May25Art

My canvas tool bag is packed with brushes and paint and all the stuff I could fit in it for my week long workshop in Boone NC.  I'll be taking a Birgit O'Connor workshop painting flowers... I'm so looking forward to it.  I wish this 'bag' was the only one I needed... I have a Cheap Joe's workshopper bag also full of brushes and stuff... a two gallon water bucket loaded with my palette and more brushes... and then there's the box of full size sheets of watercolor paper... a couple of sketch books... ok I'm taking just about everything I own including a coffee cup and a wine glass... oh yes and flip flops and underwear :-)

May24Art

My little girl dog Gracie makes me laugh almost every day... her playful spirit in contagious.  My husband also makes me laugh... but drew the dog because she is easier.

May23Art

Summer Joy... armloads of flowers from the garden... well maybe this is a little exaggeration.. LOL

May22Art

I had two choices for maps, either a tracking dog map or an agility dog course map.  Since the agility dogs have much more colorful maps... I chose this one.  The quote is from Susan Garett a very famous agility dog trainer, google her if you're curious about dog agility.  The dotted path is the intended path of the dog... but is not usually included on maps posted for the handlers to study... figuring out the best path is part of the game.  This would be a beginner training exercise... because there are no weave poles and no see saw... and no double or triple jumps... just an easy fun run for dogs and handlers.

May21Art

Green bananas were the last item added to the cart... I remember because I sent my husband to get them as I was unloading the cart at the check out.  So 'green' bananas was the last thing I bought.

May20Art

I rarely drink Margaritas... but if I'm going to have a drink other than wine or beer... it will be a Margarita... besides they have cool looking glasses and a great yellow green color.
Well Flickr rolled out a new interface, doesn't work that well looks like a bad imitation of Facebook (which I don't really like that much either).  Added my complaints to the thousands piling up in the help forums.  Don't web programmers TEST their code before moving to production?

May19Art

My husband handed over his watch without even asking why I wanted it... but curious got the better of him when I handed it back... he asked what I needed it for.  Since there are 4 clocks in plain view of my desk one set to GMT and I had my own watch on... he had a reason to be curious.  I explained about needing to draw something that belonged to someone else...and that I'd thought about drawing his jockey shorts... but decided that was too personal.  He agreed the watch was a better choice LOL.

May18Art

Tried to do a continuous line drawing of my left palm.... I still get lost doing those.. that's why my little finger ended up looking bigger than my thumb LOL...
Watching the Preakness... will Orb have a shot at the triple crown this year?  We'll know pretty soon.

May17Art

I thought I was so clever using my red ink to letter the Band-Aid in the places it was red on the actual band-aid... but discovered my new 'Cranberry' Noodler's ink doesn't play well with water... probably should have painted the pale blue first and then lettered... now it looks like my drawing is in need of a band-aid...

May16Art

In the news this week, but even before all that... a letter in the mail from the IRS can make my heart skip a beat or two or three.  They definitely scare me BIG TIME.

May15Art

I love my yellow Lamy pen so much, when I saw a yellow Lamy mechanical pencil I had to have it... I must admit I don't use it much anymore... too hard for watercolor paper, and not dark enough for note taking... so it is just pretty to look at... otherwise useless.
My favorite pencil is a 4B Koh-I-Noor... ugly but useful... so I didn't draw it.

May14Art

This little Rhino I got at Barnes and Nobel book store.  It caught my eye because it is a bright red/orange.. and it is labeled as 'Rhino Eraser'.. I have never used it as an eraser... I enjoy looking at it too much.
So I'm hoping an eraser counts as a figurine.

May13Art

This is my foam neck pillow... I love this pillow and when I travel it goes with me... compared to other people's decorative pillows it is pretty plain jane... but looks aren't everything...and where it counts 'comfort' this pillow shines.

May12Art

This jar of grape jelly probably 2 years old... and possibly older.  This is my jar of jelly and I have a piece of toast maybe once a month, and since I'm a diabetic I only use a tiny bit of jelly for flavor on my toast.  My husband doesn't like grape jelly, so it takes me YEARS to finish a small jar of jelly.  So it is no doubt the oldest thing in our refrigerator.