Folded Watercolor Booklet

I quickly made up this booklet out of painted paper on Saturday.  My friend and I are planning

a new workshop joining her watercolor talent and my love of how to figure out how things

fit together.  I am planning on turning this into a garden journal.  I'll post again when I have finished the paintings.

Low Country Crabs

While in Beaufort, SC my son and his family came to visit. He and his stepson and Grandpa Cohen trapped these crabs.  They cooked and ate them.  I though they were so pretty I had to take a picture.  Beautiful and tasty to.

Farmer's Market Flowers

It has been a while sense my last post.  Over two years.  I can't believe how time flies.  While spending a few weeks in Beaufort, SC I purchased a sweet bouquet of spring flowers.  A quick contour sketch and watercolor wash.  Why don't I do this more often?   It is therapeutic!

Sunshine in Winter

I am spending the winter in Beaufort, S.C.  While working in my journal from a photo taken last summer in Michigan,  I painted these happy sunflowers.

I transfered the design to some handmade, 300 lb. watercolor paper that I had been wanting to test.  It certainly worked different than anything I have ever used.  Soaked up the water and paint like a sponge.  I love to use lots of water so it worked OK for me.

I think they are rays of sunshine during a dark and rainy winter here.  Hope you're enjoying making your own sunshine where ever you.  

NEW TOYS

New art supplies!  Nothing better.

 Last July my friend and I ordered ceramic pallets for our studios.  We spent and afternoon painting pieces of paper narrowing down what color went where and which were the same.  It seems I had a few that were.

I ran out of time and came home with mine like the top pallet(only paper color).  Well...........you know we artist, at least me, are chickens.  I have no idea why but I just filled my pallet with the real thing yesterday, Oct 7.  It sure is pretty to look at.  I wonder how long it will be before I use it to paint

Back to a slower pace, or NOT!

Things are slowing down a bit.  No more Book Binding classes until Spring.  Our Winter has so much snow and cold and I live on a bad road for students to travel.  I will miss it but I wouldn't want any accidents.

My Journaling friends, Catherine and Karen, came over yesterday and we made books.  I found this fabric for the book cloth on a trip to Indiana to see my parents last weekend.  Catherine purchased the paper on a trip to Hollander's in Ann Arbor.  It just seem to fit so well.

We had a great time matching up paper and trading supplies.  It's always more fun with friends.

I had a few adventures this summer I'll try to start posting some of them soon.

Returning to a little slower pace or NOT