Spent the day with friends hitting some mud puddles in the forest. As many times as I've been to Deb and Jerry's house I never noticed the cute Frog, in their bird bath... too funny and the perfect thing for the journal since I'm too tired for anything hard tonight.
Picnic at the beach with the Palmetto Jeep Club
Fun day today... Great way to send off the last days of Summer.
She's got red hair, she's got dogs, she's got cats, she's got dust bunny's... she doesn't iron, or do windows ... cause she's a DOMESTIC GODDESS... she's my entry in Lunatic Mom's contest...
Limited Palette... water, mountains, sky... I don't like the line I get at the bottom of the mountains... tried to obliterate it... but couldn't...pershaps I should have extended that color all the way to the shore... oh well next time.
Was a hectic day at work today... pizza and beer for dinner... now I'm ready to go do a little painting...
I'm still exploring the site... but I really like his videos and teaching style. http://www.simplypainting.com
Ordered the pen on Monday from Pen City... arrived today... now THAT's fast... I did not pay for 2 day service but it got here in 2 days anyway. I plan to take better care of this one... I was sick that my other one clogged up and died on me...
Read a neat tutorial on painting water... so I'm off to try to paint some water... and maybe a tree or two since my trees still need work.
This one's for you James, your mishap with your computer monitor this afternoon cracked me up (as you well know).
Unleaded - Ink only - Contour Drawing from The Natural Way to Paint (rendering the Figure in Watercolor) by Charles Reid.
Out of phase today for some reason... more practice from my Jack Hamm Drawing the Face and Figure book.
This is the other painting I did today, I saw a bead like this once, I really liked the concept of it so I tried to paint it as best I could... I think it turned out pretty good.
I keep trying to find a cheap alternative to the microns... but so far no luck. Bought some pens at Staples, and I like that they are waterproof,... don't run at all... but they bleed thru light wt page so for the handbook journals I can't use them... maybe when I start the journal with 140 lbs watercolor paper they'll do ok.
Fooling around... using the sheet I'd slopped paint on the other day. I like the evergreens top right... tree left is off the other 2 well more practice on trees needed I can see LOL
Crazy weather from Fay today, the bands are coming thru with rain and sun very close together now. Bought some crocs... funky orange and yellow ones.. but since I have BIG feet, I did not get the usual big old chunky crocks... these are very cool looking and very comfortable.
