5.25×3.25″
Just some doodling using oil pastels and dry watercolor pencils.
march 2
3.25×5.25″ watercolor pencil (dry), colored pencil
Ah, I may go back and work more on this someday. Not enough time, not enough time. Lots of shading and darkening needed. Not enough time to show you how really red and exhausted my eye(s) really are today! Not enough…but enough.
march 1
digital photo
This garden ornament, with its intriguing surface texture and design, was nestled in the snow when my camera found it.
february 28
digital photo
I played the glass-lid-condensation game again. This time I was cooking up rooibos tea dye with some more merino yarn. These patterns of drops mesmerize me so.
february 27
mixed media, 8.5×7″
This scraped acrylic painting on matboard had a bright green painted background and an old scrape of paint earlier today. I overscraped some blues and greens and a little transparent white. Some of the ultrabright green ground showed around the perimeter of the scraped painting, and I didn’t like it that much anymore (and the side of the scraper had messed up one of the sides).
On my messy art table, I noticed a strip of silk sari material that I had ironed for possible use in a different piece. I liked the silk color with this painting: it helped tone down the bright green, as well as added some pattern and framing.
february 26
8.5×8.75″ acrylic on matboard
It took me a long time to decide which direction this painting is supposed to present itself — and I’m still not sure it’s the “right” way! The other option I was considering was sideways with the dark blue on top. I like both. I was always thinking of it the way it is shown here until I saw it the alternate direction on my computer. This time I’ll stick with my original idea.
february 25
acrylic paint on black mat board, 8.25×10.75″
This is the blowing, snowing scene outside my studio window, with some blues and purples in the background for good measure. Spring will come, but not today.
february 24
5.5×4.5″ mixed media
Some days it’s difficult to get to the art table. Today was one of those days. Too much computer work. Around 4:30, I ran upstairs to figure out something to make. I found a small piece of matboard, looked at my silk sari “yarn” and tore off some of the strips, ironed the strips and adhered them onto the matboard. I added a little acrylic paint to the bare matboard at the top. And there it is.
february 23
digital photo
One might not think that steaming broccoli in a pan with a glass lid would yield a “daily jane” image. I certainly didn’t expect it. I actually began by shooting some video of the droplets forming and popping, forming and popping. But the reflection of the stove light was too prominent, and I couldn’t get the right angle. With still shots, I could avoid the annoying glare more easily.
In the past I have taken many photos of condensation droplets on stainless steel lids. The glass lid, though, reveals (however abstractly) the food cooking inside, adding a pop of color that the stainless couldn’t deliver.
february 22
8×8″ mixed media
I scraped and pushed around acrylic paint on paper, then dropped and arranged a few threads of silk randomly. Although some of the thread has disappeared a bit because of the underlying paint color, one image I saw before finally adhering the threads is a woman sitting and lounging in the lower left corner. Not so apparent in this image, but that’s where the title comes from.