Another day another sketch

This is my next 18" spread. The page on the left was done with permanent ink pen and watercolors

I did the lighthouse with permanent ink and water soluble pencils

This imaged was traced then colored with water soluble pencils on deli paper. I did not wet the pencil.

4 masted schooner Margaret Todd

Yes the sails are red and she's a stunner!!!

Oysters

I just had to try the DMTV sketchbook. Watercolors over oil pastels rubbed over texture plate.

Charity Quilts

Perhaps some of you remember the king size quilt I made for the PuppyLoveMe.org auction. 

I hope it brings in lots of money. My friend Rosalita has "gone out of the art quilt" business and offered me fabric for a reason - not just to add to my stash. I have enough for two and possibly three quilts to have auctioned off in the future. You will see these on the blog when the snow is flying here and the temps drop to well below freezing.

While there she offered me this watercolor paper and three pen sets

Jacquard fabric paint, texture/rubbing plates and the gridded plastic piece I can use for all kinds of adventures.

Sheets of watercolor paper

Really nice charcoal

Yipee! Thanks so much Rosalita!!

My Sketchbook Kit arrived

These are all the goodies that came in my supply kit for the DMTV Sketchbook Workshop. I bought a second sketchbook but the kit came with one sketchbook, a plastic eraser, a graphite stick, a set of dye based water colors (VERY vibrant and pigmented), a paint brush, peel and stick foam for stamps and a piece of compressed sponge which is thin when compressed and can be cut with scissors then it expands when wet for stamping.

This is my third set of watercolors that I have gotten from the Kemshalls. I LOVE them and you can see I don't take very good care of them (sad but true). I use them all the time. However I am a fanatic brush cleaner and I have some brushes that are 40 years old and I use them constantly.

My home

This spread contains two previously painted watercolors. One is my house and the other my backyard.

Remember you can click twice for 2X enlargements 

This is a "bird's eye view of my house.

And then I made a pocket to keep an photo copies or ephemera safe.

Small Format Sketchbook

This is a smaller format sketchbook about 6" X 9" pages. The cover is a monoprint I made in black acrylic paint then colored with acrylic paint scraped on with a credit card. I like it.

Book board and paper for signatures

Gluing on paper for the covers

Front

 Back

Golden yellow waxed linen thread

Both books finished

Large format sketchbook

I decided to make 2 new sketchbooks for a workshop I am taking from the Kemshalls. This is a 9" X 12" sketchbook. I just LOVED this paper and the yummy orange thread I used to stitched it.

Medium weight watercolor paper

Folded and stacked into signatures

Book Board

Paper glued on and covered with waxed paper

Finished

Love that orange waxed linen thread

The Garmin Lady

I love any electronic doodad that comes down the pike. One thing I never thought I needed was a Garmin GPS. When I flew to Columbus, Ohio, I rented a car and drove to Wisconsin the next day. During the week I drove to many places and had no idea how to get there. I have a smart phone but don't really like the GPS apps so I broke down and bought a Garmin. I am now in love with the Garmin lady. She takes me every where I want to go and I have free map updates for life. Does it get any better? I can't believe it has taken me this long to get one.

When I got home I had three separate piece: The Garmin screen, the charger and hook, and the sand bag mount that sits on the dash board or in my case, the passenger seat. Now I needed a neat container to store the pieces.

Yes, the screen is in an old sock. The sandbag mount is brilliant

This is a piece of Laura Kemshall's fingerprint fabric. Doesn't it look like a desert landscape?

Folded in half and ironed

 Opened with some batting

This may not look like it but this variegated thread worked perfectly for the quilting.

The Garmin lady's new home