Piddling,doodling, and early evening glow....

I didn't accomplish much in the studio this week, played around with a little of this and a little of that. Just couldn't stay focused on one thing for any length of time. So I decided to do some simple projects that didn't take a lot of thought or effort. My intent was to create some basic little designs in my graphics art program, print them out on watercolor paper, then add details and shadings with water color pencils. Why is nothing ever as simple and easy to do as I think it's going to be?


I could not get my printer to take the water color paper. I tried repeatedly, changed settings, attempted to shove the paper in, did a lot of cursing, and even sweet talking- aw come on, try it you'll like it, just try it once for mama? Nope. My printer wanted nothing to do with that heavy paper. I did a search on the internet looking for any tricks I could find that might fool her into accepting the wc paper. Finally found a page that explained how you could feed the paper in from the back. Full of hope, I took the back off my printer and offered her a lovely piece of wc paper. No way. She wasn't falling for it. Each time I tried, she came to a halt and flashed a message that there was a paper jam. What a shameless liar- how could there be a paper jam when the picky bitch wouldn't even touch the paper?


So I ended up printing the images out on plain card stock, and doodled on them with colored pencils, markers and pens. As you look at them, the ones on the right are the original graphic and the on the left are the ones I doodled on. Still wish I could have printed them on wc paper and finished them with water color pencils.



I sketched a face, but lost interest in her before I gave her hair...



All I did with Mike's blues collage was lay out some images of his favorite blues artists and quotes on a blank canvas. Just haven't gotten a feel for it yet.


Our skies were mostly cloud covered and gloomy this week. Lots of storms all around us, and though we could hear the thunder and heavy clouds hung over us, very little rain fell. Just 2 or 3 miles away, the storm would dump an inch a day, but not enough right here to even dampen the sidewalk. Unfortunately, Isabella's inner barometer was telling her every day that the sky was going to fall on her any minute. Poor girl. If I could, I think I would place her in a home in a desert state that has very few storms. I can't imagine the stress she goes through living in an area that has a 5-6 month rainy season. Though it would break my heart to give her up, I hate seeing her so miserable all summer.


After a dark cloudy day, this evening just before sunset the sun came out and lit up my copper disk lamp sitting in the window.



The lamp sits in a bay window in the dining room. The sun streaming into the room lights up the yummy gold color I recently painted on the new beadboard walls.
And how was your week? I hope it had more sunshine than clouds... and enjoy your weekend doing what you love and makes you happy.
Peace-
Linda