More Sketches

I have a couple more sketches from the weekend. I didn't get any art done yesterday as I spent most of the day grocery shopping and entertaining Miss P after school, including dinner at Red Lobster.

The first one is of the corner church that I pass every time I go the back way into Jackson. It is on the corner of Cooper and Zion.

The perspective to the right is not quite right, but other than that I like it.

The other sketch is from an old jewelry ad with a very young Liz Taylor as the model. She is wearing one of her pieces that is now on exhibit.

Today I am working on a sketch of a Polish woman from a remote village that Nina Camic posted on her blog. If you don't know Nina you should definitely check out her blog. She lives in Madison, WI, and is a law professor. She does a fair bit of traveling - to Asia, northern France, Spain, to do a short teaching stint to an African village, and to Poland, her homeland. Her blog is called "The Other Side of the Ocean". Most of the blogs to which I subscribe belong to artists, and Nina is an artist of sorts. She is very good at the art of narration. She tells a captive story and accompanies each one with really nice photographs. You really should go check out her blog.

I will share the sketch with you tomorrow. For now I have to get in the shower as Miss M was delivered about an hour ago and I have to take her to preschool in about 45 minutes. 

I'm getting very close to 75,000 visitors and when I get there I am planning to have some kind of giveaway - I don't know what it will be yet, but I am thinking about it. Stay tuned for more information.

 I also hope to finish up the Adirondack chairs background and get it framed for hanging. I will share that stage with you when I get there.

I hope you are making time for yourself today and that you enjoy my humble attempts at sketching.

xoxo

Monday Links and a 40,000 viewer Giveaway

Before I get into today's post, I have a print to show you that I won just before I went on my trip to upstate New York. I forgot to show it to you and I know you really like me to share. I won this lovely leaf print from Karen Blados, one of my favorite artists. You probably know her; if not, now is the time to go check out her blog and see her amazing work.

It is even more beautiful in person.

The hubster and I spent a couple of hours with buckets of bleach and water washing the siding on his workshop yesterday afternoon.  It is 2-car garage size and is free standing. We only had to do three sides, but that was plenty. Neither one of us thought about how hard bleach would be on our hands and didn't wear rubber gloves and are paying for it today. My right hand is raw around the fingernails and between the fingers. It even hurts to type. It was an absolutely gorgeous day; 71 and sunny with just a bit of a breeze. We should have made flavored coffee and enjoyed that day in the swings, but his workshop looks so nice now, it was almost worth it.

The one good thing about being out there though is that I noticed again how lovely the mums are in the side garden. They are the most beautiful color. What do you think?

I have a few more links to artists' blogs for you today. I hope you find the time to visit them and let me know if one or more of them becomes a daily visit for you.

Nina

Sandy

Vinita

Fabio

Barb

Oh, before I forget - the hubster found a new recipe in the local paper and tried it this weekend. It was wonderful and has made its way into our personalized cookbook. It is easy to make and is even better the day after.

 

I have a girl sketch that I am planning to transfer to watercolor paper and try to paint. I am thinking of doing four small ones on one sheet to compare them. I would like to try doing her in watercolor, pan pastels, colored pencils and acrylics. I will share when/if I get it done. Here she is:

Oh, I almost forgot about the giveaway!

Some time last Friday afternoon I had my 40,000 visitor to this site and to celebrate I am going to stuff a priority mail box with rubber stamps and send it to one of you. To get into the drawing all you have to do is leave a comment here and tell me what type of stamps you like - animals, faces, text, patterns, sayings.....

I will draw for the winner at midnight on Thursday, October 28, and make the announcement on Friday morning. Do leave me a way to contact you or be sure to check back so you can see if you've won.

Gotta run. I need a second cup of coffee and a quick bite to eat before I shower and head for my tutoring appointment.

Hope to see you again tomorrow.....

xoxo