Forest stroll. 8 x 8 gouache on black
An imagined stroll painted on paper - the advantage to being an artist - paint where you want to go & you will go there, if only in your mind but the journey is still lovely. I thought of the forest the entire time painting this and it took me a while.
It's been too wet to walk & the mosquitos - brutal, so yesterday I imagined the forest and mushrooms we have found. This blue mushroom bleeds blue. Fascinating! Every blade of grass was a pleasure to paint & I found some new music to listen to as well: Xuefei Yang one of the world’s most inventive guitarists, 'Summertime' the name of the album. Minutes turned into hours. This painting is a gift... I love painting for specific people as I think of them also while painting and this person is a pleasure to know.
Holy RAIN in Toronto -I can't believe some of the videos I'm seeing surface about the storm and the flooding! I can't ever remember it flooding like that in my lifetime. Yikes, I can imagine all the calls to insurance companies today, good luck!
I was aware of previous flooding in Minden when looking for a home, this house is built on a hill so impossible to flood the basement as it also has a slope that runs downhill. I've seen many homes where flooding damage was done and was amazed to learn, it can take one piece of paper to block a drain and flood the entire place. I hope all I know (& don't know) are safe & dry. Seeing all the abandoned vehicles, holy cow... it's probably going to send some over the edge financially & many need their vehicles to work... would insurance cover it? I hope so.
Mushrooms on the other hand are loving it! I might suit up and spray all over and take the girls into the woods- them sprayed too, today we will try the viral all natural 'water & vanilla spray' - said to leave you smelling like a cinnamon bun and keep mosquitos away- hmmmm, I hope bears don't like cinnamon buns. I'll let you know if it works. A new sketch waiting on my deskill be equally detailed, I'm excited to start... first bake banana bread!
Did you know peking ducks have teeth? A photo below -I'm amazed by this, I had no clue.. now you know!
Created to create!
An imagined stroll painted on paper - the advantage to being an artist - paint where you want to go & you will go there, if only in your mind but the journey is still lovely. I thought of the forest the entire time painting this and it took me a while.
It's been too wet to walk & the mosquitos - brutal, so yesterday I imagined the forest and mushrooms we have found. This blue mushroom bleeds blue. Fascinating! Every blade of grass was a pleasure to paint & I found some new music to listen to as well: Xuefei Yang one of the world’s most inventive guitarists, 'Summertime' the name of the album. Minutes turned into hours. This painting is a gift... I love painting for specific people as I think of them also while painting and this person is a pleasure to know.
Holy RAIN in Toronto -I can't believe some of the videos I'm seeing surface about the storm and the flooding! I can't ever remember it flooding like that in my lifetime. Yikes, I can imagine all the calls to insurance companies today, good luck!
I was aware of previous flooding in Minden when looking for a home, this house is built on a hill so impossible to flood the basement as it also has a slope that runs downhill. I've seen many homes where flooding damage was done and was amazed to learn, it can take one piece of paper to block a drain and flood the entire place. I hope all I know (& don't know) are safe & dry. Seeing all the abandoned vehicles, holy cow... it's probably going to send some over the edge financially & many need their vehicles to work... would insurance cover it? I hope so.
Mushrooms on the other hand are loving it! I might suit up and spray all over and take the girls into the woods- them sprayed too, today we will try the viral all natural 'water & vanilla spray' - said to leave you smelling like a cinnamon bun and keep mosquitos away- hmmmm, I hope bears don't like cinnamon buns. I'll let you know if it works. A new sketch waiting on my deskill be equally detailed, I'm excited to start... first bake banana bread!
Did you know peking ducks have teeth? A photo below -I'm amazed by this, I had no clue.. now you know!
Created to create!
Do you know who's the most adorable chihuahua in Canada? Poppy.
