Daily Face: April 29th and 30th & Chalk Pastels

 Well the end of April is here. In the South it means only 3 more weeks of school. I can say that it has been a pretty good school year. It went by really fast. Everyone is asking if I'm excited about my last child graduating from high school?, and the answer is yes. Then they say will you be sad? Currently I don't think so. I've listen to a lot of older women talk about how lonely their house became after their children all left. So I've been making sure as a mother to keep a small, secret part of myself where all my hopes and dreams go so that when this day came I wouldn't be lost because I poured all of myself into my children. I've made sure to invest in myself. I still have a list of things I would like to accomplish. Now that I will not wear all of those hats a mother with school age children wears I will be able to fully dive into the things I've didn't have time for. So stick around to see if I find out if my views are correct.


I went to an Estate Sell today, as usual I was looking for anything art related. I found these chalk pastels for less than $5, they are still new  Vintage Koss 48 Square Pastels

Blue Girl Watercolor

I decided that since I did a boy in blue, that I should do a girl also.

Blue Boy Watercolor

Blue is one of my favorite colors, in fact Blue was my maiden last name. I decided to do a watercolor and keep it simple.

AEDM: I fell off the wagon Day 19,20, & 21

Day 19

I was doing great keeping up, but life got in the way of creating. My two Blue Girls are still unfinished, although I tried to work on them. My heart wasn't into it. So I did another bird, a really ugly catumpkin idea, and practiced drawing student portraits in my giant sketchbook.

Day 20

Day 21

Updated My Buzzard Illo

AEDM: Day 16 Cormorant

The Cormorant they have striking blue eyes. Once again I almost didn't have any art for today. Sunday is a day of worship for my family. I also had some volunteer work to do, so art was pushed to the very end.
Once again I did a bird. I drew and colored this bird on my iPad using 53 and the pencil. Then I cleaned it up in Photoshop. I just wasn't in the mood to sit at my desk and draw while football is on.

Day 16  Cormorant

AEDM: Day 14 Unfinished

Day 14

I didn't get a chance to finish, but I'm posting this to stay on track for Art Everyday Month. The buzzard called me to draw it.

Florida Black Vulture

Vintage Dr. Martins's Radiant Concentrated Water Color Set

My husband loves to go to estate sales. I usually tag along. Today we went to a sale at a famous local artist house. There were lots of unsigned art, one of which I really wanted but thought it was overpriced to be unsigned. However they did have her Dr. Martin water color set for sale, it was marked $10 but I purchased it for $5. I was so excited, all of the colors are still good. When people saw me with it, they asked what is it? One lady thought it was spices.

More Student Portraits

 I finally had an opportunity to do some more student portraits. I very seldom get a chance at work to do these. I feel as though I am getting out of practice. My lines don't look as clean.

Keeping Up With 2013 Motto

Draw, Draw, Draw
Although I don't post everyday I have been drawing. Here are a few more portraits in pen. This has been a wonderful practice for me.

 

Saturday Sketch

 I needed to practice my sketching skills. I used my blue pencil and I quite like them this way. I really want to become better at capturing realistic drawings. These are two students from my school.

Homage to Modigliani

I have a new old artist that I came across Modigliani. I love his portraits. I admire the way that he did portraiture but put them in his owe style. If you have not see his work just google his name. The painting at the top is my attempt of his style, I didn't want to copy it exactly so I made a few changes. Modigliani died at the age of 35. If you are a reader such as I the book entitled Modigliani. There is also a movie.

June Challenge - Monday 6/7

I did this drawing on the 7th but have not had time to add color until today. I wish I wasn't so busy. This is an olde to bobi, one a my favorite French artist. I love her work.

Dreams of Greatness

I am reading a book about the great American artist John Singer Sargeant, his paintings make me think that I good be a great painter too. I don't know why. If I could only dedicate myself to art I wonder if I could go places with it, but atlas I am a wife, mother, and other things before I am an artist. I have been asked to submit some of my work for a greeting card company. So maybe one day I will be great. It's good to have big dreams!