pictures they drew. Some one them were very studious and careful with the drawing and coloring, others loosey goosey drawing and coloring.. and off they went to play outside. Next week they want me to have something for the 2nd graders to do... Should be interesting.

Oct20Art

Tried drawing one of my shells... didn't quite get it... I'll be trying this again... I love these shells. 
Today Quaddafi was beaten and killed by the mobs that took over the country of Libya. While I'm glad the world has one less evil dictator oppressing people, I fear the people of Libya are not on a path to freedom, but headed for worse than they can imagine.

Oct19Art

The leaves I pressed into the back of my sketchbook are flat now, but still have stunning color... so I had to do this contour drawing. 
Went by the school tonight and dropped off paper and supplies and got to see the class room... tiny tables and chairs... hopefully they'll find me a grownup chair.

Oct18Art

I tried really hard to do this with a continuous line... but didn't make it... got lost and had to pick up the pen. I think it counts for day two's ink only contour drawing though.

Oct17Art

Day 1 of Brenda Swenson's 75 day ink only challenge. I did a continuous line contour drawing of my Rhino eraser... I love my Rhino.... forgot my format box... so winged adding it.

Oct16Art

Spent the day doing laundry and shopping for and planting flowers, lovely sunny Fall day today. While I was away my lantana decided to bloom and the butterflies have come back because of it. I didn't get my sketchbook out until after dark so my salt grinder decided to model for me tonight. Tomorrow I start Brenda Swenson's 75 day ink only pen challenge. Based on this drawing I NEED it.

Oct 14-15 Art

It is good to be home and sleep in my own bed.  My little dogs made me feel welcome, Gracie was especially pleased to see me... and Beau was thrilled for a good brushing from his Mom... even Rico the macaw seemed glad to see me.  More hockey games today, along with unpacking and laundry to do.

Last day - Brenda Swenson Workshop

Last day of the Brenda Swenson Workshop, Brenda showed us how she does negative painting. This isn't finished, but I think I finally understand negative painting. I'm glad she made us do it with shades of gray only instead of confusing the issue with color.

Oct13Art

Today we worked on collage, so I did this in my daily journal, Brenda Swenson, lettered her name on my page for me. I spent a lot of time on this page, doing this sort of page is a real stretch for me... and for some others in the class too. The class is winding down, and tomorrow we only have the morning together then everyone is off to return to their normal lives.
PS I spent 30 minutes practicing writing different W's then spelled workshop wrong... rats.

Oct12Art

Another full day of drawing and painting.. it's wearing me out.. I'm learning a lot and enjoying it immensely. Brenda is a very informative teacher and keeps everyone of all levels engaged and learning new techniques.