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Leafy Sea Dragon-Chinese Ink/Brush
Hello Friends,
Just a quick sketch today of a leafy sea dragon. I did this with my Chinese brush and ink. It felt really good to draw this afternoon!
My husband and I had a great time with a couple we had lunch with on Saturday. They are from Louisiana and he was out here on business. His wife came with him so I went with George to meet them. I loved their accents so much! We had a great time and a wonderful lunch.
BUT! Sunday morning I came down with a bug and was sick until Monday night. No fun! I don’t think it was the food, though. I got a lot of reading done and watched a funny movie. But I think what helped the most was the Campbell’s Chicken Noodle soup! Seriously! I woke up this morning feeling all better!
So I went to the post office and mailed a package and letters to our son in the backcountry. He is doing well. I sent him some snacks and more notebook paper and envelopes. He has been so good about writing to us and all of his friends. We are so proud of him.
The next project I am planning to work on is a watercolor of a friend’s cat. I just haven’t had a chance to get to it yet. I hope everyone is having a good week.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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Acrylic Sea Turtle (Not finished yet!)
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Well, I have no idea what I’m going to do with this painting! I am thinking that so far this is an “under painting” which means I will be painting over some of it. This is the other small toy box piece. But I am not sure if it is going to stay on there. I have never attempted a sea turtle in acrylics before. It looks kind of strange to me. Although, to be fair to myself, I have not painted any eyes in yet! So yeah, very strange looking!
I went to the library a couple of days ago and began working on the bones of my LAST writing assignment for my class. I am writing an article about leafy sea dragons. I am still waiting on a couple of books I ordered about them, though. It isn’t due until August 7th. I have most of the information I need to write it, but I figured a couple of more little books couldn’t hurt anything, right?
Also, the day I went to the library, I went into their little store…again. Yes…I went there. I’m not going to post pictures, but I’ll tell you what I got for just $6! If you saw my previous post about the art books I found awhile back, you’d see that I found a couple of books that came in cardboard slipcovers. They are over-sized hardbacks. I noticed this time that they are part of a series from “Time-Life Books.” Anyway, I found two more of those. One is called The World of Leonardo and the other one is called The World of Michelangelo.
I also found a book by Rene Huyghe called Van Gogh. So of course I had to get it. After all, he is my favorite artist!
I think if they keep cleaning out their art section, I may end up with their library of art books! Ha, ha. 😉 Of course, actually, I haven’t gone to check the shelves to see if for sure these are those books. I realize someone could have donated these and they didn’t need them in their art section. I have checked them all out at one time or another in the last five years. But now I won’t have to! Cool, huh?
Well, I need to get to work on my leafy sea dragon article. Plus, I am going to be doing a painting for a friend at some point soon.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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Leafy Sea Dragon Watercolor
Hello Friends!
I hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July.
So here is my next Australian Leafy Sea Dragon! I used my Prismacolor watercolir pencils and opted to do a blue background for color contrast. Normally, it would be in darker waters amongst a big bed of seaweed to use as camouflage.
Speaking of Australia, our daughter found out she is getting to go to Melbourne in October to work for two months! Through the California Conservation Corps., she applied for the exchange program a couple of months ago and was selected to go! We are all super excited about this opportunity for her!
So I told her she needs to get an underwater camera and go snorkeling and look for these magnificent creatures! I was kidding of course, but if I was physically able to handle the long flight there and could afford to go, I would! Then I would do my own snorkeling!
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 😀
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Great White Shark Finished!
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Here is my great white shark that started out in just graphite. When I decided to color the background, I decided to use colored pencils. I also addded some color to the shark.
I spent all morning doing some of the reading for my new writing assignment. I have this one and one more. Then I will be done with the class! Of course then the hard work of writing and submitting pieces regularly begins.
I hope everyone has had a great week.
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug. 😃
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Great White Shark Pencil Drawing Started
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This is the latest drawing I have started. There will be places where it will be a lot darker of course, but I thought I would share the beginning stage of it.
I also just sent off my assignment in my writing class. So now I wait for the instructor’s feedback and to tell me which of the three ideas I sent that she would like for me to write. I told her my top two picks so we will see what happens!
So for the rest of today I plan to work out among other things. Then my husband and I are going to a poetry reading group. We went several times last summer, and now they are starting again. It is only once a month, though.
This morning I received a warning message from a friend about a potential hacker on Facebook. This is what came to mind. Don’t know if I’ll read it tonight, but maybe! It is short and doesn’t have a title yet.
I’ve been hacked before,
Don’t need to be hacked anymore,
Leave me alone you hackers,
You must be a bunch of slackers.
By Patsy H. Parker
Lame, I know. Ha, ha!
Have a wonderful day, and give someone you love a big hug! 🙂
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