oystercatchers

                               10x10

                                  10x9

A couple more oystercatchers.

redhead

                                  6x8

Very humid here, so I got a lot of fuzzy edges, but the humidity also allowed me to keep dropping color into the darks to make them darker.

oystercatcher

                               10x10

I visited a nearby gallery with my friend Gina this week and saw some lovely, simple watercolors of shorebirds.

Made me want to paint!

Starting off with one of my favorites, the American oystercatcher.

I may go back and add some dry brush texture to the wing; overworked the chest and wound up having to add a schmear of white gouache.

kitchen table still life

                              11x15

I don't know why, despite my desire and intent, I cannot maintain a consistent painting practice. I am going to keep trying.

My kitchen table was covered with colorful fruit and vegetables after a trip to the farm market.

Sat down and had at it, no plan. ... I like the way the yellow of the lemons bled into the purple: that's my favorite part!

So, I was going to add something on the left, to, I hoped, help the composition, which is pretty awful.

But, typically, I can't decide what to do. A bowl? A vase? Maybe wallpaper?

Sometimes plunging in leads to unsolvable problems down the road.

At least I got the paints wet!

trumpet vine

                            @10×10

Even though I have many lovely flowers blooming in my yard, I have not had the desire to paint in quite a while.

I picked these sprigs of trumpet vine--I love the dark orange color--this morning and literally forced myself to make a loose sketch.

I'm not happy with it, of course!

But ... gotta start somewhere.