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** Poppy Update **
My husband is so wonderful. An ordinary man would’ve brought home a get well card, or a bouquet of flowers for his injured wife. Not my guy. Ask for a cane, and you get a cane.
Actually, I haven’t been able to navigate the stairs to the basement studio. Since that is no […]
Pastel Sampler
Soft Pastel, 12×16
Microsoft has updated it’s software again, and websites everywhere have gone kablooey. The blog has always been iffy on Internet Explorer, but it went completely blank with version 7. Time for some website first aid.
I guess the first thing you’ll notice today is the new Wordpress template. I hope you can see […]
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Long weekends are for gardeners, and this weekend we finally got the rock garden started. We’ve been collecting large rocks for several years and we finally have enough for a rather large and shady area at the corner of the front yard.
The hostas have been in for […]
Tomato & Onions
India Inks, 10×7
This is a long weekend for most people living in the United States. Cook-outs and picnics are common activities over the long holiday weekend, and many folks will be traveling to their destinations in spite of the rising cost of gasoline.
The tomato & onion illustration is for the May 25th WDE. […]
Here’s the latest on the poppies. I started by taking a little off both the top and bottom of the buildings. Nothing in this picture was going to work while those buildings were as tall as the trees. At this distance, they need to almost disappear to appear real.
I’ve added more soft grayed-greens to the […]
Phew! I think I’m slowly but surely finding the best colors in the pastel box that work well for landscapes. I think my atmospheric perspective shows some improvement even though I let those distant buildings get too big. I’ll have to take a little off the top (or bottom), but I’m a whole lot happier […]
Yessiree, it’s time for another landscape. Just because they’re my weakest subject (right after algebra) is no reason not to do them. Practice makes perfect, right?
I still need a rough idea of where things are going to go, so I start with a sketch using soft vine charcoal. It’s easy to brush it out of […]
Thai Cafe
Inks, 10 x 7
I know what you’re thinking… she’s given up pastels for ink. Not really, it just seems that way because I’m obsessed with a new toy.
Pastels need to be protected once they’re finished. Unless I choose to frame it, it goes into a portfolio between 2 sheets of glassine paper and I […]
Banana Blossoms
Inks, 8×5
This week’s WDE takes us to Thailand, where people have banana plants growing in their backyards instead of snapdragons.
Happy Birthday Teri!
Snapdragons
Inks, 8×5
We finally got some snapdragons this year. They were one of my favorites when I was a kid, and I still haven’t outgrown playing with them. These will be going around the birdbath, where I can see them from my kitchen window.
