WED. 20TH JAN CARTOONS AND NEW PAINTINGS

IT  PUBLISHED  BEFORE  I COULD  GET  TO IT. HIT  SOMETHING WRONG.

FOR  SOME  TIME  NOW  , I HAVE  BEEN DRAWING  CARTOONS  FOR  TENNIS  EVENTS  THAT  PROBABLY WILL NOT  BE  FUNNY  TO ANYONE  EXCEPT THE  PEOPLE  WHO PLAY TENNIS  HERE  AT  OTOW.

BUT I WANTED  TO SHARE  THEM  WITH THOSE   WHO MIGHT  STILL BE  CHECKING  MY BLOG.

I HAVE NOT  WRITEN IN A  WHILE.. THINGS  HAVE  KEPT  ME  FROM  BEING  AS  PROLIFIC  AS  I USUALLY AM AT  PAINTING  AND  TAKING  CARE  OF THIS  JOURNAL.

THIS  WEEK I WAS  TO TEACH  PASTEL AT THE  MASTER  THE  POSSIBILITIES  BUT  I DID NOT  HAVE  ENOUGH  SIGN UP FOR THE  CLASS. 

YES I AM DISAPPOINTED.. BUT  I HAVE NOT  BEEN "SELLING"  MY ABILITY AS  I KNOW  I COULD.  THERE ARE  TIMES  WHEN I GET  REALLY LAZY AND  A  BIT  SELFISH.  I WANT  TO "DEVELOP"  MY OWN SKILLS AND  NOT  REALLY SHARE  THEM.. HOWEVER, I GROW WHEN I TEACH... IT  SHARPENS  MY SKILLS AND  IT  REALLY MAKES  ME  FEEL  GOOD OR SATISFIED  THAT  THIS  GREAT  GIFT  I  GOT  FROM GOD IS  BEING  USED  FOR  OTHER  PEOPLE'S  HAPPINESS OR  PEACE.  BY THE  WAY , I ASKED  GOD  TO GIVE ME  THE  GIFT OF  SINGING LIKE  BARBARA STRESSAND AND  GOD  SAID..." I ONLY MADE  ONE  OF HER...PICK SOMETHING ELSE."

I COULD HAVE  MADE A  CAPTION LIKE THIS  , TOO  FOR THIS  ONE..

THE  H  AN D R  COURTS  HAVE  SOME  BAD  CRACKS IN THEM

AND  MY CHARATER  COULD BE  SAYING  "IF  YOU THINK  THIS  WILL GET  YOU A  LET, THINK AGAIN."

SOME OF THE  PLAYERS  HAVE  MIGHTY HITS.. AND IT  FEELS LIKE  THE  BALL WILL  SMASH THROUGH THE  RACKET.

CANNOT  SAY ENOUGH  TO TH E GREAT  LENGTHS   ARBOR  CLUB PLAYERS  WILL GO IN ORDER TO PLAY...DRYING THE  BALLS.

I HAVE  BEEN  PAINTING OTHER  THINGS   AS   THIS  WILL SHOW...

THIS  FROM  COLORADO TRIP.

I WAS  PAINTING FACING ONE  WAY ,,IT  WAS  COLD AND  RAINY... I SAT  IN THE  CAR... AND  HAPPEN TO LOOK IN THE  REAR  VIEW  MIRROR  OF THESE  GUYS  FEEDING  RIGHT  BEHIND THE  CAR. 

JAN 20 2010 PAINTINGS AND CARTOONS.

JAN 4 2010

I PAINTED ON THE  THIRD  OF THE  TRILOGY.. NOT  SURE I LIKE IT.. AS  IS.. I FEEL THAT  I WANT  IT  TO BE  CLEARER  .. AND  AS  I LOOK AT  IT  FROM THE  CAMERA'S  EYE.

I LOOK  AT  IT  AND  SEE IT  AS  BEING  FINISHED .. WHEN I TAKE  A  PICTURE   OF THE  PAINTING.. I SEE ALL SORT OF  INCOMPLETE AREAS.. STRANGE..

DOES  THE  PAINITNG  REFLECT THE  VERY  COLD EARLY SPRING WEATHER.. YET  SHOWING THE  BEAUTY OF THE  AREA.

MY NEXT   TRILOGY OF  GROUPING  OF  FOUR.. WILL BE  A  CLOSE  UP OF  FLOWERS.... EITHER  AZALIAS  OR  WATER LILLIES...

BACK LATER

JAN 3 SUNDAY

AHH SUNDAY.. AND THE  PAINTING  TIME  IS  SO FINE..

