For One Moment - Little Snippets of my Life and Art...

Grapefruit and Cherry "Grapefruit on a Cherry Red Counter" I was demoing at Stampfest Summer in Lakeland, Florida this weekend and I had a little down time on Saturday night.   I pulled out my watercolor pencils and sketched a little scene for the ICAD Challenge on Daisy Yellow.   I'm on day #8 and the prompt was Grapefruit and Cherry. I found this little excerpt from a book, that seemed to fit perfectly!

Periodic Table No step-out photos tonight.  I decided to just take the time and enjoy the process.

Taxi Some more watercolor and sketching fun today. Drew my sketch and started laying down color. ...a little more shading. Then I used a Pitt Pen and started outlining the little details and now I have a Rickshaw "Taxi"

Owl I had a couple of busy weeks and have fallen a bit behind on my ICADs, but it's all good because I finally had a chance to play in my watercolors today. For ICAD #5 I pulled out my Winsor and Newton Watercolor Palette and some Twinkling H2Os and my little watercolor block.   I'm enjoying practicing and building my sketching and watercolor skills. I masked my little owl and tree branches and started layering watercolor washes in shades of blue for the night sky and shades of yellow for the moon. After that layer dried, I started layering in darker blues and blue black for the night sky. Then I let that dry and started with the dark greens and blue greens and giving the illusion of leaves in the moonlit night. A bit more layering of colors and it's starting to take shape. Now to let it dry so I can rub off the masking and add color to the branches and the owl. Next I peeled off the masking fluid so I can add color to the limbs...

Mailbox Had this one halfway completed for a couple of days, but got crazy busy with life...so I finally finished it up today. Now on to #5.

Map "My Town" ICAD #3  Pens, Doodle, Map  A map of just some of the things that can be found downtown on the waterfront of "My Town"

Carnival ICAD #2 Carnival I did today's card about a local hometown festival. This year marks the 113th consecutive annual celebration of GeorgeFest.  It is the longest running festival in Florida.  The theme this year was “From Sea to Shining Sea”.

Pens, Drawing and Chevrons ICAD #1  Pens, Drawing and Chevrons