Day 23

Relaxing on the couch with my own personal male model. (Okay, I had to convince him to stay still while I am across the room trying to draw him, but that doesn't sound as good.)

mixed media (watercolor and water soluble graphite), 9" x 4", from observation, ~30 minutes

Day 20

Can you tell what I have been thinking about? Usually around Spring Break time I start dreaming about the beach. (Let's be honest, I dream about the beach year round.) I fell in love with Savannah, GA in college because of its charm, but also its proximity Tybee Beach. I have spent many days laying on a towel at the State Park on Galveston Island. I got married on the beach in St. Croix. I love the feel of the warm breezes, the sound of the waves in the background, the smell of the salt (and sometimes the seaweed), and even the free exfoliation of the sand. It is meditative, relaxing and reviving. 

(Thanks to my SIL Cheryl for picking up this shell in St. Croix and giving it to us to remember our great wedding week.)

watercolor (and watercolor pencil), 8" x 8", from observation, ~2.5 hours

Day 12

An afternoon in the garden...

watercolor, 8" x 8", from observation, ~3 hours

Day 11

Simple beauty from the kitchen...

I remember doing a bowl of eggs as a sketchbook assignment in high school. That one was done in pencil. If I find the sketch, I will post a pic.

watercolor, 8" x 8", from observation, ~1.5 hours

Day 6

Friday in Houston was beautiful, so I took my art outside. I had been eyeing these little flowers on a succulent in my garden for a while. I don't know why, but I am always a little surprised when a succulent or cactus sends up a shoot and blooms. So I took my watercolor pencils outside to sit in the sunlight and create the drawing.

watercolor pencil, 8" x 8", from observation, ~2.5 hours

Day 3 (Part 2)

I decided to try a new medium that I purchased but had not used yet - water soluble graphite. The came as almost a thick crayon, so I didn't get as much fine line as I would have liked, but they were fun to use and will be great to play with on mixed media pieces.

mixed media (water soluble graphite and white prismacolor pencil), 4" x 9"

from observation, ~30 minutes

Day 1

Sunday was mostly gray here in Houston, and it has mostly been gray all winter, so I decided I needed to work on something that reminded me of sunshine and summer. As they say, when life gives you lemons... paint them?

Did anyone else work on a piece?

watercolors, from observation, ~3 hrs