Well, I am not entirely sure how it got to be Sunday night already but here I am, needing to make a blog post to keep up with my target of at least 1 post/week!
I might be jumping the gun a tad as it’s not quite the end of the month…but I have some lovely wintery photos burning a hole in my iPhone, so here goes my first attempt at a Changing Seasons post. (Su, I hope I am doing this right!) All of these photos were taken on the Mill Run Trail that starts in the Village:
This weekend I was back down on the Mill Run Trail again, this time with Joanne of My Life Lived Full. This was our second get-together, and my pleasure to host her at my stomping grounds. The weather was a lot milder than on New Year’s Day, and the snow showed it:
Back indoors, when not binge-watching Grace & Frankie, I was “arting around”:
This painting came to life while following instruction from Angela Anderson
I love the way the background came out but I could have done better on the blossoms. I want to fix some stuff and do some glazing, and then it will be done!
I haven’t proceeded any farther with my Queen of Wands idea. I’m trying to figure out the best way to take a small drawing and transfer it to a bigger canvas. I’ve looked up the process of using a grid technique (cheap but looks tiresome) and also have discovered (cue angelic singing): the Artograph. Yep, that’s about 800 dollars worth of awesome technology that I won’t be buying anytime soon. Back to reality I go…
This weekend’s January thaw also meant it was finally a good time to wash Edward II, without risk of his doors freezing shut. If the sun would come out, he’d be all sparkly again. For about 5 minutes. Until covered with wintry road goo once again…
My weekend was jam-packed with fun stuff. How was yours?
Rock on,
The WB
I love your art! The contrast of colors makes me happy. The movement of the dots. And turtles keep showing up this weekend. I think that’s the 4th time that I noticed. Keep arting!
I was sick all weekend. This is the 4th day. I even missed the Women’s March. Sad face here. I would much rather have been hiking with you and Joanne!
Thank you Reticula! Sorry to hear you are under the weather. Seems universities are as much a hotbed of flu and cold bugs as primary schools. (Pay for parking to work here plus all the foreign viruses/bacteria we can throw at your immune system…yay????) Hope you feel better soon!
I’m so happy to have been part of your January!! I’m looking forward to more 🙂
Sadly, I’m not thrilled with the photos I took on our hike – some serious photo editing will be needed to fix them. I seem to be making a recurring error that I need to sort out.
I love your arting around – especially the blossoms. It’s such a soft, gentle image … perfect for a rainy day like today 💕
Thanks Joanne! I had a blast showing you the Village and all its charms (now that it actually has some…hehehe!). I’m going to be doing more stuff in the vein of the blossoms painting. I like the soft, impressionistic images as well and aspire to get better at them.
Woohoo. Thanks for taking part. Love how I was going down through the snowy shots and got that pop of bright blue. 🙂 Love the term “arting around” — and your work is lovely. The turtle particularly is very sunny and warm. 🙂
Thank you Su!
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Where did the weekend go indeed! Sorry to be so late in replying to your post, Deb. Time is vanishing on me this week.
I enjoyed your photos. Many of them could have been taken in my neighbourhood. Our weather is so bizarre this year. Yesterday I was walking around with just a Patagonia sweater over my t-shirt. Today it was full winter gear and I was still freezing.
I also really like your arting around. Great to see where you’re going with the sea turtle given that you showed us your earliest efforts in a recent post.
Thank you Karen! I still need to go back to that other turtle and finish it off. But I saw an image of the dotted sea turtle on interwebs and I had to drop everything and make my own version…hehehe! I’ve done more work on it since, and will post the finished piece in another post.
Great pics – and I love the art.
I’ve been trying to forget that there are new episodes of Grace & Frankie, because I don’t have the time to watch them right now. I know if I think about them too much, I’ll stop doing the thing which need to get done in favor of watching the new episodes!
Thanks for the kind words!
I admire your discipline Sarah. I’ve finished G & F, and last night I started on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel…a very addictive mistake!!!! Now I’ll never get the house vaccuumed. 😉
Deb
Nice art. Love the pampas grass
Thank you!
LOVE the photos and the paintings! I am glad to see you’re still over here creating…..and blogging! I’m still struggling, but it’s mainly a time issue for me these days.
Thank you Kim! Hang in there. It’s a struggle right now for me to get out that one post per week I committed to, but I am managing so far.
Thank you for sharing your month, and your lovely snowy pics – we don’t have snow in Singapore so I relish snow photos any chance I get! I have all the joy without the repercussions of extreme weather!
What fun your arting around is! Thank you for sharing your creations!
Thank you very much! Singapore? A place I’d love to visit someday. The pictures I’ve seen of it are amazing!!!
Hope you make it here soon!