Sea Turtle Mania

I am praying I have figured out the problems here in India.

I have been here for several days, but unable to post because of issues with my phone and internet access.  Having arrived here in the wee hours Friday morning, I have had issues with my phone ever since. I have been painting, but frustrated with loading up from my phone. There is a strong Wi-Fi here and access to phone coverage, but nothing will load from the phone now. What's weird is I am able to What's ap,surf the net, and facebook, but the blog downloads are simply not functioning properly. Frustrated, I have turned in desperation to my fire that I brought with me. I am unfamiliar with this device, so now I must learn a new way of shooting and editing my photos. It's all giving me a headache from the tension and stress.

Figured out for now, I am just praying this post does not simply disappear!  Fumble fingers aside, here is the first 4 of seven photos needed to catch up on the blog. 

Sea Turtle Mania I,II, III, and IV, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x  12h

Days 40, 41, 42, &43 of the 100 days~100 paintings Spring 2019

Biloxi Blue

Today, a watercolor............

Biloxi Blue is from a photograph I took years ago when we made a day trip to Biloxi, Mississippi.

There was this wonderful little harbor behind a casino and it had the most beautiful shrimp boats. Along with shrimp boats, there was this little guy, posing for all the world to see. He just simply adjusted his position on the piling as I moved around him shooting photos. I got several nice shots of him, in front of both a red and a blue shrimp boat. I used this particular pose as a demonstration and painting project for my beginning watercolor students. The students learned a lot in the past 6 weeks, but most of all, they had fun! I love to think of this group of ladies joining me in the winter quarter for ESILL as well. Some of them already said yes to moving on to intermediate watercolor.

If you look carefully, you can see the out of focus shrimp boat behind the seagull. This class used both very loose and very tight techniques combined, along with a little masking.

Biloxi Blue, Watercolor on paper, 11 x 15

Day 95 of the 100 days~100 paintings 2017 

Headed for Home Too!

While this is not really a painting in a day, I finished it today. This painting has been in the works for several months and I was determined to finish.
It all began when we were out sailing with a friend and I had the camera along just in case I wanted to take pictures. It was a nice long sail and we were evening coming in to harbor. When we got into the channel for Dog River, my husband Chris spotted this boat off in the distance. His remark was, look at all the pelicans around that boat! I tried to get a shot but the boat was too far away. I waited for several minutes while looking through the lens at the boat. Once it got closer, I started laughing, Chris wanted to know why and I told him it is the same boat I painted before, Capt Sid. ("Headed for Home") Many beautiful shots later I was excited about all the birds on, behind, and around this vessel. Why I thought it would be fun to paint so many birds, I don't know!
Here we are, "Headed for Home Too!" Oil on canvas, approx 20 x 48. I will be putting it into print as well so look for it at the Fall shows.