Carolyn A Pappas

Art Every Day Month is going well so far. I am so thankful for all the kind comments — it is such an encouragement for me. I also have twenty-five out of fifty drawings/paintings completed for NaNoDrawMo. I have been counting the small watercolors as part of NaNoDrawMo just because of the time involved, but I would love to do more than fifty so I can count my watercolors as extra material.

I did this yesterday from a photo I had taken in 2008 at Lake Eden, Vermont. I was experimenting to see what a pencil sketch with watercolor wash would look like. I feel that my artwork is too “tight” and I am trying to loosen things up, especially in my sketchbooks. I wanted it to look wet and misty which was how it was at the time when I took the photo. It was about 7 am and everyone else was still indoors so it was very peaceful.

Yesterday I also ordered some MiniCards from MOO. I used about twenty or so images, mostly things that I did this year but I also some from 2008 and 2009. I used only bright and colorful pieces because I wanted the set to be consistent and those pieces are the ones that usually get more attention from people. Next time I do this, I will first sort through the images and pick out the ones that I want to use before uploading (to make the process faster). I also had some issues with some of the files not uploading, and had to go back (sometimes five or six times) to try again. In any case, I can’t wait to see what they look like when they arrive.