Where is my carrot?

Feeding my "Picasso Dog" drawing addiction :-)
Bunny time:

"Where is my carrot?"

Flying...more

Yes, another version of a "Picasso Dog" drawing and this time it's a horse.

Not jumping...Flying!

Fly Boy

I do my best not to do any planning in advance as it defeats the spirit of a Picasso dog drawing. but I suppose do I have a particular breed in mind, though it's difficult to tell, huh?
So after turning the page around and around this dog made his appearance ;-)
Meet the soaring "Picasso dog":

AKA "Fly Boy"

I see this every morning...

from my window:

Delicate leaves.

More "Picasso"-ing

So I thought I'd use Carla's [www.carlasonheim,com] Picasso exercise on another of my favorite animals - Birds.
Presenting Picasso Bird:

I remember feeling this way after a particularly strong margarita; I probably looked a bit like this too :-)

Picasso Dog

Recently I've had many opportunities to work in the little sketchbook I always carry with me.  I've been amusing myself drawing "Picasso" dogs*.  

So, from my sketchbook:

"Picasso" dog in pencil. I love this little guy :-)

* "Picasso" dogs are from an online class I took last year from Carla Sonheim  (www.carlasonheim.com) - her classes are terrific!

15 Second Stealth Sketch

Waiting for our table at a local restaurant, I sketched this fellow - the challenge? in less than 15 seconds and stealthily ;-)

Really fas-s-s-t gesture drawing!

When one draws really quickly, the "target" person or animal isn't even aware of being "captured" (heh-heh)

A before and after..

Here is a paint daub critter dog just after I "discovered" him in amongst the ink and paint. See?...he was in there somewhere :-)

Paint daub dog "before"

Here he is tidied up; the extraneous ink and other media painted over with the background color:

Paint daub dog "after"

Surprise...flowers :-)

Yes, I've been painting flowers...again. A couple of days ago, Remy and I walked through a park in the early evening that somehow inspired this piece.
I used some FW Pearlescent acrylic inks; they added a nice sheen here and there. Have a look:

Into blues and violets.

I have some favorite words...

and this is one of them:

And also this one:

The appeal? Letter combinations, connotations, denotations perhaps the context in which I first heard the word.

A few strokes...

of watercolor, ink and gesso and a little dog is born :-)

Little dog critter

I remember...

my first dance recital. I was eight years old. The night of the performance was so very, very exciting - the height of the stage, the lights, the energy and somewhere out there...the audience. It's an odd sensation - feeling the presence of so many people but not seeing anything past the footlights. But I loved it :-)

Put on your dancin' shoes.

A quick sketch

that somehow turned into something more for me...

"Missing You"

An unplanned stop

I had planned to continue working on this piece but something said, "Stop", so I did.

More Planet flora

Close up:

Saturday evening...

Can you just feel the energy? We're heading out!

What a morning it has been...

it's the weather. The feeling of Spring. Windows open, typing this whilst listening to the birds singing away. Sigh. So lovely.
Imaginary spring flowers:

Imaginary spring flowers

Some days

are just fab-u-lous!

"Huzzah!"

Paint daubs

Randomly laid down several layers of water color and gesso. Some line work and this happy little guy appeared.

The Little Talker

The persistence of...flowers :-)

I like working in my studio and occasionally glancing out the window at the blowing snow – it’s enjoyable because I’m inside happily painting away and the “weather” is outside.

So here’s what blossomed today:

They look a bit like flowers...

Snooze...

It's Sunday. Morning fun stuff done. Time for a snooze.

Sweet dreams.