Back from Santa Barbara, More Watercolor Pencils, and more
Dave and I had a lovely time in Santa Barbara. We flew directly to the Santa Barbara Airport from Phoenix. It’s a tiny quaint airport with very little in the way of amenities, but it has that lovely Spanish architecture that we loved. For the first time in a long time, I didn’t need to [...]
Week 2 Farmhouse Painting
As I mentioned last week, I plan to use a photo I did of a farmhouse/shack in Sedona as a learning piece each week. After I go through the exercises in the class, I’m going to see how my work has changed by going back to this reference photo I took. I’ve done that for [...]
Watercolor Pencil Day
Today I started working on the first drawing with my watercolor pencils. I’ve never attempted to draw from some of my hundreds of photos from our travels, but I figured this was a great time to do that. I took a photo of an ostrich about 3 years ago at the San Diego Zoo. Until [...]
Back in the studio
I’m pleased to say that I’m safely back in the studio after all the balance issues I had. It appears that last week’s solumedrol treatments have finally done their magic! I spent much of this morning getting my things ready for the Watercolor Pencil Workshop with Cathy Johnson. Class starts tomorrow, and I couldn’t be [...]
Back from Kauai
Well, we’re back! We had a much-needed vacation. Lots of relaxing and enjoying island breezes and island food. Dave and I both came back relaxed and refreshed. We stayed at the Grand Hyatt Kauai, which is located on Shipwreck Beach. We spent much of our time relaxing – taking naps by the beach, taking photos, [...]
Drawing and Sewing
I’ve been drawing the past week. Every chance I get I have my little (4″ x 6″) sketchbook and a pen with me. If I hit a spot where I don’t know what to do next, I find something in the studio to sketch. I’m using the Danny Gregory books as my inspiration – everything [...]
Painting, painting, painting
I was honored to have the opportunity to spend Wednesday with some arty friends. DJ Pettitt, returning from her workshop in Kauai (yes, folks, the same place I left two weeks ago!), had a long layover. Angie picked her up at the airport and they both came over and we played in the studio. I’ve [...]
Friday
Happy Friday, everyone! I cannot believe this week went by so quickly! I stayed in the studio all day yesterday, since DH played poker (poorly. He was home early!). I got to be in the studio until 10 pm. Usually I’m out of here when DH comes home, if not earlier! I turned on my [...]
More art to share
I have more art to share with you! I know you were all probably expecting it yesterday (I did say I would have it up then, didn’t I?), but I spent yesterday loading all the software onto my darling husband’s new laptop that replaced my old windows XP laptop that Best Buy finally junked. He [...]
Catching up and LOTS of ART!
I cannot tell you how good it feels to have my “lifeline” back! I missed all my online friends! Thanks for hanging in there while I was dealing with the computer issues. I did get a call from Best Buy today. They’re junking the computer (DUH!) and s DH is going to get a new [...]
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