Sketching

 

Not sure how to say this but I wonder if anyone else feels this. I love to draw. Love to see the beauty around me. However, it is still raw my ability to capture it. I will keep working on it.

 

A few weeks ago I got to escape over to the Bay and saw an amazing sun set over the ocean. I was drawing and added some watercolor pencils.  

 

 



Then the next day we went to my favorite museum and viewed art by the Masters. Before we had to come home, we took a moment over at the Golden Gate Bridge. The water, sail boats, and amazing red beams were just one of those moments you just can't help but love. I plan to keep trying to sketch these things; and if nothing else, it is my excuse to go back.

Enjoy your day, Amanda

Rather be...

Some days I would just rather be there! Just a little fun learning to watercolor. I started with a pencil drawing and then watercolored it. Some day I will do this a lot more..  Where would you rather be today, or are you right where you want to be??  

Sunday Top Thoughts

FAIR WARNING... Emotions are top of the list today.. I feel so much support in blogland. I may not get to sit down with a great cup of coffee (or tea) and have a heartfelt conversation with my blog friends BUT I do get so much support, guidance, and friendship from so many I visit and that visit my blog. Every time I think that I am not a real artist or I doubt myself, I can log on and read some comments from wonderful people or visit some of the blogs I follow and I am restored! A perfect example is this journal. It worked into a challenge at Inspiration Avenue and I received so much support and positive comments that I love this journal even more. I added my first post and then added this little badge inside that is a stamped image of Hero Arts and then watercolored over it using my pencils and a wet brush (a technique learned in blogland!). I am growing artistically and so thankful, the Top 5 are:

1. Friends I have met in blogland
2. Patience is a virtue I really need to keep reminding myself of
3. Watercolor pencils
4. To remember to challenge myself and do what I fear
5. Prayers are my strength and roots

Summer Sun-kissed

It has been warm here again but the "Delta Breeze" has come in the afternoon to keep it livable. Those wonderful breezes make me daydream of a picture I cut out of a magazine. Then the theme at Inspiration Avenue is Sun-Kissed so I decided to create that picture. I started with water color pencils. I drew and used a wet paint brush to get the color. Then the hammock is made from a mesh bag and gesso. The palm tree is scrap paper (always a few scraps need to be included.. haha) The sun is stamped on tissue paper with some yellow watercolor behind it. The final touch was adding the small shell pieces.