Misdirected Anger

sketchbook journal entry

benten

tHE Goddess of Creativity is one of the 7 Gods of Happiness and the only women in the group. I was introduced to them by my friend Eileen who has a beautiful set given to her by her father. ... many years ago. I admired them and set out to find my own. She also gave me a set. You can SEE ALL THE entries by going up to the left hand corner of this blog and doing a "search this blog" for goddess.

Wikepedia explains them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Lucky_Gods

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A garden at the San Diego County Fair
gouache
2.5 x 3.5 inches

Goddess of creativity

Another Goddess of Creativity

chairs

the chairs - where I went yesterday

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Crow Raven
2.5 x 3.5 inches
mixed media

2 boxes

I have been wanting to do this for a long time. Silly but true.

a decoupaged box for my tubes of watercolor paints and one for my socks without partners.

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chicken

gouache
2.5 x 3.5 inches

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Chicken
2.5 x 3.5 inches
gouache on mat board

just drawing from tv

Georgia O'Keeffe and the Women of the Stieglitz Circle

This is a page of sketches I did while at the Stieglitz Exhibit earlier this week.

















Anne Brigman was a photographer. Her photographs showed the female nude in dramatic landscapes.

Pamela Coleman Smith was a watercolor artist and graphic designer. The exhibit showed a set of Tarot cards she designed and many book illustrations as well.

Alfred Stieglitz was a renowned photographer. He was married to Georgia O'Keeffe.

EDM 184 Draw a bench

this is part of a bench for Everyday Matters #184 it was drawn while in Santa Barbara last week.

Balboa Park

This is a sketch done at Balboa Park from the Sculpture Court Cafe while waiting for the San Diego Museum of Art to open.

One of the photographers in the Stieglitz group exhibit was Gertrude Kasebier. She used a lot a white and manipulated her images to give them a painterly quality. Motherhood and family was the theme in a lot of her work.

1000 Artist Journal Pages

I finally got my copy of 1000 Artist Journal Pages written by Dawn DeVries Sokol! Dawn was nice enough to include 4 of my journal pages.

If you want inspiration for journaling or just sketchbook drawing you will love this book. She also includes websites, blogs and contact information for each artist. Well done Dawn!

Vacation entry part 2

Vacation entries

I just got back from a short trip to Sequoias, Yosemite and Santa Barbara. These are a few sketchbook pages from my trip...

sketchbook

judy's

We didn't have a model today so we drew Sadie and each other.

sketchbook journal entry

Generation Kill 2

Generation Kill

Drawing while watching Generation Kill

The wire 3

watching the wire

watching rambo

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Cow
gouache
2.5 x 3.5 inches

View from Borders

sketchbook journal entry

a sad entry in my sketchbook

the wire 2

the wire

Drawing while watching tv

Boone facts

Goddess of creativity

The Goddess

















from a set a friend gave me.

Just a sketchbook journal entry

One of my "issues"

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La Jolla Shores Lifeguard Station

Pen, ink, watercolor
5 x 7 inches

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Spanish Village
Watercolor

5 x7 inches

Just a journal entry

practice

I practice not getting mad at my husband for leaving his stuff laying out ALL THE TIME by drawing and painting it.

everyday matters 178 draw something red

This is my red coffee pot. I didn't like it at first because my kitchen is blue and gray. Now I like the way it stands out. Bright and RED.

an award

Yesterday I found out that Mark Hill at http://paperravenbks.blogspot.com/ nominated me for an award. Thank you!

The rules of acceptance are:

1. Put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate 7 other blogs.
4. Add links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs.

Participation is optional.

I nominated:
Tommy Kane of Tommy Kane
Jennifer Lawson of Jennifer Lawson
Crack Skull at Crack Skull Bob
Kevin Cornell Bear Skin Rug
Gabi Campanario at Seatle Sketcher
Lyn Feudner Lyn Feudner
Mattias Adolfsson at mattias

Life Drawing

I went to Ramona today to draw with a life drawing group. I warmed up on a large sheet of bond then, retreated to my small watercolor moleskine. The bean sketch is from yesterday. Just a reminder to myself....

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This was done at the San Diego Watercolor Society Paint out today at Spanish Village in Balboa Park.

Here are the other artist's work.

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Watercolor
5 x 7 inches

The watercolor was done at La Jolla at a North County Society of Fine Arts Paint Out.

Joan and Clem painting on a cliff.

Susan

Albina

EDM Challenge 179 Draw an onion

This is a pregnant onion. I sketched it in watercolor from life. They grow like nobody's business. They just keep having babies all over the place. You can't eat them or you will die. Too bad.

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Building at San Diego County Fair
pen and ink with watercolor

on illustration board

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Flowers
miniature
2.5 x 3.125 inches
pen and ink with watercolor

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This little piece was done on location at the San Diego County Fair. In the Home and Garden area.



Flowers in pen and ink with watercolor.
On Illustration Board
3 3/8 x 3 3/8 inches