day ninety-seven

i knew it would be tough to paint tonight. you see, i have a cold. and while that is very common, i have a terrible headache, which makes focusing on one thing for long difficult.

i decided to try and depict what i felt like. words are probably better, but i tried.

also, it was wet when i took the picture. :)

4.5x12" watercolor

day ninety-six

updated post: 
this is what i gifted my little sister, darla, for christmas. it's of her & our nephew.

5x7" watercolor

original post: i'm not feeling too well, yuck... it's a busy week, so i'm praying for good health!

thankfully, it was one of the nights i had planned on painting a gift for someone. so, it was a mindless activity to paint tonight. this one will be "unwrapped" after Christmas.

ps. i hope your weekend was restful. i half-decorated for Christmas and can't wait to get my tree this week!!

day ninety-five

as i sat down to paint tonight, i realized that i was on my feet pretty much all day long. so, it felt good to sit and rest my mind and my feet.

today's painting is a little abstraction of a pine cone. i really enjoy the water-y watercolor look, and it allows me to paint loosely and more abstract. i also have less control over the paint.

i spent about 35 minutes on this one.

4.5x6" watercolor

day ninety-four

newest trader joe's obsession: swiss dark chocolate with whole hazelnuts. it's thick, rich, & reminds me of spain. yummm.....

what i'm listening to: corinne bailey rae, the sea

i was reading through a watercolor book today and parts of it were inspirational. so i decided to try a landscape. although i need more practice, i like the technique i used to abstract it.

9x12" watercolor

day ninety-three

i'm going to see Dave Barnes in Greensboro tonight, so i had to paint early today. i try to go to see dave barnes when i can because he is one of the most hilarious musicians i've ever seen. plus, many of my friends enjoy him, too.

i'm excited about this one, mostly because i'm in it. :)   it is of my older sister, mandy, holding me on May 7, 1985. i was 7 weeks old. 

4x6" watercolor

day ninety-two

feeling a little icky tonight. it's not a cold.... just icky. and i don't know a better adjective.

i decided to try something a bit different tonight. i've been dying to use this photograph of my Nana holding me as a bebe. i have it hanging up in my room. so, i washed out the color and printed it out. then, i did some spot coloring with watercolor. i guess it's more of a tinting.

in several of my paintings from college, i either screen printed or transferred print-outs on the canvas, so i was curious how that method would translate onto paper. also, because my watercolor paper is 9x12" and can't fit through my printer, i used a piece of heavy cardstock. all in all, it's not that great & i definitely like the photograph better. oh well!!

4x6" mixed media

day ninety-one

okay, after putting a dent in my triple layer hummus from trader joe's (couldn't live without it) and a very late start tonight, i decided to do another portrait. i don't know why i was having such a hard time tonight painting this, but i was at it for almost an hour with very little success.  i'm not even going to tell you who i attempted to paint!

4.5x6" watercolor

a couple side notes:
1. you might want to try the trader joe's organic vanilla yogurt- it's thick like the yogurt i had in Spain!
2. it's a brutal battle growing my hair out-- just thought i'd let you in on a personal struggle. :)