I HAVE  BEEN TRYING TO PLAN AND  COMPLETE  A SERIES  OF  PAINTINGS . A  TRILOGY WAS  MY EFFORTS  TODAY..

I WANTED  A  SERIES  OF  PAINTINGS  THAT  TELL A  STORY  BUT I ALSO LIKE THIS  METHOD PF  "PRESENTING" THE  PAINTING SCENE  BECAUSE  IT  EXCLUDE  STUFF THAT  I THINK IN UNIMPORTANT TO TELLING THE  STORY.. YET SO HARD  TO LEAVE  OUT..

THE  THIRD  PAINGING  AT THE  BOTTOM IS NOT  FINISHED.

AND 
THE  DAY  I  DID HTE  FIRST  PAINING AND  TOOK TH E  PICTURES  OF THIS  STREAM IN NORTH CAROLINA...MAGGIE  VALLEY..  WAS  A  COLD  DAY.. MY FINGERS  WERE  FROZEN..  IT IS  QUITE  COLD  TODAY.. AND  I  HAVE  IT   COLD  IN THE  HOUSE.. .. HOPE  I CONVEYED  THE   TEMPERATURE  OF THE  DAY.. THE  BEAUTIY OF THE  SMALL STREAM .. AND TH E  SURROUNDING  COUNTRY SIDE..

IT IS  NOT  COMPLETE..

I AM LOOKING  AT  MY PHOTOS.. TO SEE WHAT  ELSE I CAN DO IN A  SERIES.

I AM LOOKING  AT  THESE  PHOTOS  AND  OTHERS..

ARTGROUP AT ON TOP OF THE WORLD NEW YEARS EVE

WE PAINTED TODAY... I STARTED  THIS  STILL LIFE....I PAINTED  IN OIL ON BOARD. THIS  ONE  IS  24 BY 24. I HOPE  IT  WILL INSPIRE  MY OAKRUN GROUP TO PAINT  STILL LIFES.. SO  GOOD  FOR  ONES  EYE .  I CAN SEE WHERE IT  NEEDS  WORK. 

THE  MUSE  HAS  NOT  QUITE  LEFT ME.. BUT  MY FEET AND  LEGS  TELL ME  TO SIT  AWHILE. 

VIOLA  HIGGINS  AND I  PAINTED  THIS  SET UP THIS  MORNING.  TIS THE  SEASON FOR  REDS  AND  GREENS..

DEC 27 SUNDAY

PENCIL DRAWING  I WOULD LIKE TO  HAVE STUDENTS  DO  IN MASTER THE POSSIBILITIES CLASS  . I SEE AN ERROR.. NEED TO MAKE THE  BASKET  LESS LOP-SIDED..

STRANGE  HOW  THIS  WORKS.. TAKING  PICTURES  OF  AN ART  WORK AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE  ERRORS.

HOW  ABOUT THIS  PASTEL  OF  A  CHILD.. I KEP MAKING THE  CHILD  LOOK TOO OLD.. WITH  THE  HELP  OF  VIOLA HIGGINS AT T HE  ART  GROUP  THAT MEETS   ON THURSDAYS  ON TOP OF THE  WORLD  ART  ROOM.. I WAS  ABLE  TO MAKE THE  DRAWING OF THE  CHILD  LOOK YOUNGER,, VOILA

GETTING TIME TO PAINT  LATELY HAS  BEEN FAR  AND  FEW  BETWEEN.

CHRISTMAS  SEASON IS  OVER. I HAVE  PLANS  . A  LIST 

TO  GET  BACK TO AND   TRY  THE  IDEAS  I WANT  TO DO  INSTEAD OF THE WAY I HAVE  PAINTED  IN THE  PAST.  GOT  TO  CLEAN  THE   STUDIO.. AND  THROW  AWAY THINGS  THAT  ARE  NOT  TRUE  TO THIS  NEW  PLAN

DEC17TH THURSDAY

JULIA CAMERON THE  ARTIST  WAY WRITES WE  ARE, OURSELVES, CREATIONS.  WE, IN TURN, ARE  MEANT  TO CONTINUE CREATIVITY BY BEING  CREATIVE  OURSELVES.

CREATVITY IS  GOD'S  GIFT TO US. USING  OUR  CREATIVITY IS OUR GIFT BACK TO GOD.

I WILL GO UP  TO THE  ART ROOM HERE  AT  OTOW AND  JOIN  FRIENDS  WHO PAINT BECAUSE  THEY JUST  LOVE TO PAINT.. AND  BE WITH OTHERS  WHO PAINT.

THE ARTIST VIOLA  WHO PAINTED THIS.. IS  SO CREATIVE WITH  HER  RENDITIONS.. VINCE PAINTED  THIS.

MORE  LATER.