day 2

30 paintings in 30 days

29 faces

daily sketch

acrylic, pencil on canvas board

black gesso, white chalk on teabag

happy friday everyone!

today i am linking with folks paint party friday. ppt is a 

weekly link up hosted by kristen and eva where

other creatives post their work.  on this long weekend 

won't you stop by clicking the link and see some beautiful work?

also, consider joining in the daily paint challenges this month!

i like how it not only pushes my daily art practice but also connects

me to other new and familiar artists.  

pencil sketch

sketch, sketch, sketch

from time to time i remember 

sketching from tv

how important it is to practice sketching

micron pen

so in a flurry, i sketch for a while.

until i forget again.

how about you?  do you sketch or draw on

a regular basis?  

in my world recently

hello to paint party friday friends

and other visitors today.  just a note~~

i will be attending a weekend workshop 

and reply to your comments on monday.

thank you for stopping by today!

...may a flock of colors,

indigo, red, green 

and azure blule

come to awaken in you

a meadow of delight...

john o'donohue

beannacht

Is posting a sketchy, unpolished piece like going outside without your make up on? 

 Maybe, but is there anything 'wrong' with either? 

 While here in cozy corner Utah this week I've done some loose gestural drawings 

using Inktense color blocks, not focusing on a finished piece right now,

 enjoying the spontaneous mark making and attempting only slightly at making it recognizable...

and did I enjoy it. One is my memory of Stewart Falls, the other of a rolling stream 

where i sat looking at the bridge, water running merrily over rocks 

and all the different colors of green wishing i had my sketchbook. 

I'm thinking that creating in different ways with different mediums 

can only feed my painting. What do you think?

Along those veins I made a silver bracelet in two hours. 

I selected a stone and wire for the cuff, 

designed an organic shape for a platform, 

cut a bezel, 

soldered them together, 

set the stone,  textured the platform. 

And voila. I made jewelry  many years ago 

so the process was not totally new to me 

but it was fun to revisit.

Happy Paint Party Friday to all participating 

and a lovely weekend to you. XO

Nature is all over the place here in Utah. From rain to snow to sun shining 

to colorful wild flowers and magnificent sunsets. 

After a nice long hike up to Stewart Falls 

I remembered early camping vacations with my family. 

I am not sure whether the journaling is legible. 

"Every summer my family took a camping/fishing trip. 

We packed our car and drive and drive. My dad planned the vacation 

based on where he wanted to fish. 

"my brother and i played gin rummy in the back seat

we bet our allowances.  sometimes

i cheated.  my little brother never suspected.

big sisters can be mean."

i took advantage of the  unseasonably warm weather this 

week and met a friend early in the morning  at the manhattan beach pier

for a sketching session.  we sat on this bench.

this was our view.  the hill in the background is palos verdes 

where i live.

my watercolor of the morning.   i am used to the brilliant

colors that acrylics offer and and finding my way with watercolors.

afterwards we walked to the end of the pier and watched the surfers.

they surf adjacent to the pier.  you can hear them talk to each other

while waiting for a wave.

the water was so clear that you could see the bottom.

as i left a woman was just starting her day.

a few posts back i showed van gogh's 

mulberry tree that i was to copy for my art class.

here are a few pictures of the process so far.

this is where i am as of now.   i am reading letters that van gogh 

wrote to his brother theo.  it was a particularly torturous time

in his life.  his brush strokes reflect his state, very wild.   it is a 

challenge to reproduce it but i have learned that patience and layers

of paint help.  

and lastly, for this week, i want to share a journal spread.

today, as every friday, i am posting along with friends at 

paint party friday.  click and visit some of the wonderfully

creative folks who share their works there.