Saturday, July 31, 2010
CUTE GUY AT THE BEACH
CUTE GUY AT THE BEACH
Saw this cute guy at the beach.....it was his legs that got me...:) :)
IT WAS A ''MUST SKETCH'' MOMENT!
WATERCOLOR & INK
Actually this is copied from a picture in a magazine.
The photographer is Chris Livingston of Chelmsford, Mass. and he says this is a female Mallard who climbed out of the iced-over surface of the Sudbury River to stand and warm her feathers in a spot of sunlight. From Birds & Blooms magazine.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
A SUNFLOWER BIRTHDAY
A SUNFLOWER BIRTHDAY
FOR EVERYONE WHO SHARES A JULY BIRTHDAY AND IS READING THIS,...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I SHARE MY BIRTHDAY TODAY WITH A CLOSE BY NEIGHBOR, AND I THOUGHT, THE LEAST I COULD DO WAS TO PAINT HER A BIRTHDAY CARD.
This is Watercolor and Ink.
My family and I will celebrate later...only my son will be missing....and I do miss him a lot...but we stay close via email, phone and etc...so that has to do for now....:)
I keep trying to STOP HAVING BIRTHDAY'S...but they keep showing up anyway...oh well...:)
And what better way to start my birthday, than by creating a piece of ART!!!...:)
Uploaded by Louise001 on 18 Jul 10, 6.59AM EDT.
FOR EVERYONE WHO SHARES A JULY BIRTHDAY AND IS READING THIS,...HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
I SHARE MY BIRTHDAY TODAY WITH A CLOSE BY NEIGHBOR, AND I THOUGHT, THE LEAST I COULD DO WAS TO PAINT HER A BIRTHDAY CARD.
This is Watercolor and Ink.
My family and I will celebrate later...only my son will be missing....and I do miss him a lot...but we stay close via email, phone and etc...so that has to do for now....:)
I keep trying to STOP HAVING BIRTHDAY'S...but they keep showing up anyway...oh well...:)
And what better way to start my birthday, than by creating a piece of ART!!!...:)
Uploaded by Louise001 on 18 Jul 10, 6.59AM EDT.
Friday, July 16, 2010
A LITTLE BEET OF FUN
WOOO HOOO....I have some new toys!
I spent the morning at Hobby Lobby..cashing in a gift certificate....and you will see some new things coming soon...:)
This is my first try with my new Caran D'Ache NEOCOLOR II....WATERSOLUBLE WAX PASTELS....:)
I love them...so much can be done with them...
And...the Angels were with me on this shopping trip for sure....I found this set on the back CLEARANCE wall...originally marked $34.99...then reduced to 2o...and today $12.59!!! I love a good deal!!! :)
However, I was shocked at some of the high prices in that store...so next I'll either check out Michael's, or order online...:) I checked and this set sells for 22 at Jerry's...so I still got a deal...:)
Anyway I am having fun finding out what I can do with these...:)
I spent the morning at Hobby Lobby..cashing in a gift certificate....and you will see some new things coming soon...:)
This is my first try with my new Caran D'Ache NEOCOLOR II....WATERSOLUBLE WAX PASTELS....:)
I love them...so much can be done with them...
And...the Angels were with me on this shopping trip for sure....I found this set on the back CLEARANCE wall...originally marked $34.99...then reduced to 2o...and today $12.59!!! I love a good deal!!! :)
However, I was shocked at some of the high prices in that store...so next I'll either check out Michael's, or order online...:) I checked and this set sells for 22 at Jerry's...so I still got a deal...:)
Anyway I am having fun finding out what I can do with these...:)
Thursday, July 15, 2010
TEASELS....PEN & INK In my moleskin Journal.
Dipsacus is a genus of flowering plant in the family Dipsacaceae. The members of this genus are known as teasel or teazel or teazle. The genus includes about 15 species of tall herbaceous biennial plants (rarely short-lived perennial plants) growing to 1-2.5 m tall, native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa.
I have loved the sight of these along the roadsides all my life and often it is all I can do to keep myself from stopping the car and getting out and picking some to take home...and sometimes I could not stop myself!!!
I have loved the sight of these along the roadsides all my life and often it is all I can do to keep myself from stopping the car and getting out and picking some to take home...and sometimes I could not stop myself!!!
RABBIT IN THE GARDEN
DEDICATED TO MISTRESS OF LONGEARS....:)
I can no longer see a Rabbit, or read about them in a book without thinking of Mistress and Ozzie....:)
In the book Ferdnand(yes that is correct spelling)....raised them in cages and fed garden leftovers to them.
(Note to self...practice drawing Rabbit ears!)
I can no longer see a Rabbit, or read about them in a book without thinking of Mistress and Ozzie....:)
In the book Ferdnand(yes that is correct spelling)....raised them in cages and fed garden leftovers to them.
(Note to self...practice drawing Rabbit ears!)
Sunday, July 11, 2010
QUEEN ANNE'S LACE.
PEN & INK
IS IT QUEEN ANNE'S LACE OR POISONOUS HEMLOCK?
Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird's nest, bishop's lace, and (US) Queen Anne's lace) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalised to northeast North America and Australia; domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant, usually growing up to 1 m tall and flowering from June to August. The umbels are claret-coloured or pale pink before they open, then bright white and rounded when in full flower, measuring 3–7 cm wide with a festoon of bracts beneath; finally, as they turn to seed, they contract and become concave like a bird's nest. The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds.[1]
Very similar in appearance to the deadly Poison Hemlock, Daucus carota is distinguished by a mix of bi-pinnate and tri-pinnate leaves, fine hairs on its stems and leaves, a root that smells like carrots, and occasionally a single dark red flower in its center.
IS IT QUEEN ANNE'S LACE OR POISONOUS HEMLOCK?
Daucus carota (common names include wild carrot, (UK) bird's nest, bishop's lace, and (US) Queen Anne's lace) is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, southwest Asia and naturalised to northeast North America and Australia; domesticated carrots are cultivars of a subspecies, Daucus carota subsp. sativus.
Daucus carota is a variable biennial plant, usually growing up to 1 m tall and flowering from June to August. The umbels are claret-coloured or pale pink before they open, then bright white and rounded when in full flower, measuring 3–7 cm wide with a festoon of bracts beneath; finally, as they turn to seed, they contract and become concave like a bird's nest. The dried umbels detach from the plant, becoming tumbleweeds.[1]
Very similar in appearance to the deadly Poison Hemlock, Daucus carota is distinguished by a mix of bi-pinnate and tri-pinnate leaves, fine hairs on its stems and leaves, a root that smells like carrots, and occasionally a single dark red flower in its center.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
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