BLUEBIRD

It's starting to look like that Summer is here to stay in the mountain. With such a fine Memorial Day weekend, everything is looking paintable. A bluebird flew by me as I was biking. Looks like a good week to paint birds. Sometimes, my projects start with ideas straight from the air. Ah, nothing like the joy of being inspire!

THIS COOKING VIDEO is enough to inspire me to spend more time on My Paris Ramblings, work-in-progress.

ABSTRACTION

As the light changes rapidly, the 2 sided sketchbook that opens flat is quite useful. This is totally improvised, I never know when I should stop. Usually for me,  a drawing is done when I have  partly succeeded in abstracting what I originally saw... not at all necessary to cover every inch of the paper.

BIRDSONG

Except for birdsong at 5am, lots of peace & quiet & beauty...the many reasons why I look forward to my weekends in the mountain.

NORTH VIEW

With our milder days, looks like spring is here to stay. Lots of new colors whenever I come home for the weekend. With all the explosion of dots of delicate colors, it's easy to create impressionistic touches in my sketches.

PARIS SKETCH

Rain in the forecast, this looks like a good weekend to spend more time on MY PARIS RAMBLINGS. This black & white charcoal sketch was from my last trip, I just added a bit of pastel today. I dont think I need to do anything else on it.

FROM MY GARDEN

Spring brings on so many inspirations, one leads to another... a fresh bouquet from my garden enhances a painting, or any corner.

FROM MY GARDEN

weeping japanese cherry blossom from my garden and sketchbook...