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more from my index card a day sketchbook... just about 5 minutes a day, each day, no grand plan, no scheme, just a few minutes on an index card...

playing in my sketchbook

I hadn't put too much in my sketchbook for a long while until the girls and flowers i showed recently.....

then i started doing these....

I put down random blobs of watercolor, 

let it dry and drew around what i could see, 

not a new idea or anything,

 i've seen lots of books or blogs where people do this, 

but i hadn't in awhile, and it's sort of addicting and fun. 

Plus i end up seeing and drawing things i never would have drawn that way without trying this,

...like this little fox.

 He showed up in green, sort of fox-like but not really.

 so then i tried him again on a paint chip named marigold. 

So now I have this character, Marigold, the fox. I like him...

Happy paint party friday and hello all at Artists Play room! and hello to the creative everyday people!

another recent painting...

I finished this mandala about the same time as I finished the bee one in yellow that I posted friday. I was trying out all one color mandalas for a change... I was very pleased with the layers of red in this one...

Think I will be offering them here on Fineartamerica... and eventually in my etsy shop...

creating a custom order

 

I have been painting this mandala for a special order, to try to match a previously sold one.... not sure I succeeded in making it a companion piece, but I am happy with it anyway...I have been taking photos of my mandalas when the lines are done before I paint, so that I can make up a mandala coloring book once I get a few more. I hope to offer it digitally on etsy then. we'll see.... 

 

Doodling with black pen

consuming minutes and mind

 

my meditation

 

 

and since, for some reason, I am on a streak of taking pictures of my short toes, I added another here as an afterthought. We had some wonderful warm rain here earlier this week....

 

 

Just the type of summer rain that makes you want to dance in it.....

 

Happy Paint Party Friday and hello all at Haiku my heart! Have a good week!

Red berries all around

This week I saw red berries everywhere...

on vines clinging to fences, on ground cover, on trees...

As the leaves drop the berries are left behind just for me to find.

Not to eat, just to sketch...

 

 

 

 

 

Rushing off to work

I"m driving into the sun

singing oldies LOUD

 

 

 

 

ps:

 if you wanted an update on how it's going vegan then you can read yesterdays post...

today I am feeling deprived but still not craving sugar! Iam having trouble wanting to eat at all...

Happy Paint Party Friday and Hello all at Haiku my Heart!