Deep magenta Roses

For today a simple rose.  A rose from the dozen of deep magenta ones my husband bought.  Love the colour!  So appreciate the flowers. 

Cheap matte craft paint in my Moleskine planner. 

Pumpkin spice latte

A taste test! The people who decide where to place products at grocery stores are focused on silly people like me! I’m the sucker that paid $7.99 for 5 cups of less that stellar pumpkin spice.  I have to go to town today, considering taking a detour to get a real latte. Okay, decision made.....I’m going to do it!!! 

Selfie Sunday

I can’t believe it; it is selfie Sunday once again! I used Liquetex acrylic gouache in my Moleskine daily planner.  This gouache dries waaaaay too fast so my skin is blotchy.  I found that I should have added my hair before I attempted the skin.  Once upon a time I had dark hair and very fair skin. So today, I’m looking a little strange.  No matter! I made a selfie!! 

Fence post Friday

Yikes! We went to town shopping today and I got an emergency alert on my phone regarding a weather warning- possible tornadoes.  The worst of the storm possibly at 2000 hrs. Getting close.... thought I’d better post while I can.  Happy Fence Post Friday everyone!! Take care! Enjoy the weekend! 

Travelling to Newfoundland

 I have hopped around in my Sketchbook Project and completed this last two page spread this week.  As you can see,  there is some artistic license here.  I should have put the building closer to the waters edge (where it belongs) but this one was old and abandoned.  I have painted everything (in this book) from my photographs except for the puffin.  The Atlantic Ocean was rough on that day and I had a heck of a time standing up let alone using my camera.  I used a Pixabay reference photo.  

Liquitex acrylic gouache (so the pages won’t stick together)! 

The Sketchbook Project

I need to join a “procrastinators R-US” group, if there is such a thing!  Last Christmas I was gifted this sketchbook.  When the pandemic hit I lost interest and I didn’t start again until the summer.  It has taken me quite some time to decide what I want to put on each page.  Then when I did, I had to figure out, the how to do it so I would like it. Thank goodness my granddaughter had helped me to decide what my subject matter would be. I decided that I need to “pull up my socks” and just “get it done”!!  The gift included digitisation and because of the pandemic I just ignored the due date.  I don’t know many of you know about the Sketchbook Project but I invite you to check it out.  I love looking at other artists sketchbooks on line.  I had the opportunity to take a couple of sketchbooks out when the travelling library visited the Distillery District in Toronto some time ago. 

I’m using  Liquitex acrylic gouache and I did some stitching on the front cover.  I couldn’t make my North America and exact copy of a real map, it was meant to give an idea of travelling “At home and abroad”. 

Has anyone here submitted a sketchbook?! Is it digitised?! Love to take a look! 

Beam Paints part two

I opened the package and tried out my new paints in my Moleskine. I used some watercolour ground and gesso but the thin paper still buckled.  I’ll have test them out on real watercolour paper.