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Roof top Round 2

Painting in progress….a rare video of me painting.

This evening, for Paint the Great South Bay, we were given access to a rooftop so we could paint. It was awesome and we had a whole new view to paint. Here is my painting from this evening, with the clips on…. Here is the postcard print for my mom with kitty added…..kitty is aContinue reading “Roof top Kitty”

Last Alive After Five of the summer

Tonight brings the summer to a sad close….yes, we still have a little over a week to Labor Day, but tonight was the final AA5 of the summer☹️. This is also the week of Paint the Great South Bay. So far it has rained, I was swarmed by flies and bit by a yellow jacket.Continue reading “Last Alive After Five of the summer”

Pink and Teal kitty

Kitty and the horseshoe crab

Recently I have been reminded of a creature that isn’t the prettiest but it is ancient and it’s mating season is a major contributor to the food chain, primarily, the red knot and other migratory birds. We used to have a house near the Delaware Bay and our morning walks consisted of turning over exhaustedContinue reading “Kitty and the horseshoe crab”

Kitty and the Draken

The Draken, a reproduced genuine Viking ship, visited Long Island last week and we were there by chance, watching it come into the dock. Not sure what other stops they are doing in the US but I was glad I was there that day!

Yellow and Blue

Keeping it simple

Kitty goes sailing

We went out to Greenport and saw this huge sailboat. Kitty wanted to go sailing on it…..

Today’s kitty

The technique I used for this kitty is a mixture of ink and pencil. It was demo’d in Carla Sonheim’s 365 workshop of prompts. We used the technique with chicken sketches but I used it for this kitty and a 5 minute Sktchy portrait. I’ve included all of the sketches here. I really liked doingContinue reading “Today’s kitty”

Aura kitty

This kitty is totally by chance. I used a thick brush of gesso to paint a kitty on white paper. The interior of that white gesso’d kitty is the final orangey kitty that you see here. Update on my mom: She looks forward to these cards that I send her. When I am on theContinue reading “Aura kitty”