Being totally spoiled as Carol and Paul cook the most amazing feast. Watercolor, journal page.
Lancelot is so smart
Like many of his peers, Lancelot is frequently frustrated by the short battery life of his iPhone. Lancelot also often finds himself rather thirsty during the long hot days of Summer. Suddenly the genius hedgehog has an inspiration - why not design a nano fridge that would clip onto the back of his phone? The coolant would serve to cool the phone and thus prolong its battery life and he would be able to keep a small water bottle chilled and ready to hand. Lancelot knows that nothing betrays one's identity as a tourist like carrying a water bottle. Now no one need ever know. Brilliant. Lancelot immediately contacts the patent office.
Agile was very disappointed
Agile was very disappointed - he had been expecting a mobile, free food, avian delivery service but all he got was some very annoying short messages. So what exactly was the point of Twitter? Editor's note. No image available at this time as there is no wifi on the beach.
Gorgeous Gardens
Sadly Summer is nearing its end but there are still some gorgeous gardens around. I would so love to be able to grow Agapanthus but for now will just have to content myself with painting them. Agapanthus study, watercolor
Agile on vacation
Agile is very happy, his first day on vacation and he has just signed up for a free live twitter feed. Visions of sugar plums are dancing in his head.
Last day - from the train window
The last in this series - from the train window. Storm moving in.
Day 8. Swollen river, Vermont
Day 8, Swollen River, Vermont. A glimpse between trees of a very high river after heavy rain. Oil on board. Painted with just 2 minutes to spare.
Day 7, A rainy night in the Mission
Day 7, A rainy night in the Mission, San Francisco. 90 minutes is not proving long enough. Oil on board, 11 x 14". I could definitely use some help from Hopper here. May have to go back to this one.
Day 6 Cathedral Rocks, NM
Day 6. Cathedral Rocks, NM. Oil on board. One hour and 37 minutes but I just had to finish.
Day 5. view from the window.
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.
Lancelot helps out
A hoot of the car horn and a slam of the door and they were gone. Pausing only to snatch up his pipe, Lancelot and Agile left for New Hampshire. A snake was somewhere on the loose within a fraternity. Remembering Lancelot's skills as a snake charmer, see January entries on this blog, 2013, the year of the snake, the Frat was now summoning Lancelot to their aid, to help them recapture the 3 ft python.
Dartmouth police urged great caution when approaching the snake.
For more details on this story, please see http://thedartmouth.com/2013/07/19/news/python.
Editor's note. Lyude, the missing python was found this morning, (7/24) in a dark, warm hole by the Frat's front door. He is now safely back in his terrarium. Lancelot and Agile will be back in the office tomorrow, 17/25.
More rocks
More rock structures at the beach
