Ballet in Watercolor…try

Well, it seems that I can’t get enough dance/ballet sketches.  Wonder what this says about my life?  If you can’t do it…..draw it?  Haha

• Ballet Sketch...in a tutu
• Ballet En pointe
• Dancing Zany Bird
• Dancer
• I Dance because
• Rajasthani Dancer

My goal….is to stay in the liquid watercolor medium as long as possible.



Usually by this time, I would’ve grabbed my w/c pencils.



Just a cool shot…thought I’d share.



What I’m finding is….that I have to let the watercolor pool the way it likes.  I have to be very patient and not push it around so much….let it dry in a puddle. Then come back and apply more, layer it.



I have to come at these paintings differently…not in the photo-realistic way.  Hopefully I can keep it colorful and fun!

Gallery Wall

If you’re anything like me, I bet you take lots of pictures and you don’t print them out?



When I came upon this picture on Pinterest, I knew this would solve the world’s all my problems.  I got my measurements from this site, which is the lady who took the original picture (very good instructions here if you want to do one yourself).  Then, off I went to the builder’s store to pick up all my supplies.  We measured, cut, and assembled.  I used wood filler so the screws wouldn’t show.  Then I painted the shelves black. 



Once dry, my sweet husband helped me measure and screw them into the wall.



I grabbed a hodge-podge of miscellaneous frames around the house.  I recently found the hands at Hobby Lobby and decided to spray paint the whole lot. 



Since the shelves are black, we opted to spray paint everything white.



We installed 2 sets of the gallery shelves. The first set is 22” wide …



and the second set is 35” wide.  What is perfect about these shelves is I can change things up without putting all kinds of holes in the wall.



I love these hands!!  I want to go in and paint their nails next!  Haha



And another favorite, my glass head from Pier One.  About half my friends say this is too creepy for them!! Not me…it inspires me to dress up for Halloween!

Picture-In-Picture

When I snapped this picture for my last post, I fell in love.



In the middle of the night, I knew what I was going to do with that picture.



Cuz, I needed a portable project and this would be perfect.



I adore the fun colorful works of Daniel Gregory and Thomas Thorspecken, granted they are much better than I and can even do it on-the-spot. 



I had it on my list to create a drawing of my art supplies and stuff and this fit in nicely.



Now…I like this picture too….maybe I’ll do another picture-in-picture-in-picture, because I really seem to be avoiding the still life of the glass bottles that got this all started!  Haha



For some reason, I like all these details, this kind of picture lets me play around with parts and pieces.  I can change things up (like the striped coaster and the striped file folder) where I want.  I did this all in watercolor & w/c pencils, cuz I have so much to learn there.



Another fun type of sketch that can be done by anyone. 

Glass Bottles in Watercolor….2

I’ve been a little ungrounded lately, because I don’t have a major project I’m working on.  Then I remembered…..



My glass bottles from July that I have been neglecting.



I’m using the watercolor pencils and to get rid of that graininess, I need to go in with a bit of water on a small brush. 



Unexpectedly, my favorite part of this is the cork in the green bottle!  A cork!! Go figure

Fruits of the Spirit…..

I came across THIS picture on pinterest which inspired me to write on rocks.  Purchased this bag of rocks from a local discount home store at a whopping $1.99. 



Grabbed my Dr.Ph.Martin’s Pen-white liquid paint to write with.  I like this brand, because it’s a bit chalky….thicker.



Grabbed my tiniest brush and proceeded to write.  I had to apply a 2nd coat because one coat just wasn’t enough.



Galatians 5:22-23
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Wrote out the fruits…these 9 first.



But I had 15 more rocks to write on.   So, I added a few more to the list:
Initial Fruits:

• Love
• Joy
• Peace
• Patience
• Kindness
• Goodness
• Faithfulness
• Gentleness
• Self-Control

Added these to the list:

• Honor
• Humor
• Grace
• Return
• Respect
• Give
• Donate
• Gratitude
• Encourage
• Honesty
• Thanks
• Humility
• Compassion
• Forgive
• Hope

Cuz….well, I like these words too…especially when I can experience these from others….or display.  Cuz sometimes I forget.



And the greatest of these is LOVE. 



Placed them all in a glass bowl to be seen daily…cuz Lord knows I need it

And if you’re not so inclined to write out these words you can do your own version….like: Art words, Inspiration words, Funny words, Spanish words.  So many words, so many options!!!

Keep Calm and….

Gave the “Keep Calm” sign to a friend over a year ago when she had a little girl-gathering.  As girls being girls….we got a little carried away.



Did a contour drawing with some creative enhancements!



I’ve been wanting to do this caricature for quite awhile…but I needed to do my homework.



I had to find out a little more about these lovely ladies and incorporate it into the sketch.



Possibly this would have been a better Halloween post, cuz aren’t we all just a bunch of characters?



There’s the Hawaiian Dancer, the Lady Golfer, the Taxi Mom, the Dental Hygienist, the Bat-girl, the Dancer, the Pharmacist, the IU and the Alabama Cheerleaders and The Queen of our Hearts.  It’s all in good fun….just hope I don’t offend anyone.

Foto MisFits

These are a bunch of hodge-podge photos that didn’t make it into a blog post. Possibly because there were too many pictures posted already or the shot was taken after the fact. Or….It’s a random picture and it wasn’t blog worthy!



Ahhh….my sewing machine….kinda miss that thing!



Art supplies….the tools of the trade!



Some bag tags I made for a team.



Colorful doodles!  Need I say more?



Out-takes from some older blog posts.



More out-takes.



I thought I’d frame all these guys….but after framing my Horse Racer, I ran out of money!

Freehand Florals

When doing my bathroom upgrade last week, I ended up with 50 gallons of water in my basement.  No worries, it’s all dry now.  So, I’ve been in sort, toss and organize mode lately which has left me little time for drawing.



I did manage to work in my 8x5 moleskine while out and about.



I had a couple guidelines that I tried to follow:

• Only Freehand Flowers
• Outline heavy in Black at the round parts, making an exaggeration of the flower petals.
• Outline again with primary flower color
• Finished off each flower with another exaggerated Black outline flower petal.

I didn’t want to make the flowers too small, so I didn’t draw too many in the white space.  My plan was to add-on to the flowers that were already drawn in order to fill up the white space.



No real method to the colors here….just tried not to lump the same colors together.



Love the vibrancy of Markers!!  Who can agree?