Fall Wedding and Family Time

I took art supplies with me when I went up north on Saturday for a family wedding, but didn't get a chance to use them. I did get lots of family time though.


The wedding was at The Headlands, just outside of Mackinaw City and the scenery was spectacular. What a great place for a wedding. I didn't get very many pix, but here is a pic of the happy couple just after the ceremony. My youngest sister, Susie, was just in front of me, so you get to see her lovely hair as well.

It was quite a gathering. My siblings present included: Tim, Anne, Kathy, Molly, Mike, Jane (the mother of the bride), Dan, Joe, and Susie. There were also a plethora of nieces and nephews, and many friends of the bride and groom.

I also took pictures on the way home, mostly of things that I thought would make good subjects for drawing and/or painting. Here are a few:

This one was actually taken after my life drawing class at Ella Sharp Park.

I an driving over to Nancy's house this morning and then we are taking a trip into Chelsea to look at the antique mall that is housed in the former bowling alley among other things. I'd better get myself into the shower and get ready.

I hope to have some real art to share with you tomorrow.

xoxo

Girl Tribe Art, Ideas for my next painting, and More

Last evening, the hubster and the son went to a Tiger game. I was going to go with the hubster, but I encouraged him to ask Adam, so I could have Miss 7 and Miss 6 months for the evening AND have a wonderful seat in my living room from which to watch said ball game. And what a game it was - a nail biter that was finally decided with a walk-off homerun from the bat of Ramon Santiago - YAY!


Before the ball game, Miss 7 spent some time in my studio working on one of the backgrounds that I'd prepared. She chose to use my watercolors instead of the Neocolor IIs and here is the result:

Although Miss 6 months isn't crawling yet, she is all over the living room rolling and grabbing. I wasn't able to spend time in the art room because I didn't feel I could leave her alone for a minute. She is such a delight, though, laughing out loud and trying so hard to get to things that interest her.

I do, however, have a painting I started some time ago - Adirondacks on the beach - but decided it wasn't at all right. The sky, the lake and the beach were each about 1/3 of the height of the painting - BORING! And the quality wasn't very good, but it sure was fun and gives me more ideas for the future.

I think those were supposed to be rocks on the beach.

I suppose it could have been cropped a bit to get rid of the even areas for sky, lake and beach.

Too late now. It has either been gessoed over and used for something else or the back has been painted.

I would also like to share some pix that I think would make good drawings/paintings. Feel free to use one or more if you like the composition.

This is from the wonderful park-like property at my friend Sandy's house.

This is St. Mary's Star of the Sea church in Jackson. Love that building style.

This is a street scene in Chelsea.

I took this in Battle Creek when I was there doing a sketch crawl with Dee.

Well, it is 11:30 and all I've ingested is two cups of coffee. I am headed for the kitchen to saute onions, mushrooms and zucchini; then add some scrambled eggs; and when it is almost done, add some cut up tomatoes. Mmmmmm, gotta go!

I hope to see you tomorrow.

xoxo