Work In Progress

This is the drawing that I took to Paulette Insall class at the Inspired Retreat.
I want to work on the hair - not only the color (I thought a darker brown would be nice - especially those eyebrows!)but the entire "look" of it. I had to put a little gesso on it to cover up a, um, a little background problem...
I also do not like the lip color...anybody out there with some suggestions on that? I used the Caran D'ache crayons. I need another color. I feel that this one is too brassy or something...

I still have a lot of work on it but the important thing is that

I AM PAINTING!
I did use some of the techniques that I learned from Wyanne in her painting class.
They (Paulette & Wyanne) are both wonderful teachers.

Charleston, Harbor Kayaking, Museums and Wyanne

Well, I've been a busy girl here lately!

My husband and I went to Charleston SC for a long weekend.

He had to do a little work but that was quickly taken care of...On to the fun stuff!

We went kayaking with Joe on Shem Creek, then out in the Charleston Harbor.

We had a good look at this island but couldn't go out on it because of nesting activity. It opens back up on Oct. 15 and I'd love to go back and look for sharks teeth and such.

We saw a manatee! It looked like a big hairy brown face peeking out of the water!

That was so cool...hearing the "whoosh" of water and air as he (?) came to the surface,

then seeing that comical hairy face peeking up...
gotta love kayaking in this water!

We had just started to head back towards the dock when a shrimp boat came in...

birds circling the boat, diving and screaming at each other...

we followed it, hoping to see a dolphin...

but no sighting in the harbor.

As we rounded the harbor, heading in to Shem Creek

we were greeted with a couple of other folks in kayaks, holding position near the docked shrimp boat.

"Dolphin!"

"Look, it's a dolphin!"

And there it was...appearing to be rather young...

or small anyway...

jumping and rolling up and down in the water...

feeding off of the shrimp boats bait...

We wanted to stay and watch but we were renting by the half day...

I highly recommend this tour to anyone that is interested in kayaking and seeing the harbor and its' wildlife in a different way...

a little closer look...

It's well worth the money.

Next time we go to Charleston, we're going to just rent kayaks and decide on our own route.

That way we can stop and spend the amount of time that we want in each place.

It was a lot of fun!

Now...what's next...

Oh, some of you know that I've been taking art classes at a local museum.

We are having a Student Art Show in October...

I've been working on a piece.

I finally completed it!

Yay for me!

I'll try to post pictures after I frame it...

You should come and see it and all the other awesome work of my fellow students.

I noticed that some of the women seem to come to the classes as a type of "Social Painting"...

I may have coined a phrase here...

but they all are wonderful painters (watercolor, acrylic, pastels, etc...)

that come week after week for a bit of encouragement

perhaps a laugh or two (if you're in my class!)

and the fellowship of the group.

You should join us in the next set of classes.

Now, the next topic.

Wyanne.

Have you heard of her?

Seen her awesome work?

I found her on You Tube while looking for videos on mixed media techniques.

What an Awesome Artist!

I love her work...

love the beauty that comes through ...

love, love, love Her Girls...

You should watch some of her videos to see how she creates them...

how they come to life...

There are so many mixed media techniques that she uses that appeal to me.

I want to try them on fabric...

See how I can apply all those great techniques to My Art.

I hope that all of you are excited about creating Art as I am.

The world is full of Everyday Miracles...

Look around you...

open you eyes to the majesty of what's around you.

Allow The Universe to Inspire You.