Thanksgiving in July

It's appropriate enough. Everyone is facing difficult times. I'm no exception, but still, we have a lot to be thankful for. So let's not lose sight of what really counts.

Illustration Friday: Idle

My beagle thinks he's Dude Lebowski.

"It's a Dog's Life, Snoopy" was written, of course, by Charles Schulz. Famous song by Bob Marley, remake by Sublime.

Watercolor Boat

With all the heat and no AC for two days, I got inspired to paint water. Let's all get wet!

Illustration Friday: Tango

When my beagle found out the theme, he started posing for me. What a show off! Told him it takes two to tango. Excuse the frontal nudity.

Santa Barbara

Some plants and trees I saw around the SB Mission last weekend.

A pocket size watercolor kit just arrived (thanks to ebay). Can't wait to use it!

First Stage... Fright

My first attempt in painting: my daughter Syndel. The pic was when she was four while on the portrait I aged her a little. Now what? More youtube demos to watch.

Resisting the temptation to say "maybe I'm only meant for pencil drawings". Instead, I will say the canvas will be my playground!

Illustration Friday: Hollow

Our poor beagle... the light goes right through him. Feeding time!

Second Drawing Class

This time with my daughter Syndel who's 13 going 14. I didn't expect the nude model. Thanks to life drawing books I had taken home and she was curious to see. She wasn't so shocked.

Shaky

Here's Ian Falconer's Olivia, singing and dancing in high heels, while holding a tray of tall champagne glass with her index finger, ready to cross a riggety bridge on a blustery windy day... and midway, her snout gets stung by a bee.

Drawing characters from children's books for the wall display was something fun I did as a former Children's Librarian. A tribute!

My entry for Illustration Friday. Check out the book!

More watercolors

Got some watercolor books from Barnes & Nobles. Still figuring things out.

Most Beautiful Woman

Happy 4th of July!

Fun coloring

Drew this face and decided to do random colors on her.