an experiment

I loved the trees in the Northwest. I wanted to stay forever. I did take lots of pictures, thinking about how to capture the layers and layers of color. This is a first experiment, the color is a bit distorted by the scanner. I think I will try this again with some actual watercolor paper and see what different things I can do to show layers of color. This was with inktense pencils, watercolor pencils, and a touch of watercolor crayon on a couple of spots.

Long time, no post

....but I will share what I've been up to.

I have been working this summer on a quilt for a friend. It is nearly finished, just quilting it now.


I also taught a little class in our town community center. The theme was "Urbanology" and I taught a unit on the Watts Towers. Even though we are in the Los Angeles area, the kids did not know about the towers, so I started by showing this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaIloDyhg90

Then they were given some wire sculpture tools, and here is what resulted!










I can't take credit for it, but the nonprofit that I volunteer with has now put up a mural on a big community corridor. I think it is amazing! for more info, go to thearTree.org.




We are back from two weeks' vacation in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to many Starbucks mugs, I collected some new art supplies-- stabilo pen sets in both sizes, inktense pencils, and a new flexi-sketch book. I came home to a shipment from Cheap Joe's that included paper samplers and some inks! School starts Thursday, so I will have some time in my studio again.