Saturday, August 09, 2025

Morning Looks

Saturday morning,  August 9.

 I have clicked the shutter and watered the colors.






Thursday, August 07, 2025

Color

 

Pastel pencils, tools of color. 



Sunday, August 03, 2025

Work space

The corner of color 



Sunday, July 27, 2025

Chasing

July 27. In a few days, I'm going to level up and celebrate another trip around the sun. If I ever wondered, in my younger years, what my life and the world would be like today... I could never have imagined it. When I was battling cancer, I didn't think I would live this long. And I certainly never expected this country to fall so far.  I am ashamed of america. (and no, it doesn't deserve a capital A)

Back to the morning of getting nothing worthwhile accomplished. I wanted to print out a couple of photos on my Instax printer. The paper/film is similar to a polaroid. While looking for the charging cable (because I use it so seldom that it always needs to be charged), I came across a memory card (4GB!) from my Nikon D700. Plugged it in to see if there were any photos still there. There were a few from June 2022.



This is one that I hadn't processed .



After charging, the app couldn't find a printer.



 




Thursday, July 24, 2025

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The moon phase widget on the right-hand side of this page stopped working so I removed it. Technology bit me yesterday as well. Long story short, a printer firmware update caused the printer to no longer recognize third-party ink cartridges. Genuine epson ink is nearly 3 times the cost of third-party. Thanks, Epson.  




The Lion, the Witch, and the Watercolor

First, I apologize for the Comments hiccup.  Thank you, Monte and Jeri for your kind words.

I had decided to paint a lion. I sketched and I sketched and I sketched. It still didn't look great but I began painting anyway. I started with a mop brush because I wanted it to be loose. I had a great time. I brushed, I splattered and eventually, I added pastels. I stood back. He looked like the grandfather clock from Captain Kangaroo.

Still convinced that I could save it, I found a tutorial online for drawing a lion's face. Using pastels (because the opportunity for paint had long since passed), I made the shape of his face more angular. Now, he looks more like a shaggy dog. And I just noticed that his left ear got lost in the hullabaloo. Maybe it was shot off. lol


Lion #2

Try, try again. Sketched another lion. Painted him with more care and intention this time. But his face was too long and narrow. He looks like he hasn't killed a gazelle in a very long time.


Lion #3

This will be the final attempt. Maybe. I hate to give up. (A personality trait that has caused a lot of trouble in my lifetime)

Update: Success! Now I can move on to other subjects.  



Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Paintbrush Box

These words are on the inside of a box that contained a watercolor brush. The box is kinda cool and for some reason, I haven't thrown it away. But today's the day. I had forgotten the words printed inside the top cover. Photo taken, box tossed.  




Sunday, July 20, 2025

Art therapy

A Crepe Myrtle tree/bush and a pastel hummingbird