Jacqueline of Art in My Heart asked how I created the snow effect in the new blog header. Here are my steps: 1. As this piece of art was created for the purpose of using it as a greeting card and I may change the greeting on the front, I opted to use Photoshop® to create the greeting rather than paint it in...
Time to spruce up the blog for the festive, holiday season! And who better to help than a few of my feathered friends?! Oh, and now it's snowing! I hope your holiday season is off to a fabulous start. We had a wonderful 4 day weekend with family, food and lots of fun! We're getting ready to pull our decorations down from the...
Be warned! This may be far more information than you ever wanted to know about me.... ________________________________________ I am not a housekeeper. Never have been, and I dare say, never will be. Despite a strong desire for a sparkling, pristine, clean house, I have little to no enthusiasm for housecleaning. I have far better things to do and can ignore housework like nobody's...
NOLA Sketchbook Watercolor on 140 lb. Arches CP 3.5 x 8.5 Inches Click to enlarge Though this says Garden District on it, in truth, Kathy and I spent very little time in the "proper" Garden District. It is amazingly easy to get turned around in NOLA. After comparing notes, we realized that we had passed through the Garden District but did not actually...
...sometimes, I get overwhelmed and disoriented as I blaze a trail for this new life of mine. It seems the Universe knows and understands this about me. Quite often I receive directional clues. They come in a variety of forms, including fortune cookie fortunes, quotes from friends and on occasion, an actual sign. They help me get back on track, find my way...
There was So Much More to New Orleans than either I or Kathy were expecting to see/find. If you're interested in reading about Kathy's take on New Orleans, hop over to Catching Happiness, where she talks about our recent trip! There was So Much More to New Orleans than either I or Kathy were expecting to see/find. If you're interested in reading about...
Sketchbook from New Orleans Trip Watercolor and Ink 8.5 x 3.5 inches I thought I "knew" New Orleans. After all, we've all heard stories of drunken stupidity on Bourbon Street, right? And Mardi Gras is just another excuse for more drunken stupidity, right? I couldn't have been more wrong! Kathy, of Catching Happiness, and I have just returned from the Crescent City and...
In my post about being a palette junkie, I mentioned that I modified my palettes and a number of folks inquired as to how I did that. As I started to write the post about modifying palettes, I came across a piece of info about the glue I use that gave me pause. I wrote to the company to get clarification. I'm going...
Watercolor on Tissue paper with Ink Handbook Watercolor Journal 3.5" x 8.5" I recently saw an article on using spray adhesive to attach a piece of tissue paper to the page, over a sketched subject, where you then watercolored on top of the tissue paper. In the example I saw, the color diffused and the wrinkles in the paper added texture to the...
Watercolor Handbook Watercolor Journal 8.5" x 3.5" I love the Autumn season for the gifts it brings in the way of "fallen" treasures (leaves), glorious color and the cooler temperatures. I also love the way soup tastes once the weather cools off. My mom is the champion soup maker of all time (in my book)!! One of my very favorite things is herbal...
Watercolor in Handbook Watercolor Journal 8.5" x 3.5" And cool enough to enjoy it as well! This is our copper fire bowl that we use when the weather cooperates with cool temps and there's not a lot of wind. I sketched and painted this with the help of my 3 canine friends, one of which managed to get a good amount of pigment...
Ink and Watercolor in Handbook Watercolor Journal 3.5 x 8.5 inches We've had rain (yay!!!! much needed!) for the last few days. Today, we awoke to gloriously blue skies, much cooler temperatures and wind! The leaves are coming down fast and furious. Don't think we're going to have much color this year. The piece above was done in about 30 minutes, start to...
As promised, here is way too much information about my addiction to palettes (all photos are clickable). It's a long and littered road..... Lipstick or Stealth Palette Business card included for scale Stealth Palette closed This is the Stealth Palette, formerly a lipstick sampler from Trish McEvoy. I use this when I'm sketching out in public and don't particularly care for anyone to...
"You know what you get when you beat a horse, not just to death, but beyond recognition?" she asked. "Horse feathers!" You know what you get when you paint a painting beyond recognition?! Overworked and muddy or said another way, "Horse feathers!!" (Loose translation of horse feathers is rubbish or nonsense.) It may not appear overworked or muddy in the scan, but yeah, it...
Watercolor Sketch from an Imaginary Visit Through Autumn 2010 5" x 5" For some reason it always seems like Autumn starts in November. Perhaps it's because I live in Florida and that's usually when we begin to see a change in the weather. The humidity drops and a few trees begin to shed their leaves. Our big Maple trees are dropping their leaves...
