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My 3rd Charcoal
This fellow was fun to do! Powdered charcoal on cold press watercolor paper. (I framed it!)
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First Seascape w Starfish
Watercolor on 300lb cotton paper. 9×13″. Made use of cling wrap (ocean), salt for texture (sand).
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Phinizy in October
Ancient silos greet you near the parking area This fellow may greet you too (watch your step below, as you bird watch above). Lots of gators. That fence is not there to keep them in or out (plenty of space under fence for them to come/go). It is to discourage folks from entering the canal…
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Draw What You See
Art instructional books advise to draw what you see. So I did just that. Powdered charcoal on watercolor paper. Cartoonish, yes. But kinda neat.
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First Table Saw Project
About 10 1/2 years ago I bought my first table saw. I am on my second as I wore out that first one. I kicked off its use with a simple project. A cradle for a marble ball. I took a piece of 4×4, and ran progressively deeper cuts from the outside in. Nothing pretty.…
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Henry David Thoreau vs Montaigne
Langley Pond, SC. And Nala, my shadow for 5 years. Close as I can get to Walden Pond right now. “Thus, reader, I am myself the matter of my book; you would be unreasonable to spend your leisure on so frivolous and vain a subject.” – Montaigne (“Essays”) “I should not talk so much about…
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Meet Earl and Merle
Earl (on the right), carved in 2019 from a piece of 2×4 (pine). Merle this past week, out of basswood to keep Earl company!
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow- Review
Super nerd woos the object of his affection, is rebuked. The town jock with matching horse (you can see him driving a cool truck or a flashy car) gives him a wedgie (super sized) adding to his humiliation. It is enough for him to skip town. It is later learned that the nerd left for…
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Book Review: Old Watercolorists Never Die, They Just Wet Their Sheets
I first read this a year ago, nearly same week. A delightful, easy to read book, self described as a practical book on watercolor. I think this year I approached it as “comfort food” and will probably revisit it in the future. Miller has a chain of art supply stores in the US SE (I…
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Welcome to the World of ‘This Can Wait’
Thoughts on retirement