We have two grandchildren, Maggie, age 1, who is trying hard to master the art of walking, and Lila, age 13, who visited us last week (by herself for the first time) from Chapel Hill. It was magical to paint together — Lila painted this lovely abstract — and reading together — the same book!
This little landscape was made with pastels, as medium I don’t use often. Yellow and purple are opposites on the color wheel (like red & green, and blue & orange), so the combination “pops.”
Some beautiful lilies from Trader Joe’s are blooming on my table. What a wonderful scent!
It’s the longest day of the year, and the first day of summer. Time to break out our sandals. Here’s loose sketch of my green Teva’s on our red and green rug.
Esplanade is a tree-lined boulevard in New Orleans that leads to City Park. Here are two sketches I did in different seasons. I am sad to leave New Orleans today, and granddaughter Maggie who just turned 14 months old.
In New Orleans near where our son lives, there is a rooster who makes it his job to wake up the neighborhood, often getting loose and patrolling the streets to make sure everyone can hear him. Here is my photo of him, and a drawing using watercolor pencils.
We are in New Orleans visiting our son Andrew, daughter-in-law Eva and year-old granddaughter Maggie. They moved from Brooklyn to New Orleans in April. Here’s a quick sketch at a nearby cafe. And Maggie’s solution to beating the 90 degree heat is to sit in her kiddie pool, drinking smoothies.
Nighttime in the winter can be magical.
Our friend Keith said, “I know just where it is. It’s the coastline of Norway with the mountains behind. The red is the people and towns just barely hanging on at the edge of the sea.”
As I paint, I imagine looking across the lakes of Vermont and New Hampshire where we vacation every summer.
What do you see?
