Category Archives: Original Art Available
3 July 2017
fox found a crystal ball, but they won’t tell me what they see in it
btw I realize I keep checking “crayon/pencil” as the medium – that’s because I’m using Caran d’Ache water-soluble and non-water soluble crayons almost entirely these days. With occasional touches of Prismacolor Art Stix. When the crayons get down to nubs, I put them into the wells of an ice cube tray and use them like hard watercolors.
2 July 2017
perhaps another spirit animal? or maybe I should just stop reading the news for a while
1 July 2017
just another dandy looking at the world through weird lenses
30 June 2017
anatomically challenged equine, but at least they’re in a pretty pasture?
To be honest, this is one of the drawings I might not show, if I hadn’t made the commitment to show all my daily drawings. It feels very personal and makes me uncomfortable to look at (funny how that only kicks in after the drawing is done!)
I have a deep desire to please and cheer people, not disturb them. Maybe that’s one of the inner critics with whom I need a more extended conversation.
29 June 2017
On my morning mountain walk I paused to listen to a little stream and thought about all the different kinds of music made by moving water
28 June 2017
Sometimes when I don’t really feel like drawing, one of my cats will provide subject matter.
27 June 2017
many small creatures in the summer garden
26 June 2017
I’m not sure how this relates to such sunny colors, but I was dealing with the transition from vacation back to regular life
Vacation watercolors
Looking at the work of other watercolor artists, most notably Margaret Parker Brown, I was encouraged to break out my old watercolors. The tubes that were still use-able gave me a limited palette but it included several greens, and enough other colors to make a go of it. (You can check out Margaret’s blog, http://yubagold.wordpress.com/)
These are postcard-sized paintings, done quickly. I’m showing you all that I haven’t already given away, even the one I don’t like so much because it’s too fussy. Because the purpose of this blog has always been to show my art journey, not to prove anything about my putative talents!
I made one other larger watercolor puddle, but am not sure it’s done. If I feel like it, I’ll add it to this post later.
The lake was beautiful, the weather gave me clouds and sun so shadows played on the mountains. I hope you all get a chance to restore yourselves someplace beautiful and inspiring this summer!
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