Another in the not-so-comfortable stretching series. 

The beginning of a new painting. I am trying
another sketch as a painting and gessoed
the giant canvas mom found years ago at a
yard sale.

More watercolor sketches

  

I'm enjoying working in watercolor again; I recently took a quick one day workshop where we worked in one color on a wet background. Since then, I have been practicing monochromatic sketches (mostly in blue) using photos from Smithsonian Magazine and The Figure in Motion figure studies. I am enjoying the way the watercolor moves and drapes over the paper, and the way it adds to the image is, as I read in one watercolor illustration book "seductive."

In Progress/Watercolor Sketch

New watercolor sketch, still trying the
medium and enjoying it!

In-progress painting/Watercolor sketch

Here is an in-progress painting of a sketch.
I am testing out bringing a colored pencil
sketch into a more polished painted image.

Have been trying out watercolor again
recently. This is from a photo from this
month's Smithsonian magazine.

Hair of the Dog Art Event, Essex Art Center, May 6

These photos were taken by Essex Art Center staff at their recent "Hair of the Dog" fundraising event, where I showed prints and paintings. It was a great time and I had two people interested in buying paintings. The bottom photo is me and my mom, Ellen, who seemed to know every other person at the event. I had a lot of visitors!

Destruction/Construction

Lesson

This is from a story about a beaver who learns the life cycle of trees.

Bicycle

Inspired by friend and illustrator Matt Gauvin, I re-sketched an older sketch to submit to Illustration Friday's Bicycle theme. This was one I did after taking a great bike ride to Plum Island, feeling both my mind and heart freed and energized by the experience.

Well

Here, I was playing with the idea of Jack and Jill
and the proverbial hill. Also, the idea of getting away
from everyone and everything to try and find
something -- will the water be there this time? --
that you have to bring up from beneath the ground.

Duet

At the Arts League of Lowell

Photo by: Joseph Farnham on his new Canon Powershot

The Beaver Who Loved Trees

Two sketches at the ALL Gallery in Lowell, MA

The "Rower" and "Big Boots" sketches are in a show
of work by or about women at the Arts League of Lowell.
It's a beautiful space and a sweet show of work, with
paintings, photos and sculpture (and sketches!)

And the Pea

My Mom didn't get this one. I think in another version I would
put her in a bedroom, maybe more mattresses, some pea pods,
a little more CONTEXT.

Ostrich

Rower

One great suggestion I got was to make the oar locks open
(as they are in real life)! This fits in with my feeling too.

I am submitting this for the "Journey" theme at the Illustration
Friday site.

Lemur and Le-cart

Saw a very moving Nature show with a lemur mom
faced with a hard decision. 

Work and Hope

Big Boots, Big Meeting

I can remember being small and piling books on
a chair to reach something that I couldn't
quite see, but could just touch with the tips of
my fingers.

My Sketchbook Project, now at the Brooklyn Art Library

If the video isn't working, here's the YouTube link!