Queen Anne

Having gotten a great price for tickets to see the King Tut exhibit in Seattle, Jim and I decided to take the opportunity to stay for a couple days with friends in the Queen Anne area.  They had been friends for many years with Jim and his deceased wife, Suzanne, and have now become my friends, too.  Their condo was very nice, and had a peek-a-boo view of Puget Sound from their front windows and deck.  Sadly, demolition of a house across the street and impending commercial construction on that site will no doubt swallow that view forever.  Progress.  The mysterious, large, Rubbermaid UFO in the construction zone had vanished by the time we returned in the evening.  I see the wisdom of the aliens molding their vehicles out of heavy rubber, in case their GPS fails them.   

Pewter Cat Dreams

During the reception at Jim's and my wedding recently, our friend Marian was visited by our cat Duchess as she sat in one of our tub chairs.  Jim had taken a photo of that moment, and it was such a sweet pose, it inspired me to do this sketch.  

Intermission

These postings will now take a brief intermission of a week or two, whilst the artist enjoys her holiday with family, gets married and runs off with the photographer.  

Green Cat

Moments after the Blue Cat photo.  It looks like her little heart Chakra ♥ is visible in the dim light. 

Blue Cat

I thought I was going to bed around midnight last night, but Sierra was cuddled so sweetly on her rug.  Her eyes BEGGED for a good ear scratch from me before I left her in the dark for eight hours, alone.  I was putting the TV remote away in a drawer, and found a single, Christmas LED tealight candle in there from last year.  It's the kind that changes color every few seconds.  I lit it and laid it between Sierra's paws.  She thought it a most intriguing new toy.  The camera just happened to be nearby...

You Could Eat The Walls

We had time to pop into Muskan, our favorite Indian restaurant, a couple days ago, and dined on way too much sumptuous food.  As often happens, the artistry of the decor in the place hadn't sunk into my awareness on previous visits until I whipped out my little Moleskine and pen that day.   It's true that one connects with their environment so much more when they sketch!  Even if only to sketch in the ink drawing and memorize the colors to fill in later at home.   I left the little banner that was hanging between the arches blank, as I couldn't remember the colors on that.  Oh, no... that means Jim and I will have to go back!  The figure on it looked like a stylized Ganesha, the elephant-headed god.  

This drawing was done with Staedler black pigment liner (01 and 03)  and "painted" with Derwent Inktense color pencils on water media Moleskine book paper, highlights done with white gel pen.

Playing With Textures

Late night creative frenzy in the studio in my jammies produced some test watercolor textures.  This is one.