Mixed media Gesso Kitty

This kitty is partially created with recycled paper that I keep in my studio. The recycled paper can be print outs, magazines, old catalogs, junk mail, etc. I can’t fix the planet by myself but I do what I can. The kitty herself is a “recycled” image from a kitty I doodled in one of my sketchbooks.

Delft Blue, Two

Here is my second sketch from yesterday. I looked up and saw this window and decided to sketch it. There were osprey over head so I added them, I think the parents were taking the juvies out for a spin. They were pretty vocal overhead. I love this time of year, ospreys are everywhere and they are so adorable in their nests.

I added the kitty in the window for mom. The sign on the business startled me, though. Serenity Nail’s? No, that apostrophe was not a typo on my part…Why the apostrophe? Did they mean Serenity’s Nails? 😂😂 I changed the TN to a generic number but I left the poor grammar as a conversation piece, lol.

Delft Blue

Today I had to drop off a bunch of paintings for a show/clothesline sale in East Hampton, NY. I rode with a friend and was not prepared to stay out there and sketch. All I had in my handbag was one of my Lamy Safari’s that was filled with blue ink. I picked up a Strathmore packet of postcards and sketched with the blue ink. Hey, sometimes you just have to use whatcha have.

It is a little ironic that I had blue ink and an East End iconic windmill was in front of me in a region that was settled by the Dutch (and English.). I felt like the Dutch Boy ad.

As I said, I made do with what I had on hand. It’s totally unlike me to leave the house without my sketch gear, but I proved the point that there is no excuses why a sketch cannot be done, anywhere, anytime…grab anything and sketch!

Today and yesterday’s kitty

Ooops, forgot to post these two kitties yesterday…water color blobs and drips turned kitty…the idea of using random shapes is sometimes it enables you to see an angle you normally wouldn’t have thought of on your own.

Today’s kitty is a mixed media kitty, the shape was actually inspired by the background. I pulled this card with the prepared background, turned it onto it’s side and I saw this shape so it became today’s kitty. Sometimes that’s all I need for some inspiration.