A Series of Small Things

Water color pencil and water color on paper Water color and oil on paper

Acrylic on stretched canvas.

watercolor on watercolor paper

acrylic on canvas for notecard

Acrylic on cardboard

Acrylic on canvas

Looks smoother than this--scanner takes in too much detail.

Gouache on cardboard, for a card

Gouache on canvas, maybe for a card

gouache on watercolor paper

gouache on watercolor paper

gouache on watercolor paper

gouache on card stock

gouache on canvas board   This was an experiment with the paint and the canvas board.  I've used gouache before on a smooth surface (like wood) and enjoyed it, but this was the pits.  Couldn't fill in the canvas ridges.  This was also an experiment in painting living things and using perspective.  I know practiced, trained artists can do this a lot better (there are kids that can do it a lot better) but I was just happy to get the angle of the barn and the shape of the horse for now.

Watercolor on canvas sheet for a card

Watercolor on canvas

Watercolor pencil on paper

...because I was bored last night or the night before but too tired to try anything meaningful.

Can you even tell the differences between the second and third version? This is WAY worse than editing.

I couldn't help it.  The thing needed more texture.  I like lumps.

Trying to merge what I learned in the landscape class with my own style.  Acrylic on canvas board. Looks good as a postcard .

Strange vase and an augmented, stencil dragonfly.  Watercolor pencil on paper.

I learned how to use a fan brush and a sea sponge during a 90 minute class where we created a spring painting in ac ryli c on canvas board. Might make a nice postcard.

In the dream, David bought a packet of something like sea monkeys and threw them in an empty in-ground pool.  These huge, dangerous creatures grew and we had to hide the pets so the creatures wouldn't eat them.  This was one of the creatures.  Actually, it was longer than this, but I ran out of space on the paper.  acrylic on paper  

watercolor on paper, to be used for note-card  making  

Acrylic on paper

acrylic on paper

 

Acrylic on canvas board--will be edited and become a postcard

acrylic on canvas board--will become a large, blank note card

watercolor pencil on paper (better than my first attempt which was scary)  

colored pencil, marker, glitter decoupage on paper

watercolor penci l on paper (a me ditative exercise)

Watercolor pencil with faux jewel

The eye of God is not round, nor does it ever close.  (colored pencil on paper)

Watercolor on paper.  I think I will re-scan this later.  The bottom doesn't look blurry like that in real life.

watercolor and watercolor pencil on card stock

watercolor on watercolor paper

This is a "needed a break" exercise.  I'm actually going to print it out to see what it looks like.  Sometimes 3-d stuff looks cool on paper.

I was bored and wanted to do real art but was too tired. Hard not to get those little watercolor pencil crumbs on the sketch pad.  I think the watercolor paper works better.  I'm left-handed so I have to pay attention to smudging anyway.  Maybe I'll try regular colored pencils next time.

Acrylic on canvas--will look better on a postcard, just like "Lollipop Trees."