"My Mama Said"

My Mama Said “never stick anything up your nose" - then along came COVID-19!  Have you been tested yet?  For my upcoming surgery, I had to get tested - no fun!

original sketch

2014 Budapest

 in 2014, my husband and I took a trip to Budapest, Prague, and Vienna.  This mixed media piece was inspired by one of the many photographs I took while there.

loose drawing in sketchbook; once again on journal page with Micron pen

journal page

Lest we forget...

Sometimes I forget and get too close.  I need to remember SOCIAL DISTANCING!

I found these fantastic Blackwing pencils at Dick Blick.  The color is nice and rich making sketching fun.

Remember 6' apart!!

Golden Girl...

 Feeling a little less blue today - thank goodness!

Vine Ripe Tomatoes

I love tomatoes.  These beauties were sitting on my kitchen island begging to be immortalized...

 

(I keep forgetting how hard painting in acrylics is - the paints dry so fast!  It didn't seem prudent though to "waste" my oil paints on my COVID-10 journal.)

A Painting a Day...

I came upon the book "Daily Painting" by Carol Marine.  I love Carole's work.  Reading her book was the just nudge I needed to paint daily, paint small.   Best part is I'm painting over older work so except for the paint, the supplies are minimal.

I did these three in two days.  There was a lot of texture left over from the previous paintings which was a bonus.  I tried to loosen up my work - used the palette knife which is a lot of fun...you never know (at least I don't) what you'll get with one stroke of the knife.

Each painting measures 6x6x1-3/8.   Each will sit in a floating frame.  I've been giving a lot of my work away lately as gifts - in an attempt to thank those who make my life more enjoyable.  In this case, I'm giving each of my two cleaning ladies, Marian and Maria, a choice of one of the three paintings.  It's always nice to have a choice, don't you think?