Happy Birthday, Tim!

We have talked for years about commissioning me to do a drawing or painting of your house...well, here it is! Happy birthday! Love the flamingos in the yard, by the way!

Le Magasin SENNELIER en 1900

I visited Sennelier Art Store last time I was in Paris. 115 years later, it still looked the same! Except for the car.

Too Much Ink!

I liked the original drawing, but I used too much ink and muddied up the whole thing. Oh well. I learned a valuable lesson!

An art lesson for Tia

Hi Tia! To practice my drawing skills, I think it is really helpful to work only with black ink, so I don't have to concentrate on getting the colors right, too. Take, for example, a glass of water. We know that water is clear, but we have to train our eye to ignore what we know in our brain and just draw what we really see. Look at the water inside the glass...some of it looks black or grey because of the stuff behind it. When I painted this, the water had ice cubes in it, but they melted by the time I took the picture. Have fun! Love you!

Alice 10.3

Alice doesn't look so turtley this week! It looks a bit more like her, but it does not capture her sweetness. Next week, maybe?

Another Sumini

My friend Josetta at the salon tonight. Painted with sumi ink with my plume.

Sketch at bedtime

The fire is now just glowing embers, and as I sit on my couch, I figure that drawing what is right in front of me is good enough. So here is my lovely fireplace and the artsy picasso-ish chair that Sigel gave me for Christmas one year. I will try to be a good girl and ink this tomorrow. Nitey nite!