No, I’m not painting WITH kittens; no, they aren’t helping me paint; no, this doesn’t mean I have a painting with kittens as the subject. I’m painting with a paintbrush while the kittens are present and active. The other two kittens hang out together quite a bit; one hides the most so she is “Heidi”, […]
Procrastinating and Painting
Those 2 words together describe a work day last week. At the end of April with heat lurking around the corner, I found it difficult to stay positioned at the easels. It was overcast, which made the flowers seem particularly bright and colorful. The 2 pinks grabbed my attention on the way to the studio. […]
Paintbrush Gardening
Is it gardening when I am planting flowers with my paintbrush? Is it gardening when I am painting wildflowers? It doesn’t matter – sounds good in a blog post title and sort of works. This is one of the popular 6×18″ sized canvases, begun with a few spots and slashes of color. I showed you […]
Name That Drawing
Want to help me name a drawing? First you get to read how the drawing came about. Chickens are a popular subject in life and in art. They will make an appearance in my 2019 calendar, and I chose these 2 photos to work from. The black dude on the lower left has too little detail, […]
May Flowers
April showers bring May flowers in some parts of the world; in Three Rivers, it is more this way: With April heat, May flowers are beat. That’s okay. I can paint my own flowers. But wait! What is all this? This is how it looks when there is a stack of new paintings ready to begin. […]
6 Things I Learned in April
If you don’t know how to tell a sheep from a goat, remember this: goat tails go up, sheep tails go down. (You are welcome – I’m sure this will be useful information to you at some time in your life.) Glazed ceramics are porous- who knew? We have this pretty bottle for dish soap […]
Flowers in My Yard
April is the most beautiful month in Three Rivers and that includes my yard. Our yard. Trail Guy is great with the big stuff like heavy pruning, sprinkler systems, and power tools. I weed, plant stuff, and do girly pruning. P.S. I have one power tool, and when/if it starts, it is great. It is […]
Tiptoeing Along on Several Oil Paintings
Why tiptoeing? Because it feels slow and careful at this stage, like I am just feeling my way along, trying to be as careful as possible. First up, Sawtooth, the commissioned oil painting. Second, rebuild the Kaweah Post Office, also a commissioned oil painting. Third, plant some grasses. (Oil paint grasses, not fescue or bermuda […]
April Distractions in Three Rivers
I tried to oil paint last Friday but the greenery and wildflowers overcame my sense of duty. So, Trail Guy and I drove up North Fork Drive to the end. The road was longer, rougher, narrower than I remembered and all very worth the drive. After we got back home, I painted a little bit […]
More Easel Time
Remember the commissioned oil painting of Sawtooth? I do, really, I do. Please don’t worry, DV! It was a rainy overcast day, and by the time I got to the Sawtooth part of the painting, the light was too poor to mix colors accurately. That wasn’t very important on the first layer, but it is […]