Oct02Art

Oct02Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

SC actually is allowing Alligator hunting this year... hope nobody bothers this little guy. I find myself fasinated and duly cautious ,he's WAY BIGGER than I thought and pretty scary looking. He is VERY cautious of me, and so I've never seen anything more than his eyes in the mirky water... but today it was chilly and he decided to catch some sun, and Ron managed to snap a picture from the car window.

Signed up today for an online drawing course. It starts next Tuesday, I'm looking forward to it. I found out about it on the EDM Yahoo group, the website to sign up is www.dotcalmvillage.net

Gator_0001

Gator_0001, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Ron managed to get a picture of the gator enjoying the afternoon sun.

Award's from my loyal Fans....

brillante-award, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Rachael at http://kyfarmlife.blogspot.com/ has given my blog an award. I'm really honored... and a bit surprised to have an audience... I will have to think about who I want to give the award to.... because Rachael already picked several of my favorites.... stay tuned...

Ok some of these folks already have awards... some don't... but they are my picks for this award... check out their blogs... you'll have an enjoyable time I promise...

http://demibrix.blogspot.com/ One Happy Fool

http://borrominibear.blogspot.com/ Borrominibear

http://www.wildyorkshire.co.uk/naturediary/index.html Wild West Yorkshire

http://oobos.blogspot.com/ A Drawing a day...

http://journalinghearts.blogspot.com/ Journaling hearts...

http://havedogswilltravel.blogspot.com/ Have dogs will travel

http://shellydinafrica.blogspot.com/ My good friend and fellow Diva Michelle

Oct01Art

Oct01Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Did well at the Shoot tonight another personal best for me. Discovered that my scanner is too small to handle a 2 page spread in this journal... not a huge deal since I rarely do 2 page spreads.

Oct00Art

Oct00Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Decided to do a Calender as my first page in this new Journal It's a family birthday month, with grand daughter Laurel this Saturday and my husband Ron next Saturday.

Sept30Art

Sept30Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

My final page in this journal, and the last of the September Trees. On to a new book...

Sept29Art

Sept29Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

I'll start a new journal on October 1st... it is a beautiful, leather bound moleskine that I got from www.modofly.net the art on the front was done by Ana Maria Seaton see her artwork at www.renmeleon.com

MarshSunset0928

MarshSunset0928, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Sometimes things just don't work out. I have a book called 'Painting Water', I tried to use his technique of doing a sunset over water... well his technique is too advanced for me...man did this turned out awful or what... I'm going to try again a little later.

Sept28Art

Sept28Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Spent the whole morning re-arranging 'stuff' in my den/studio, so that I could set up a glass cutting table... took a little break to draw Lola's sailboat... now I think I'll go try a little painting.

Sept27Art

Sept27Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Practicing boats and my carrot people... I need a steadier hand for my rigging lines... Ron is home from his class... so we're off to dinner soon.

RedDinghy0927

RedDinghy0927, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

9x12 140lbs Arches WC Block, using Frank Clarke video as reference. It's official... I do not like the goat hair brushes, for washes I prefer my squirrel hair mop, and nothing beats my Kalish sables... I'll keep these goat hairs... but don't see myself using them much.

Sept26Art

Sept26Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

I wrote a long winded diatribe on politics... you'll be happy to know I erased it all and drew this doodle instead. Off to do a little painting now...

Beachwalk0925

Beachwalk0925, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Took longer to get the scanner to stop cutting off my sky, than it did to paint this little picture. I love the ocean, and the beach...
9x12 Arches 140lbs Watercolor block

Sept25Art

Sept25Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Cold and rainy day, didn't ride my scooter to work today. Migrating birds today filled the power lines, looked like a scene from a Hitchcock movie 'The Birds'..