May25Art

Today the kids made tissue paper poppies in red and white with blue centers.... even the littlest ones managed to finish today, and having their supplies in bags worked out great. The older kids made the same poppies and in addition strung red, white and blue beads to make stretchy bracelets. Even the boys enjoyed making the bracelets, but the little girls really enjoyed it.

May24Art

Ice Cream sandwich, a favorite treat. I drew this from a picture, I'm not allowed to eat them anymore... still my all time favorite cold treat.
Just in from seeing part 3 of Free to Choose by Milton Friedman at the Citadel. Discussions of economics... I always hated economics in college, now at the age of 61 I'm going back to school for my least favorite subject... YIKES.

May23Art

This is a cup I got on my recent trip to New Orleans, had a flaming hurricane in it... really bad for me, but really good as a treat, and I kept the cup. Now I use it to hold all my pencils, pens, comb, rulers, old office name tag etc.
Testing voting machines this morning at the election commission office, seemed to be working fine. Went to a townhall meeting put on by my Congressman Tim Scott tonight. He is alway informative and optimistic.
Got the kids art projects for Memorial day all pre cut out, and separated into bags, hopefully we'll get finished if I'm more organized with their supplies. I seem to waste a lot of time handing out paper, pens, colors etc, and they end up with no time left to finish the project. So I'm trying something different, putting everything into a bag (like a brown paper lunch bag) for each child, that way they'll have everything they need as soon as the class starts.

May22Art

Had to label this, so everyone would know what it is... cause it doesn't look much like an ear to me now.
Stanley cup hockey games are making me crazy, especially these left coast games that start so late. It's 10:30 and they are just past half way in the 2nd period... LA just went ahead by 1.. Still lots of hockey I'll be lucky to get to sleep before midnight.

May21Art

This was a tough assignment, lots of things make me happy, in truth I'm a pretty happy person most of the time.  I love it when Beau sleeps beside my chair, makes it easier to draw him.  He's a happy little dog and his sunny disposition makes everyone who meets him happy.  

This assignment reminded me of music too, the song from 'The Sound of Music', raindrops on roses, and whiskers on kittens... these are a few of my favorite things.... I have a very LONG list of favorite things, pens and watercolors, painting, and creamy white paper, my parrot who greets me every morning, and calls me when he wants something 'Come mere' he shouts LOL. 

One of my favorite bible verses is... Today is the day the Lord has made, rejoice and be glad in it.  

Day 4 - Imaginary Trip to Greece

For really quick sketches, I am learning to use my brush pens.  I did this sketch twice, the layout sketch I had a glass of wine instead of the olive oil bottle, but couldn't get the stem to look right... so I went with the bottle instead.  I used a Kuratake brush pen that has ink that bleeds when water touches it...which can actually give some pretty nice effects for black/grey and white fast sketches.  I debated leaving this black and white, and then painted the bread, and couldn't stop myself adding more and more.  This page took about 20 minutes total, I can work fast when a party is afoot... only thing I enjoy more than painting is a good glass of red wine, some fine cheddar and a bit of warm bread dipped in garlic and virgin olive oil.  Let the PARTY begin. 

May20Art

Sat in my adirondack chair and drew the street light across the street. Lots of looping wire and colored clips up there that I never noticed before.  Compared to the beautiful street lights some of you have drawn, this one is pretty plain but it does it's job and for that I am grateful.

The quote is from Tim Scott, my Congressman at least for a few more months.  My street has been gerry mandered into Jim Clyburn's district, I guess we live in a hostile environment, surrounded by Democrats LOL  I knew about Gloria, she's the neighbor across the street where the street light is, she's a Democrat, but that's ok, we can enjoy talking about things other than politics and sometimes we talk about how bad BOTH parties are.

May19Art

Got up at the crack of dawn to drive to Columbia SC for our state GOP Convention.  This convention was not nearly as interesting as the one last year.  Made me wonder why our attendance was required, they could have sent an email and said, this is what we're going to do, we're so sure you'll agree no need to even vote.  Long drive home, I'm tired maybe I'll feel different tomorrow but I don't think so.  Night all.

May18Art

High Tide at the marsh near our house, lots of color in the marsh grasses now, greens, purple, flashes of red.  Didn't see any birds today, so didn't include one, this is a hang out for the egrets and herons usually, but they like the pickings closer to low tide I think.

May17Art

Storms rolled thru this afternoon, we even lost power for a while... and yet not one drop fell on my yard. I don't eat much bread (I love it but it spikes my blood sugar) usually bread grows mold before I even eat half the loaf. I was able to find one slice with no green fuzz on it to draw, it joined it's brothers in the garbage after the portrait was complete. I wish someone would sell half loaves... I'd buy them if they did.

May16Art

Still haven't gotten any rain around here... I gotta go water my flowers since I didn't do it yesterday. The squirrels are really active these days, must be love in the air for squirrels... they are driving my dogs crazy.

May15Art

Cooked lots of chicken, and some pork butt steaks on the grill this afternoon... drew the stop sign down at the end of the street, and read a book while watching the grill. I'm so glad the weather man was wrong about it raining all day... clouds are moving in though... so maybe it'll rain tonight. My flowers will like that.

May14Art

Confession time, I did have Manicotti for lunch and I did add parmesan cheese on top, but I did not draw this before I ate it, I ate it, THEN I drew it from looking at the box (it was a frozen dinner thingy). I tried a white crayon as a resist for the cheese it seemed to work on the top one, not so much on the one in front. It was VERY good, and is one of my favorite things. I don't see drawing food as something I will ever be good at, I love to eat to much.

May13Art - Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day, to all the mothers out there. Called my Mom and had a nice chat, she did get the postcard I sent her, and said she already has it framed, Mom's know who to make their kids feel special.
This is another double duty painting, sea oats in the breeze, and for Rural Sketchers week 19 my Palmetto tree again.