Windy Day Cachet Watercolor Journal 7 x 10 inches Watercolor & Coptic Ink Click to enlarge You'd think I would have more sense than to go out the day after Hurricane Irene passed through and try to paint on location. You'd be wrong. I wanted to test out a new stool I'd purchased the weekend before. So off I went on Saturday morning....
A couple of weekends ago, hubby and I headed up to Ocala where they have two stores that Tampa does not—a Gander Mountain and a Hobby Lobby! Something for everyone! It turned out to be a nice day away as Ocala is horse country with lots of rolling hills and gorgeous oak trees. We managed to get "lost" once and didn't even bother...
Let me start this post out with a big thanks for all the kind comments and thoughts on the previous post with regard to my total backslide into deep water filled with piranhas (also known as insecurites)—your words meant the world to me! I have begun sketching on some of the wedding photos again, but so far, have not completed anything. I'll post...
This past Saturday, my niece Amanda was married at an outdoor wedding.....in August.....in Florida. Yes, you read that correctly. In the photo, the flower girl is spraying Amanda's face with a water mister/fan thingie that helped to keep the girls cool before the ceremony. I had started to put together a sketch of some of these images. I wanted to do a more...
Two posts back (here), I laid out clear goals for the new sketchbook...keep it LOOSE and leave lots of WHITE SPACE. So what did I do? I promptly blew one of the goals! Spot Watercolor on Handmade Paper in bound journal Art size - 5.5 x 5 inches I knew I was in trouble shortly after I started this. The vision of this...
Bar Patron at Chili's Junk Journal Permanent Pen 5 x 5 inches I recently found myself in a wonderful discussion when I was asked what makes a piece of art a sketch vs. a painting. The artist I was discussing this was rather amazed and a bit dismayed at what some folks put into a sketchbook. Her frustration showed in her comment, "But,...
...I've started another journal. *Sigh.* I've tried to be good and focus on the ones I currently have going. Really. I have. Beaufort, SC Handmade Paper Journal 8 x 8inches watercolor, watercolor pencil and Inktense pencil However, I'm learning that once a journal 'ho, always a journal 'ho. The thought process behind starting this journal is that I want to loosen up. I...
Secrt [Sic] Garden Door 3.5 x 8.5 inches M. Graham Watercolors and Ink Click to enlarge Each day as we walked to the trolley in New Orleans, we passed this really cool doorway. It led to someone's backyard. There was a house, a garage and other structures back behind the doorway, but for my purposes, I chose to edited them out. I've always...
When I posted the recent images of color swatches and the post of the blueberry video, I received a number of questions around how I chose the pigments on my palette—all 27 of them and I promised to address that it in a separate post. Today's the day. I generally work from a split primary palette in that I have a cool and...
I apologize for not having any pictures to go with this post, but taking photos, drawing and painting were the farthest things from my mind during my 3 days in Charlotte, NC at the Uplevel Your Purpose Retreat. In the many events I've attended over the years in corporate America, I don't believe I've ever experienced the openness, energy and willingness to connect as...
