Journal Page

I am a bit miserable today as I am home from work, sick.

Tomorrow should be better-

and I am correcting papers as I sit around,

but I'd rather be energetic and rosy, you know?

On the bright side,

it is uncharacteristically warm out

and so

the windows are open!

Germs, be gone!

~k

Watercolor Learning

I have wanted, for the longest time, to learn how to paint with watercolors. I finally took the scary-for-me leap. I bought a really inexpensive set, a couple of brushes, and now a course!

I have only begun to practice with supplies, but have learned a bit about what I don't like, for instance, this paper, with or without gesso. I won't experiment in this journal anymore, but will use the watercolor paper pad that I got for my birthday. I also learned that I think I will like watercolor painting and it may not be as scary as I thought...maybe.

Thanks for visiting and putting up with my frightening experiments. I love your comments.  ~k

Saturday Sketch

Graphite pencils 4B, 3H

Maybe my Saturdays will turn into sketching days.

Thanks for looking.

Hope you're enjoying your weekend

and maybe getting a glimpse of the Full Moon.

Turn your clocks ahead an hour tonight!

~k

Simple Pleasures

...a gift, for me

{big smile}

What made you smile today?

~kz

Just Wondering

Hope your thoughts are

in a good place for you

today.

~k

My Finished Drawing

I put the finished sketch into Picnik to take out the color.

Here's what it really looks like, in my journal.

Thank you for visiting!

~k

Sketched Again

I used to draw and sketch every single day

when I was really young...for hours.

I haven't done much in years.

Sometimes I think about it.

Lately I've thought about it more.

Then, this morning, still in my jammies, I picked up my journal

and a pencil and just started.

I had seen a face in a fashion magazine a while back.

It was angular and very striking.

She had dark eyes and dark, really tousled, short hair.

I loved the photograph.

I don't like that I spontaneously

did a face on this particular painted background, but...so be it.

It feels fun. Again.

Maybe I will add more pencil strokes later today

...when I get out of my pj's.

Have a lovely, lazy Saturday!

~k