Asian Daughter
My Woodstock partner, Lori, adopted this young lady from China. Lori was very brave to adopt as a single mother. Lori died recently so this is my tribute to her. Lori is the 3rd of my childhood friends who died Continue Reading …
The Big Trim
Buds begin Spring mid-February in south Florida. While most trees do not molt, winter slows growth. With this year’s winter rains, the greens readily grew. After a three year intentional wildness period, this Garden House was due for the Big Continue Reading …
Complements to the Pink Vase
Complements to the vase. All the colors are devoted to prettying up the pink of the vase. The greens are complements of reds. The more greens, the easier for the reds to pop out. Most of the background is mixed Continue Reading …
Blue Muscle Dog
A muscle dog moved in on Tuesday. She’s piebald black & white. This is the kind of dog that doesn’t bark much because she’s all power. She doesn’t make big demands other than petting, loving, assurance and a nice place Continue Reading …
Fields of Golds
Yesterday was the 70th Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. And what has that to do with this little watercolor sketch? This image is froth with the answers. First, the nail in the wall is not just a utilitarian metal Continue Reading …
Pencil Drawing with Coffee
Basic tools for sketching with coffee are pencils and coffee. Brewed in the man-shaped Italian espresso maker, black coffee tarts the tongue. Placing the coffee down and picking up the pencil is the piano key note progression. What this mystical Continue Reading …
Grunt Love 2
This is another 17 minute 14 second video about the baby alligator, the grunt. I’m examining more about the anatomy and habitat with Sean Mallee, the Naturalist of DaggerWing Nature in this second video. The Grunt is very soft at Continue Reading …
Love with a Grunt
The baby alligator in my hands is only 4 months old. At this age, they are nothing but sweet. The baby alligator is called a ‘grunt’. Yellow stripes distinguish these from older young alligators. The gender is not yet certain Continue Reading …
WatercolorSketch-Boy
Dimple Children portraits differ from adult portraits in detail. Childrens’ faces are simpler and have softer edges. This young one is 10 years old. He sat for me after finishing up his math diagnostic test. Inbetween washing my brush out Continue Reading …
Watercolor Sketching – Tester
While proctoring a test, I get to sit and watch over a class for ninety minutes. This year, I brought in my 4 x 6″ fine art quality watercolor paper and my watercolor set. This watercolor set is a gutted-out Continue Reading …