Sunday, November 21, 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of little watercolors lately, mainly because I am trying to use up this certain sketchbook that I bought as an experiment. I have a long way to go, but I am really unhappy with the paper in it, so I just want to burn through the pages. It is made […]
Friday, November 19, 2010
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 […]
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
After I painted this yesterday, I looked through some of the other watercolors that I had done recently. It occurred to me that I’ve been using a lot of blue and green. It is a color combination that makes me feel very happy. But, part of the reason is that I accidentally squeezed out way […]
Monday, November 15, 2010
Yesterday I was looking around on Google Street View for a good scene to use for this month’s Virtual Paintout in Rio de Janeiro. I didn’t find a scene that I wanted to use for the challenge, but I did find an interesting tree to sketch. I was attracted to the shape of the foliage and […]
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Every fall I make some sort of leaf drawing or painting. In fact, leaves seem to be a favorite theme of mine all year long. They seem to have a lot of personality and each one is different, which I love. While doing a Google image search for “paintings of leaves,” I found the site […]
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Yesterday it was very raw and rainy out, so I felt that I needed a colorful boost. This painting is based on a photo I took on a sunny July day in 2009. I am glad that I have a folder of reference photos on my computer for times like this. It’s not raining today, […]
Saturday, October 30, 2010
I’m sorry about the issues I’ve been having with my feedburner feed recently. The first post was my mistake, but I’m not sure why it sent out another email for an old post this morning. I have a lot of things that I want to do before the end of the year, so I’ve been […]
Thursday, September 30, 2010
This sketch was meant as a practice sketch for a painting that I have been meaning to do for some time. I took out my Tombow markers for it, which I don’t use too often. They are fun to work with as they have both a brush and fine line tip and I have about […]
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
I’ve had a lot of alone time on my hands these days. A lot of time without Internet or TV or movies. Naturally I’ve been feeling a bit closed off from the world. I should be getting “connected” again soon though, which will be nice. I’ve been really needing a mental break, so I am […]
Sunday, September 5, 2010
This is a sketch I made of the ocean at low tide when I was visiting Ogunquit, Maine a few weeks ago. It was a nice mid week mini-trip and I took lots of reference photos. I will most likely start working from these when I finish the big drawing that I am working on […]