Artistic Endeavors

At the beginning of June, my area has an event where there are 40 miles of garage sales along a highway.  One of the locations listed sewing machines and fabric.  When I got there, I wasn't interested in any of the fabric or the machine.  While perusing, I spied a row of art books -- some of which were watercolor painting books.  Through chit-chat with the residents, I learned her Mom had been into watercolor and had lots of stuff her Dad wanted to sell.  She went in the house and came out with two swiffer containers of watercolor paints and brushes.  I negotiated a price of $33 for all the paints, a package of 22x30" Arches watercolor paper, two 4x6 watercolor blocks, and the books.  Retail cost would be over $600.  I was a happy camper!!

I made a palette of the Grumbacher paints and for student grade, they are very good!  They re-wet nicely and are very vibrant.

While waiting for fireworks to start, I painted a postcard.  Happy 4th!

I participated in a Watercolor Postcard Exchange in June.  These are the ones I painted:

These are the ones I received so far:

I also did a birthday postcard for a little girl in IN. The skirt of the dress is overlaid with metallic paint. So cute!

During one camping weekend, I painted a Monarch Butterfly caterpillar.  It almost looks real!

Until next time...