Whale Of A Note Card!

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To See Or Purchase

To See and Purchase

Like I said, whale of a note card are 3 different designs from the whale fest here in 

Mendocino. The originals are still up for sale at the store in Fort Bragg till the end of 

the month, then I will possibly put them up in my store. I am selling them individually, but if interested in a pack, please contact me and I'll put one together for you. Prints will  be available

by next month on each one.  

Painting The Background of Leucadendron Watercolor

I decided to paint the background of my painting even though several people said "don't try it!" I wasn't happy with it the way it was and well, it's just a painting. I'll start over if I have to but it would not have made me happy looking at it or even selling something that felt unfinished. I bought a new tube of cobalt blue and will finish it at the bottom with a windsor blue green shade.

Under-painting Done For New Painting

I'm now getting back into the studio and creating a series of birds of northern California. My goal is to paint loser and make each mark count. I've been enjoying Painting my World by Karen Margulis blog on The Evolution of Style...What is the Key? Although I don't use pastel's, I love her work and her inspiration. Here is my start with my first bird painting in my series.

I tend to paint tight and I want this one to be a little loser and just enjoy the process. We'll see how this goes.

Family Emergency And Getting Back To My Turtle

I can't believe I've been gone so long from painting and blogging. I had a family emergency that took me to Michigan for almost a month then trying to get back to a routine again has for the most part been difficult.

I started on my turtle earlier in September and here is where I'm at now. The turtle seems to sit on top of the painting and not in it, so I'm going to paint a glaze on it which will have the turtle be part of the environment it's in. I will finish it tomorrow and post the final results.

Riding On The Beach

Riding On The Beach

This is from a photo I took when I was up in Long Beach

Washington and have been wanting to paint it. 

It's been a while since I painted in watercolor and I was enjoying the process.

 This one isn't for sale since 

I'm not real happy with the colors. I plan on trying 

another one with a better plan on colors.

Family

My family was able to come out to see us for the first time since we moved to the coast. 

It went way too fast for all of us since they could only stay for four days. It took a full 

day just to get here! So 2 of the 6 days were spent traveling. 

The 2nd photo is of  my mom, cousin and me on the balcony where my cousin stayed.

He had amazing views of the ocean! And we were able to see whales! My sister and brother in law stayed just above and also the views were fantastic!

The 3rd photo I took was the day after everyone left. The sun was so red from all the fires

that have been burning 

So now that everyone has left, it's time for me to get back in the studio and our 

daughter to go back to school. I found several photos I took that have given me some 

painting ideas!

One Of My Favorite Birds To Watch & Paint!

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Rufus Hummingbird

These tiny jewels have always fascinated me! To watch them 

go backwards, forwards and straight up and down and 

every which way, they look like they are having more fun than 

most birds around them! I don't have the greatest camera, so taking

photos is difficult. With the photos I work with I get enough 

of what they look like to help paint them the way I like. 

Millie

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This is Millie our dog that has now gone to doggie 

heaven but is still with us in spirit. She loved family and

just hanging out with us. They make great pets for people

 with children. Her ears were really that big!  

We just moved to the Northern coast of California and their is a lot of inspiration here. When sitting at the beach painting I'm finding the motion of the sea is difficult to paint. I created a painting with the waves but I will admit I did take it into the studio to complete the painting with photos I had taken. Plien air painting is something I want try out soon. Here is the finished painting.

Ocean Breeze

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