tiny sketches

2010-12-16T18:16:00.000-08:00

20x30 watercolor

comission for Cathey...what a beautiful family!

Pointe Shoes 3

2010-12-06T10:16:00.000-08:00

12x16ish, watercolor

Again inspired by Jim Kelly's photo....this is what it looked like before I tore it trying to get it out of the Arches pad...it stinks when you spend all that money on paper and it is glued so tightly that you can't get it out!!!

Portrait progress

2010-11-30T09:33:00.000-08:00

16x20, graphite

I never like the way I'm able to photograph pencil, but this is progress on a portrait I've been working on..

Pointe Shoes 2

2010-11-24T11:35:00.000-08:00

5x7, watercolor with ink

In Pinks and Greens

2010-11-22T05:04:00.000-08:00

5x7, watercolor

Sneakers 2

2010-11-19T15:19:00.000-08:00

8x11 ish, watercolor

Keeping with the shoe theme, more sneakers this time...

In Yellow

2010-11-18T05:09:00.000-08:00

12x22, watercolor

Trying to use up all the OTHER colors on my pallette for a little creative experiment...I still have some greens and browns left...I don't know if that will work or not!

Sneakers

2010-11-14T14:12:00.000-08:00

6x18ish watercolor

Moving on from ballet sisters to some footwear that I'm personally obsessed with...running sneakers! What would we runners do without the perfect pair (or more) to get us out onto the road. I guess I'm collecting quite a few pairs at this point!

Ballet Shoes 3

2010-11-13T04:30:00.000-08:00

9x12, watercolor

I'm in Nutcraker mode I guess! More rehearsals for the girls this weekend!

Ballet Shoes 2

2010-11-10T17:09:00.000-08:00

6x18, watercolor

More ballet shoes...on hardwood floor this time...

Ballet Shoes

2010-11-08T09:01:00.000-08:00

9x12 watercolor

Watercolor ballet shoes for Ava...

Sisters

2010-11-07T17:15:00.000-08:00

20x32 watercolor

Not the most successful portraits I've done, but still there's something about them...I think I'll continue with some larger scale figures and see what happens...

Jim Kelly Inspired Pointe Shoes

2010-11-06T04:01:00.000-07:00

10x12ish, watercolor

Inspired by a Jim Kelly photograph and popular poster...and all of the Dance Theater Nutcracker girls!

Kitchen Still Life

2010-11-04T17:15:00.000-07:00

5x7 watercolor

Kitchen Still Life...inspired by the dishes Ruth left when she gave snacks to the girls last weekend and I piled my old yogurt container/water cups with them...

Science Experiment

2009-01-21T19:09:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 12x 18" ish
$215.00

Another version of izzy's science experiment....the one with the food coloring and the carnations.

Working Farm in Greens

2009-01-19T09:27:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 9x12"
$100.00

One of my favorites. I love how the colors blended. I also was able to achieve a level of simplification that I haven't achieved in the past.

Roadside Cemetary, Rt 309

2009-01-15T18:47:00.001-08:00

watercolor, 12x18"

For sale, $85.00

This is yet another daily painting inspired by a cemetary along route 309 on the way to Tunkhannock. I have always thought about painting cemetaries...I love the serenity, the beautiful grave markers, the landscaping, the iron details... but as soon as I begin I feel morbid and don't follow through. I think the use of colors helped to get me to the end of this one, and I'm glad I made it. It has a sense of flowing through the circle of life.

Anyone who's following, I posted this on both blogs today and I apologize!

42nd Street Barn in Pinks

2009-01-14T09:49:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 7x9"ish

Tea Party

2009-01-12T18:49:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 6 x 11"

This is a study that I did today for a portrait of a little girl at a tea party. I think that I'll need to do a few more before I jump in!

Working Farm in Blues

2009-01-09T09:20:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 8x10"

Japanese Maple at Harveys Lake

2009-01-08T18:11:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 8x10" ish

Harveys Lake Last Autumn

2009-01-07T19:23:00.001-08:00

8x10"ish watercolor

Another view from my window, assisted by a photo from last fall. Do I have to paint in oils?

From The Window

2009-01-05T11:09:00.000-08:00

watercolor 18x22"

A quick sketch on prepped paper of the japanese maple outside of my window. The background is from some random memory of all of these barns I've been painting lately. The lake may be a better background for the next rendition.

Back Mountain Farm

2009-01-04T10:02:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 8 x 91/2"

Asleep

2009-01-02T06:37:00.000-08:00

watercolor, 8x10"

From our lazy New Year's day...

Big Green Chair

2009-01-01T10:32:00.001-08:00

watercolor, 10"x6"

Seed

2008-05-03T13:40:00.001-07:00

A watercolor sketch for the Illustration Friday challenge this week - Seed...seeds and growing...what a perfect inspiration for spring...

I am not a gardener, but took a look at the seedlings that my husband and children had planted that were sitting on the window sill. I think this may be a baby basil plant...the basil and parsley seem to be doing well. I love how the seed casings hang on the edge of the leaf for a time.

I think that the movement and flow of watercolors illustrate the organics of movement and growing well... Happy Spring!

Homage

2008-03-29T10:08:00.001-07:00

Homage to Man's Best Friend

This is an IF sketch done in collaboration with my daughter who just loves dogs (and colors).
We thought we'd paint a picture of our "Lucky Dog" last week...and now we are paying homage to him and all of the other pups out there who make our lives special!

Garden

2008-03-11T07:48:00.000-07:00

My IF contribution for "Garden"....inspired by Izzy's garden coloring contest drawing.
Almost a tiny sketch-
oil, 16x20