SPRING CLEANING

I spent a few hours going through and sorting my stack of paintings and prints that didn't quite turn out as hoped. Found a few that I might revisit with an open mind.

DRUMS

Took a short break from art projects and grand kids to rebuild my drum set. Removed one of the kick drums and toms and added all new Evans drum heads.

GRANDSON'S BIRTHDAY

HERMAN PEKEL

I've become a bit of a Youtube addict. There are so many wonderful videos of art demos. Loose watercolor  painting technique is one of my favorites and the artist Herman Pekel is a complete joy to watch making it work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mno4W53T_8




One of my attempts.  Festive -

EARLY FIRE SEASON

The heat and wind in Southern California over the past few days has given us early fire danger warnings. We certainly don't need another 2007 when wildfires forced evacuations here in Big Bear.

Big Bear Fire - Acrylic on Arches watercolor paper








Self Portrait - Why So Serious

WOODBLOCK PROCESS

This print was done with two blocks with reduction cuts on both.

Block 1                                                           Block 2

Print progression

In The Park

LEESA PADGET

A friend sent me a link to a Youtube clip from a wonderful artist from Australia. She has a number of great demos on the site if you like this one.       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZy9X-wNeLw

SCRATCHBOARD

Fun with some left-over scratchboard.

Shake