Zoo sketches

These are some of the sketches I did at the Jacksonville, FLA Zoo last weekend.  The orangutan is an old sketch I did about a year ago at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA.

Man eating a bucket of crawfish at the Oyster Bar

The Happy Hour is good at the Oyster Bar on River St., 

but the service at the bar was terrible last time I went.

Life Drawing at the Co-Labratory

Tonight was the 1st life drawing session at the Co-Labratory on Broad.  The model was great, the atmosphere was casual, and the music playing included Iggy Pop and Devendra Banhart.  I will definitely go back-they only asked for $3, and it's BYOB if you want.

Little reminder notes

 

I'm leaving these with my boyfriend when I leave for Seattle.  He wouldn't forget about the cats, but once I started making the plant note, I couldn't help making more.

Savannah Sketches

    

Another Tybee drawing and one of a house right off Forsyth Park.

North Tybee Beach

The wind made everything very sandy today but the water was amazingly warm.

Sketches

This shack was on the intercoastal in Jupiter, FL and the cow was painted at the Oatland Island Wildlife Center in Savannah.

Watercolor sketches

It was very nice and pretty hot this weekend, and I painted these at Screamin' Mimi's and Forsyth Park, respectively.

speed painting in class

i had no reference photo or sketch, and it was a really fun exercise

I will try to post a sketch a day...I have lots and lots of sketchbooks

My lemon trees

Cut Paper Pieces

I'm removing these from my website until I create a proper gallery for them. Until then they will live on my blog.

Sketches for class

I need to start posting current work more frequently...I am making a good deal of it, but not posting anything. I'm trying to keep up.
Now to update my website.

Sketching after class

New Sketches Added to My Website

I am really loving these frogmouths, a type of Aussie owl. I am currently painting some furniture and decorating it with these awesome birds. Photos of the furniture as it progresses.

Wines to buy and not to buy from Trader Joe's

I came across this article on the Paupered Chef website while searching for places to buy Vihno Verde, a Portuguese table wine that is slightly effervescent and usually citrusy. The writer seems knowledgable and is funny.
here is the site:
http://thepauperedchef.com/2006/07/the_wines_you_s.html
image of wines courtesy of (I'm assuming,) the author, Jesse Kupferman

Best of Bop Street Band Photo Preview

This is one of two pages of "records" of the bands that will (eventually-once the CD is mastered) be featured in the Best of Bop Street compilation CD.
I created all of the artwork and design for this compilation and am excited to see it in print.

Attend the Drift show!

I have just moved away from Seattle and will be back in my hometown of Brighton, Mi and working in the great Ann Arbor for the summer until I move to Savannah, GA in the Fall to start a graduate program at SCAD.
I am sorry to have just missed this informal art show of my (former) artist collective, the Friends of the Nib. Here is the announcement for the show.

Happy Easter