A FRIEND SENT THIS TO ME TODAY
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the
day may appear.

I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive and everlasting.

I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear
bigger.

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.



TAKE TIME TO LIVE....

I have seen painting that moved me and made me think.. As I look at my latest paintings this past two weeks... are there any that show rain.. cold...heat.. any emotion?
THAT WILL BE MY AIM THIS WEEK..

I  have stated before that art has opened more doors than I even thought I would beable to pass through.

NEXT WEEK I will teach a   drawing class. I would like to use the park for

inspiration. The drawing of the  barn below is from a  photo I took years ago with a group of artist from Louisiana.

As we traveled to Georgia for a watercolor workshop with Tony Van HASSETT , we saw this barn

near the gas station. I remembered traveling the same area with my father and mother.

 This drawing would be an example of dark ,mid tone, and light. The brightest brights and the deepest darks are in sections to create the illusion of shadows.
By using hard pencils  H and HB , I made the trees in the background seem to be behind the barn. I used them also, to suggest that the barn had an advertisement for a local tourist draw back in the 40'snad 50's.

This is a pastel I did

when my daughter had her first child Richard. Richard ..Bud is 25 now .

 

 

I was interrupted when writing the last post. I did not want to lose  my last post.
I wanted to add to the pictures and paintings the fact that I painted from the IPAD when the bus was rolling.
THERE  was not alot of down time for me to paint. I did some of paintings below on the ipad as  we  viewed the sites.
 WHAT is this fascination with rocks and  streams I seem to have?

 I am just back from a great trip TO THE WEST.
UTAH,WYOMING, IDAHO,SOUTH DAKOTA . I highly recommend TRAFALGAR TOURS for their attention to comfort and details. I FOUND THE DRIVER AND  GUIDE  so kind and considerate of the older , less able to maneuver travelers. The trip was made more  enjoyable by the planned trips to museums . JACKSON HOLE IS A GREAT  place to visit for artist  and  collectors of  art.                            I painted the top scene from the balcony of our hotel in Jackson. Also, the second painting of ASPENS was done from the balcony. I fell in LOVElove with theTETON mountains .