Psylocke from the X-Men speed drawing by Mark Brooks

The artist is my cousin Mark Brooks, he works as an artist for Marvel Comics... this is about 3.5 hours of work compressed down to 4 mins... it is AMAZING.

Feb28Art

We had a spirited discussion about voter fraud, and the machines that SC uses for elections... lots of the women in that room, myself included worked the polls in the last election and saw first hand the fraud going on.  Maybe not enough to change the outcome, but enough to make quite a few of us mad.

Feb27Art

Got a little more work done on my art tables, did some shopping at a new Lowe's that has opened here... and then a GREAT hockey game, that we won in overtime, via a shorthanded goal.

Feb26Art

We had talked about going to counter protest the Moveon.org and the unions in Columbia today... but decided against it... since those folks have a history of violence... and we didn't want to get involved.
Instead I spent the whole day getting my art books, and art stuff organized.

Feb25Art

This cougar was on a motivational poster... I was captivated by his eyes...

Peach Rose

The Rose is finished... finally. Done on 300 lbs paper 9x12 in size, the rose itself is basically square. It was done with just three colors, Raw Sienna, Daniel Smith Quin Coral, and Quin Gold.. I love DS Quin colors.

Feb24Art

Got an email today from one of the women in a watercolor class with me last year. She's contacted the high school and we're having a watercolor 'workshop' we'll meet every week in the art room and paint together and help each other... we won't have an instructor but we'll have fun I'm sure of it. I can't wait for it to start.

Feb23Art

Had fun tonight pushing paint around, and testing on some new brushes I bought to use with the gouache paint. Cleaning this paint out of the brushes takes a bit more work, and I'm glad I took Roz advise and got a separate set of synthetic brushes to use with this paint. I do like the paint and I'm learning what it will do...

Feb22Art

My mother says I trained my bunny, dressed him in doll clothes,and made him lie in my baby carriage while I pushed him around in it.  He was almost as big as me, I've seen photos of me holding him in my arms, and he feet reached the ground.  My chickens also survived and got fat. My grandmother showed me how to chop off their heads and pluck their feathers for some fine fried chicken... fresh chicken tastes COMPLETELY different from store bought chicken... I do remember that.  As an adult I did visit a friend that had chickens and again had fresh chicken...childhood memories of my own chicken came flooding back when I tasted it.

Feb21Art

Senator Glenn McConnell gave a very interesting talk about some of the budget problems facing SC, thanks to an HHS Agency going ROUGE, spending money they did not have.  The lack of oversight and audit of the agency by the Budget and Control board is grounds for civil, if not CRIMINAL charges in my opinion.  The Senator then fielded questions on everything from illegal immigration to voter ID to roll call voting.  It was an excellent townhall meeting.. Thanks to the Charleston Tea Party for hosting this event... education of the voters and getting honest answers from our representatives is essential for good Government.

Feb20Art

I saw this bracelet before Christmas, but didn't buy it. I went back after Christmas and they didn't have them anymore, but the shop owner said she'd have more in a few weeks. I almost waited too long to check back again, because this one was the last one they had. We went to an RV show this afternoon, and walked thru some that cost 3 times what our house... nice but a bit much for an RV. We'd have to win the lottery to get one.

Feb19Art

My box of gouache paints from Cheap Joe's arrived today. I played around a little with mixing colors. I don't like the purple, I guess I'll need to either buy a violet or different reds and blues... I really like the pink I get mixing red and white, and the green looks nice too. I need to get out a bigger piece of paper and really play with this paint.

Feb18Art

Beautiful day in Charleston today, great weekend ahead too...

Feb17Art

Pizza in a bowl - well actually we have big 'cups' that we have chili or soup in that we use for our pizzas. We really do enjoy this and it is way easier than making an actual pizza with a crust. So here's how we do it... except for the 8 oz can of tomato sauce nothing else gets measured... I just dump in oregano and garlic and whatever else suits my mood... stir and taste and add more if needed... Give this a try, even if you're not on a low-carb diet, this is one great way to enjoy the best part of a pizza.