And More

Continued from Yesterday

One of the backgrounds got a focal piece. I did a pencil drawing for it. The work will likely get more done to it yet.

More form added to this background

Blessed Trinity Sunday.

New and Finished

Painting and Mixed Media

Never mind that last post: I have a competent son who fixes things.

So here are some in-progress works for various on-line classes I am doing, and a piece started awhile ago and now finished.

A Glorious Mess, all spread out to work.

For a class on lots of uses of gesso. The beginnings of a piece.

Always have a wipe-off sheet, they say, so here is mine ( a small canvas), to be used for something later.

The background for a work in progress.

Detail

Not a good photo, but the painting is done. It is quite small.

Blink, Blink

I-pad on the Blink

So I can't put my pictures up here, so no post again. Maybe tomorrow?

Or somebody else?

Just Notes

Sketchbook Entries

Today only had a few notes and scribbles around the busies of life.

Hmmm. What will these become?

Watercolors 56 & 57

Atmosphere

 And....

Summer on -line classes have begun, so preparing for projects.

Now for a Birthday to celebrate!

Hasty Illustration and a Bracelet

STORY TIME:

On a late Sunday afternoon, I sat with my sister on the tables at the laundromat, waiting for our clothes to be done. I was supposed to catch up on my email and do a few necessary chores online from my phone, but instead I found myself opening up the documents app and thumb-typing a mini story.

Later that night, I took out my sketchbook and my favorite pen, and scribbled down an illustration to go with the mini story I'd hatched at the laundromat, intending to put it on my Instagram. But then I decided not to do that. The story is much too rough, and the sketch is not too great, either. But I'll share the picture I took with you here! Haha. :)

The words on the paper are not the complete story, but an excerpt I took out to go with the picture... idk haha

(end of story)


The Pac-Man bracelet is finished! I'll draw up the tutorial for next week's post, as currently I have only a pile of pictures and am desperately in need of sleep before I work tomorrow.

(In case you don't remember from last year, summer is a pretty hectic time for me to try to squeeze stuff in beside my work schedule. Oh, well... I'm grateful for the pay check anyway.)

Have a lovely week!

Galaxy Watercolor

There is a fun watercolor trend right now of painting watercolor backgrounds that look like outer space, maybe something you might see with a deep space telescope.  It's called "galaxy" and it's really good practice for getting watercolor dark and intense.  There is a challenge this month called #Outofthisworldwatercolour and I've been joining in.  

Actually this first one is not for the challenge, but I made two graduation cards to send to a niece and nephew and I may post this for the challenge later.

For this one the prompt was "shades of blue".  I needed to send out a thank you card that day, so I killed two birds with one stone that time.  I found these blank kraft paper cards and envelopes at a yard sale, so I've had some fun with them.  Photo background is a gelli print.

This one is "shades of red" which seemed completely impossible.  I tried this window shape thing and well, it looked better in my head.  I added a Mark Twain quote for fun, but my pen didn't like the watercolor paper very much.

And today's prompt is "shades of yellow" also seemingly impossible!  How can you get it dark enough?  Right, well, so I guess this is a nebula, or something.  I used the word from another challenge prompt because it seemed to fit.

I really will try to stick out this challenge till the end (it's only every other day), so hopefully I'll post more "galaxies" later!

Pentecost Comforts

The Comforter Comes

"Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

2 In my Father's house are many mansions. I go to prepare a place for you.

3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.

These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."

This is the rest of the paper-cut work you saw on Ascension. 

Blessings on this holy day.

Watercolours 53 - 55, Art Therapy

Lady Sunshine

And

Additions

Alaska

She was Thom's pony.

Watercolour 52

Baby Blue

This was first layer, but seemed to need more....

Added this.....

This needs further contemplation. It might get more work. It isn't mixed media, so options are limited.