EDM 53 = Mouths

Every Day Matters Challenge #53 is Mouths and "Write about speaking out or holding ones tongue." I used this exercise to do a cartooning practice session from Cartooning the Head and Figure by Jack Hamm. The yawning mouth makes me yawn every time!

My drawing of Bernie on Fox News Channel!

This is funny. . .

The short version: My drawing of Bernie is on Greta Van Susteren's web blog.

The long version: I watch Greta Van Susteren most every evening and once in a while I read her blog. She was stating that according to her email, Bernie Grimm seems to be the viewers' favorite person on her legal panel. I sent in an email saying that I have to agree, I always sketch him while I am watching her show. I actually sketch all of them but I sent her the Bernie sketch.
I was delighted to see that she posted the picture on her blog! It is from March but I just found it the other night!

I feel so happy!

NCSFA Sketch and Paint June 2

My husband and I took our dogs to Kit Carson Park in Escondido to take pictures of Sand Lake. This little pond looks different everytime I go!

The North County Society will have a Sketch and Paint out at this location on June 2nd, from 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. No instructor, no fees, guests welcome. Take 15, exit on Via Rancho Parkway (turns into Bear Valley Parkway), Kit Carson Park is on the left. There is parking across the pond in front of the green and beige sports building.

EDM Challenge #44 was done from a few photos I took today
- practicing my "quick sketching techniques".

Remember Our Fallen Heroes

Eating, Part 2

Eating

Yeah, definitely need to start eating better.

EDM Challenge 60 = car

Here are my cars for Everyday Matters # 60.
I have been sketching but not posting.
This drawing was done while stuck in traffic. . . Stuck at a light of course!

Obsession

This is the new piece I am working on, titled, "car troubles". It is still "evolving" but I have an idea of where I want to go with it. The ideas change as I go along. Hopefully the obsession with this car will subside soon.

New work

I am updating my website little by little, inch by inch, step by step.
I have 2 new oil paintings in my gallery
and also included my nephew's work which I call dark cats.
Follow the links if you want to take a look.

Do you like pastrami?

Rancho Cucamunga

If you ever get to visit southern California you have to go to the HAT. It was one of our late night stops "back in the day." We only had one Hat back then, on the street corner of Garfield and Valley Blvd., in Alhambra. It was open at the time of night when nothing else was open and an attack of the Munchies came over us. It's a good memory and the beef dips, pastramis, and fries are just as good as ever.

Upland

EDM 65 and 66

Everyday Matters Challenge 65 is draw a nose.
Mine were drawn from TV.

Challenge 66 is draw a fire hydrant.
I drew the one in the center while waiting for my son.
The other 2 were from a web site from American Flow Control.

NCSFA Sketch and Paint Out

I was the only one at the paint out today.
It was freezing cold but I still had a good time sketching and painting!

I tried a new signature, sort of Japanese style with my initials in a rectangle.
Probably influenced by my friend, Eileen.

The 3 little blobs in the water are ducks.

My husband taught me that.

Waiting for my son.

Waiting

Sinch by the Inch

I didn't draw much today. . .

but I heard a saying I liked.

Everything or anything is

Birthday Slogan

The new title for my sketch book is
"I'm gonna thrive, I'm fifty-five!"

Part 1

Bully

Dog Abuser

I absolutely love my new car . . . but my dog doesn't.

pRESIDENT hU jINTAO

In the news and what I learned from Knowledge News. President Hu Jintao visited the White House last week. Who is he? President of The NPC (National Peoples Congress) in China. He was elected president in 2003. The NPC is 1 of 3 governing institutions of China: 1. Central Peoples Government 2. Peoples Liberation Army and 3. the Chinese Communist Party.

EDM Challenge 62

Everyday Matters Challenge #62 is draw something you have drawn before but in a new medium. Maybe I misunderstood this one. I have never drawn my Easter flowers before but I gave gauche a try after admiring Roz's gauches. It was difficult. I don't know whether to dilute the paint like watercolor or work thick. mmmm. I also tried marker which was frustrating because I couldn't blend. Nice challenge.

Acrylic Techniques

My friend invited me to a free clinic on acrylic techniques given by Jody Abssy.
We tried masking with tape, gel texture, block printing and glazing.
Here are my results:

This is a pretty basic technique of masking areas and painting over the masking tape. I made my edges jaggy to create the effect of hillsides. I also used the glazing technique in this exercise.

This was the exercise was done with a block used for batiking. I tried a block with little leaves and flowers then painted an underwater scene on it.

The gel technique was used to create texture. It can be mixed with cat litter, sawdust, beads. We just scraped the gel around the paper and when it dried, painted on it.

What an art day!

We had the North County Society of Fine Arts Sketch and Paint Out at the Museum of Man today. There was just 2 of us. We sketched a bit and then just wandered around looking at the exhibits. These sketches are from the Reflections Exhibit.

Then off to the The San Diego Museum of Art where there was an exhibition of Goya's Portraits.

This is Portrait of the Marquis of Sofraga which is part of an exhibition of ten portraits. The show is a collaboration with the Museo Nacional de Arte in Mexico City. Goya is one of the greatest figures in the history of Spanish art. He had the position as court painter under King Carlos IV in 1789 and first painter to the king ten years later. Francisco de Goya (1746-1828).

The votes were tallied from the San Diego Hospice Art Show running until the end of this month and I found out I won 2nd place for the piece, La Jolla! Yippee! Thank you! The photo is not very good. I was shy about taking a photo of my own painting.