Day 5. Not so pleasing, maybe the size was just too small. a tiny landscape of the English countryside. Clearly I will have to keep practicing....
Day 4. The Lollipop Walkway
Day 4 - The Lollipop Walkway. Photo and memory of a beautiful garden in Hudson, New York. painting from dark to light. Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 "
Day 3, Plums
Day 3 and I just managed to finish this in my self imposed time limit. I think I might have had another 2 minutes but it was close. Plums in a bowl, oil on canvas, 6 x 6" .
Day 2
Day 2 of my mini challenge and I did a little better today, completing a small, well very small, oil of a tin of Harissa paste. ( A wonderful red pepper paste all the way from Tunisia - via San Francisco.). It was a glorious bright yellow with a blue blue lighthouse motif so naturally I had to buy it. Oil on canvas, 5 x 5"
Day 1. Orchard.
Summer camp finished last week so now I have a week off to finish lots of small but needful projects. With just a week at my disposal I decided to try to do a painting a day, limiting myself to a maximum of 90 minutes on any one picture. Mmm we shall see how long this lasts, especially as day 1 is a sort of cheat since I am reworking a similar painting I did earlier this year that was not working for me. but at least I stuck to the time limit. The goal is to get more comfortable working with oils. Orchard, oils, 8 x 10"
Same spot, same day
This was actually my first demonstration this past Wednesday. Painted as a " how to" for my students. Two pine trees and a perhaps beech tree. With lots of black and cadmium lemon yellow combined to make a lovely, dull background green.
Painting Outside
A perfect day to paint outside. Sadly it was also the last but one day of Summer Camp but what better way to spend it than painting in the shade of the pines at the Garden Education Center. A quick demo of 2 pine trees, watercolor, a journal page. Periwinkle and Van Dyck brown make the most perfect silvery grey for tree trunks .
Left overs
After collage class on Tuesday I had a lot of scraps. Time to make a few paper dolls to go with the model village I am working on.
What I am working on at the moment
We have been doing a lot of needle felting at Summer Camp, with some wonderful results. It's quite a challenge keeping everything tidy.. Here is my drafting table, with a small grey hare just starting to take shape.
More rocks
More rock structures at the beach
More rocks - the beach is the only place to be
Another week of not being able to paint outside This time it's just too hot!!! 98 degrees yesterday, for example. So the Out Door class has become an indoor one. "Rocks"-11 x 17".
Rocks
Had hoped to be outside sketching and painting this summer but alas, the weather is not co operating. So instead I am indoors, trying to stay cool, working in my journal. Watercolor of the rocks at Tod's Point.
Summer in the Garden
Summer in the Garden. Cut and torn paper collage with a view of "The Bluest House in the World". A view of my own personal peaceable kingdom, where the deer ignore the greenery and flowers but pause to refresh themselves by the water and the swallow skims happily over the river.
Happy 4th.
Happy 4th. At the beach this am but now resting from the heat.
Happy 3rd of July - getting ready to celebrate
July the 4 th is one of my favorite holidays. I love the fireflies and the fire works, the picnics and the general sense of delight. That moment before the fire works begin is even better than Christmas morning. "Fire works over the Boat House". Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Watercolor, 11 x 14".
At the beach
It was a wonderful weekend to be at the beach. Acrylic ink, sharp eyes, journal page.
At The Beach
Another scene of people enjoying themselves at the beach.
Hurrah for Summer
Summer seems to have finally arrived. Yeah, my favorite season. Friday, the longest day of the year and we saw our first hummingbird in the garden on Friday evening and our first fireflies. A very good beginning. Walking at the beach we have even seen a couple of brave swimmers. So to celebrate Summer, a journal page of paddlers.
Still in the "Bug n Ink" Mode
Butterflies to console oneself for the lack of sun and the torrential downpours ..... Journal page, acrylic ink.
cicada with open wings
Cicada with open wings, journal page & acrylic ink. No sign of cicadas, no sign of humming birds and no fireflies. I think we need less rain and more summer.
