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Strawberry Season
Watercolor Sketchbook
Tis the season for fresh fruit, and these yummies were picked at a local farm. You could buy them already picked, or pick your own for a much better price. We picked our own, and then stopped for ice cream before returning to ye olde homestead. No outing is complete until we stop […]
Mountain Laurel thrives on steep hills.
Yep. That’s what I’ve been… swamped! We also took a break and went to the swamp down near the in-laws. The pretty pink flowers are Mountain Laurel. They have a fairly long blooming period, and we’re going to try to get back down there next weekend - early - so […]
K is for…
Ink, Pastel Pencil
K is for kaleidoscope. K is for Krylon, Koh-I-Noor, and kraft paper. K is for kneaded eraser, and kolinsky sable.
K is for khaki. K is for King’s yellow and King’s blue, and for Kermes, a deep red made from insects that live on the Scarlet oak. K is for Kassler yellow, […]
J is for…
Handbook Journal, Ink
J is for journal. J is for jaune brilliant and jacaranta brown. J is for juried competitions, and the judge that awards the prizes.
J is for Jullian Easel and Jo Sonja Paint. J is for jube, a gothic choir screen, and for jali, an openwork screen carved from stone. J is […]
Happy Mother’s Day
Watercolor, 6.5″ x 9.75″
Well dear readers, today is Mother’s Day, so in keeping with the current alphabet theme: M is for Mother.
Some mother’s are artists. Some mother’s are painted by artists, while others support the arts, spending their money at arts & craft fairs instead of the local discount mart. Still, other mother’s […]
I is for…
Ink, Watercolor
I is for imagination. I is for illustration, inspiration, and the illuminated letters that decorate this sketchbook. I is for ink, intaglio, and intarsia, an inlay method of making images.
I is for indigo, indianthrone, and iron blue. I is for Indian yellow, ivory black, and iris green. I is for their intensity […]
H is for…
Ink, Pastel Pencil
H is for hue. H is for Hansa yellow, Harrison red, and Haarlem blue. H is for Hooker’s, Holly, and Hungarian greens. H is for heliotrope, an impermanent red-violet, and for hartshorn, which was made from calcinated deer antlers.
H is for highlight, hieroglyphics, and history painting. H is for horizon […]
