Fall Pansies

A quick little 4x6 watercolor of fall pansies using waterbrushes in my A4 sketchbook.

 

White flower

 

I have been playing with a 4 color (red, green, black, and blue) ball point pen on craft paper.

3 Cherries

 

Three little watercolor cherries in my large Arteza sketchbook.

Chris' Birthday Card

 

Since this card has been delivered I thought I would post it now. Click on the image to enlarge. I have had a fun time making a total of 4 of these cards, each one is different from the others.

Spiritual Bouquet Card

 

I was asked to design a Spiritual Bouquet Card. I chose to do an accordion fold card with 6 panels. This photo shows the inside without text. I left the upper left and most of the 6th, last panel, for text. The back is blank and will have the list of Masses, Rosaries, Devotions, etc. that the group members will be giving to the recipient. The outside dimensions (including the covers) are 5.5 x 30.5. the covers are book board covered with original monoprints. The closure is a gold elastic string with a bow. For a closer look, click on the images to enlarge.

the back      and   front covers

Mountain Lake Landscape

 

This small gouache landscape is 2 1/8" by 5 1/2". It is in my 5x8 Moleskine notebook of buff cardstock. The image is an imagined location, perhaps a scene you might find in Scotland.

Rose Periwinkle

 

I painted this small flower at the beginning of this sketchbook on the same page as the Blue Anemone. I had planned to make more blossoms and add leaves but haven't yet. I have been going back and sketching in the open/empty spaces in this large sketchbook. So often the sketches are out of chronological order, but this doesn't bother me.

Oriental Art Still life

I have a beautifully carved rosewood brush rack that sits on my studio project table. My husband bought it for me while he was on a business trip many, many years ago. This sketch is incomplete and a little wonky. It only shows a portion of the rack and a few of my many brushes. I use the little teapot to add water to my inkstone when I grind my ink.

 

Mother's Day bouquet

Our son brought me flowers for Mother's Day plus a very nice initialed leather notebook. I am very lucky to have such a thoughtful son.

 

The remains of a bouquet

These are the flowers that have staying power from a recent bouquet. Then I added the yellow blooms from our cabbage plant out front.

 

Three Rose

 

These three roses were painted right before they were ready to drop their petals.

The Woods at Dusk

This print was created by multiple reprinting over each other.

 

The Crucifixion

This collage came together over September and October of 2021. These simple basic geometric forms create a bird's eye view of the Crucifixion of Christ. It is an appropriate post for Good Friday.

 

Kandinsky Circles #3

Another fun set of squares and circles. This one was roughly based on primary colors.

 

Kandinsky Circles #2

This set was done the same way as the first set. It was a fun color experiment.

 

Kandinsky Circles #1

After studying Rothko I pick up on Kandinsky. I did 4 sets of these and they were great fun. I picked out six different gel plate prints and cut out six squares and then 3 circles to collages on each square.

 

Silk Scroll

 

I printed directly in the book, collaged a square print over it, then collaged one of my oriental brush pine trees on top. It reminded me of a silk scroll.

Happy Traveler

An oriental brush painting from long ago. I can't remember the source image reference it has been so long ago. But this book seemed like a safe place to hold this happy little guy.

 

Year of the Ox 2021

This is an old suminagashi print that I put in the book to prevent it from getting lost or damaged. But since most of the prints in the Art Mythos III are from 2021 it seemed an appropriate entry. 

 

Off Balance

 

A print with the Rothko influence and a piece of collage from one of my Instax photos.