Dec12Art

A short list of my favorite Christmas movies, all of these are the old movies. I haven't seen a 'current' (in the last 10 or 15 years anyway) Christmas movie that I liked. What are your favorites?

Dec11Art

Used my Pentel pocket brush pen for this bauble (looks like it is running low on ink).  I did a Christmas card exchange with Pamo I sent her a watercolor painting, she sent me a delightful cartoon of hers with a Christmas theme.  Since she's sending these out to others, I won't spoil the surprise for others on her list.  If you like motorcycles, cats, dogs, have a husband… well you'll find some fun comics on Pamo's website, she's also a talented writer (unlike tongue tied me).

Dec10Art

Everyday my email inbox is loaded with fabulous 'deals' ending today only, until the next day when a new set of discounts show up. Not to be outdone, I also get interesting requests from the car dealership I bought my car from, promising to put me in a new car at a lower payment.  These advertisements particularly amuse me, I paid off my car a year early so my payments now are zero… so they'd have to pay me to take their new car at lower payments!  I just may call them and see how much they'll pay me to take a new car off their hands.

Dec09Art

Life goes on, birds to feed, dogs to feed and play with.. food to eat… and yet we miss our little buddy Beau. We still have his daughter Gracie (who looks just like her Mother Jill) and his son Jeb who is the dog who insists we play with him, either throw the ball or play tug… he is relentless he will not take no for an answer. He is a comfort to me in his insistence on having fun.

Dec08Art

Very sad day for us,  Beau waited for Ron to get home before giving up the fight, in fact Ron was taking him to the vet's office and he breathed his last breath before they got there.  I got Beau for Ron when we were dating, so he's been a part of our life together for a long time.  We will both miss him very much.

Beauregard 1997 - 2014

THE BEST PLACE TO BURY A DOG

"There is one best place to bury a dog.
"If you bury him in this spot, he will
come to you when you call - come to you
over the grim, dim frontier of death,
and down the well-remembered path,
and to your side again.

"And though you call a dozen living
dogs to heel, they shall not growl at
him, nor resent his coming,
for he belongs there.

"People may scoff at you, who see
no lightest blade of grass bent by his
footfall, who hear no whimper, people
who may never really have had a dog.
Smile at them, for you shall know
something that is hidden from them,
and which is well worth the knowing.

"The one best place to bury a good
dog is in the heart of his master."

--- Ben Hur Lampman ---

Dec07Art

Pearl Harbor day, my father made sure I remembered the date and day.  Do parents today make sure their children remember 9/11/2001?  Today is also my older brother's birthday, lots of December birthdays in our family. Ron and I took the trike over to the Harley Shop for a Toys for Tots ride,  we dropped off the toys we bought yesterday, but didn't go on the ride.  Our dog Beau isn't feeling good so we wanted to be home with him.  He has had these bouts of stomach problems in the past, but the older he gets the worse they seem to be for him.  At seventeen going on eighteen, he's a very old dog we're grateful to have had such a long time with him.  I do hope he recovers from this episode.

Sketching Now - Week 4

I used the books I have on hand at my desk my little red book where I write down all my passwords. My Galaxy Note, where I download all my Kindle and Nook books. On the bottom my iPad2 with a grey cover, my yellow Lamy and a tin of Altoids. The shadows got a bit confused because my lines for the shadows disappeared when I added color and had already put everything away to paint it.

Dec06Art

Spent a quiet Saturday, ventured out to buy some toys for a Toys for Tots ride we'll do tomorrow afternoon. Went by the new Gander Mountain store to pick up some 22 ammo, also found a bag in the fishing dept that I bought for myself, I think it'll make a great bag to hold my sketching gear when I go out and about.

Dec05Art

Today is my daughter JeAnna's birthday, she's 40 something, not quite something enough to be considered pushing 50, she's living in Chicago these days, so I don't get to see her much and I miss that.   I banged up my knuckles on my right hand this morning breaking up a fight between Dixie and Gracie.  The dogs didn't hurt each other, I think I was the only one hurt in the brief altercation. It is affecting my ability to write and to draw.  So watch for some loose drawings and lettering in the next week or so.

Dec04Art

Sweeping my hand across the page to see if the paint was dry, discovered that the ink wasn't dry, even if the paint was.  Gives it character right? Holly has thorns, and even the leaves are spiky thorns, the berries I've been told are poison… so why did people 'Deck the halls with boughs of holly'?  How did Red and Green become the colors for Christmas?  Peace on Earth Goodwill to men, boy is that message needed in today's world. Still have to put a little something in the mail for my girl friend in Atlanta, we've been friends since high school… old friends are the best friends, they know you and love you and they've helped you find places to bury the bodies…(just kidding people).

Dec03Art

Used my new Rosemary travel brush (size 8), it holds WAY more water than I thought it would.  I think I'm really going to like this brush.  I also got a squirrel hair travel mop from her, I really like it too.  We went to Chic-fil-A for dinner before grocery shopping.  Found something new from Dole, in the freezer section, strawberries dipped in dark chocolate… I think I may go try them out now… just to see if they are good or not.

Dec02Art

This is a total fantasy, Charleston SC does not have hills and rarely, very rarely a bit of snow will fall.  I've seen pictures of snow, hills and trees, so it was not much of a stretch to draw this.  Some days keeping it simple works best for me.

Dec01Art

December is here, and I'm planning 24 more Christmas pages, so get your Christmas spirit in gear… it's here.  Cyber Monday isn't over yet a few more hours to shop online.  I've got 5 things I need to mail, hopefully tomorrow.  I'll send digital gift cards to the grandkids in Chicago, then the only people left to shop for are the hardest of all, my Mother and my husband?