journal page

a journal page from my moleskine cahier

journal

Sketching at Balboa Park, San Diego, CA

My second video. Sketching at Balboa Park in San Diego with the weekday sketchcrawl group.

To view on youtube click here I think the image is sharper on YOU TUBE.

video attempt

I want to start posting videos on my blog. This is my first attempt with my canon ... I tried to take out the sound but I didn't know how. I tried the audio swap on youtube but it turned the video to 10 minutes and took FOREVER to load.

Thurdsay I met with the North County Society of Fine Arts and painted a watercolor. There wasn't very much shade so we didn't stay long. It's still fun painting "en plein air" I put my piece on ebay, you can see it here.

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The video is only 1 minute long NOT 9 minutes long.

still learning.

Spring Valley (San Diego)

I went to the san diego watercolor society paint out and did this 9 x 12 watercolor available on ebay The view is from a church in spring valley, san diego, california

journal

jounal

Life drawing at judy's

The Tipping Point

The art flick "tipping point" was about 4 artists and an exhibit of interactive sculpture based on health issues. I enjoyed the artist's work process but I would have liked to see more of the sculptures.

From Netflix: "The Tipping Point: Health Narratives from the South End

(2006) NR

This thought-provoking documentary explores the interaction between health, art and the creative process by shadowing four artists who live and work in Boston's eclectic Sound End neighborhood. As the artists work together over the course of two years to create "The Tipping Point Machine" -- a piece of collaborative artwork that is both interdisciplinary and interactive -- they reveal much about their bodies and themselves."

Pigeons

Pigeons in watercolor done at balboa park, san diego.

journal page 07-06-09

More figure practice

45 second sketches from posemaniacs using old dried up markers.

robert henri quote

Drawing while watching "Bones"

"Be willing to paint a picture that does not look like a picture"

Robert Henri

figure practice

Figure practice using posemaniacs mixed media

sketchbook journal page

chicken

My neighbor's chicken, mixed media

journal entry 07-01-09

Bagels

MY neighbors chickens

TV

drawing from tv

the eye problem

waiting room man

a guy in the eye doc's waiting room

journal entry 06-23-09

chicken

my neighbor's chicken mixed media

06-22-09 journal entry

journal page 06-21-09

Gandhi, the movie

Drawing while watching tv. these were done with pen and ink and marker on tissue paper glued in a moleskine cahier.

International cottages, balboa park (San diego, ca)

These sketches were done at the international cottages in balboa park. I met Rachel K there where we sketched for a few hours. All done in a moleskine cahier.

marker

pencil with watercolor

Pencil and watercolor on a painted background

journal page

I saved this page for a long time because I thought it looked so special. I made it with house paint, magazine color, and marker. Finally I just put a regular old journal entry in it.

rooster

rooster
watercolor
2.5 x 3.5 inches
on ebay

Live WEll

collage

succulents

Oil painting for sale on etsy. click here to purchase.

life drawing at judy's

journal entry of the life drawing group at judy's studio - mixed media

weight

marker with koohinoor pen

drawing from tv

marker squares with ink pen drawings (old dried out crayon brand markers/koohinoor technical pen)

Life drawing

Yesterday I painted some pages in my sketchbook to work on at life drawing today. I am not too happy with my results. I got kind of sloppy. My favorite was drawing on the brown paper bag. I hardly had to apply very much skin color due to the color of the bag.

Watercolor background

acrylic paint background

paper bag back ground

oil pastel background

food

I hate to blog about what I ate

but

Moleskine cahier

The moleskine cahier is a black, nice looking, light weight book but the paper can hardly handle drawing media without bleeding through to the other side. 

the present

Passion for Painting Award

A while back Sarah Lynch gave me the "Passion for Painting" award. I am finally passing it on and thank Sarah very much. Even though it has taken me so long to post it I want you to know I really appreciate it!

It came with these "instructions": This one asks you to share seven things that you like and seven artists (I take this to mean artists with an internet presence) who inspire you.

My artrists are:

Lyn Feudner
Tommy Kane
Crack Skull Bob
Jennifer Lawson
Christine Pearce

Miguel Herranz

Nina Johansson

Boy this was so hard. I am inspired by all the art bloggers...

Bird Poop Rain

Ned

My cat has been out of town for about a month now. I have been waiting for him to return but I think he is gone for good. 

Is Ned Ded?

I kept him fed

I cleaned his bed

I touched his hed

was it something I sed?

failure and success