Friday, October 25, 2013

shades of brown

 
My world is drying out a bit,
shriveling up to settle in for the cold
we had snow last week,
it was beautiful driving up the gulch road with rock cliffs or steep hills on each side,
 lined with the feathery dried goldenrod and the red sumac all covered in white puffs,
sorry no photos of that, but plenty of these shades of brown I love.....
like caramelized sugar,
or the seafoam candy my grandma used used to make....
I may have to check the crayon box for names for brown...
"desert sand, Maize, tumbleweed"
 
 
 
 
 
like unbleached linen,
toasted marshmallows not burnt,
or just plain 'ole tan!




















And I am trying to be a good blogger and tie my art into the rest of these photos so here's some pages from my sketch book....



 
 



See ya next week!




20 comments:

  1. Wow, amazing photos and lovely drawings and painting! Love that owl, wonderful design and beautifully light touch!

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  2. What stunning photos - it looks beautiful there and what great wildlife too! I love the raccoon drawings - such cute faces!

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  3. Gorgeous photos and great sketches! Those raccoons are adorable! The owl is lovely too with such a super design and style!

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  4. Your photos are just awesome and love your raccoons and owl. Thanks.
    gloria

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  5. I love how you catch your plain ole tan world in your sketchbook!

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  6. Amazing racoons and owl.... Thanks for sharing!

    Hugs Giggles

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  7. Wonderful Autumnal photography and great art.:)

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  8. lovely fall posting and nice sketches and watercolor animals.

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  9. Golden brown, toasted marshmallow looks good around here.
    Love the critters !
    Happy Weekend !

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  10. What gorgeous photos and I love your drawings. :)

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  11. I so wanted a pet raccoon when I was a kid... love these shades of brown, and the line in your haiku of "marshmallows not burnt" brings back so many memories for me... you were priming my pump for my own memories of raccoons with that line!

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  12. Those raccoons are adorable. Love your owl too!

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  13. Such an abundant post! The world is browning here too, every day more of the bright colors deepen then soften. You are most welcome to link up with I Heart Macro:-)

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  14. Wow! You have captured the week in photos, drawings, and paint! Wonderful work :)

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  15. That was a lovely nature escape for me here at work! Really love the owl/mandala combination.

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  16. I love owls and this one simply looks fabulous! Happy PPF - Irma

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  17. Hello! Such lovely photos to find here! and awesome art work! :)
    I just LOVE the owl! :)

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  18. Beautiful photos and art! Congratulations with the feature!
    Happy PPF
    Ilona

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  19. The raccoons are too cute and I love your owl too. Happy PPF

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  20. Wow Andrea I am blown away each time I visit your blog! Your sketches are totally amazing and those cute owl ♥ coming over from PPF as I see you are artist of the week :) If you want come over to my blog till Saturday to get the chance on my GIVEAWAY ♥ Conny
    Piaroms Art Journaling

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