Finished with Ammon's Book

Finished with Ammon's book and wish I had more to work on. The piece above was black gesso, acrylic paint, white gel pen and Sharpie paint pen.



A collaboration piece with Ammon. "Authenticity means taking risks to remain true to who you really are." (I made that up as it seemed relevant to me at the time. Colored pencil, gesso & gel pen.



Vintage flexi Parker fountain pen filled with Herbin Violette Pensee ink, colored pencils and other inks.



Collaboration piece for Ellen.



As previously shown, created with various markers.

Will be mailing soon, then eagerly awaiting the next.

Waiting Patiently

With my own book mailed out roughly two weeks ago, I wait patiently (eagerly) for a new one to arrive. In the mean time, I created the above piece and listed it on Etsy.

pocket item for Ash

Hi. My name is Mary. I am eight and a half years old. I want to be famous. Today I decide to be a famous artist. My Mom lets me use her paints. I paint a picture of myself. I am looking at a picture my father took of me, and I am wearing the same green and red bathrobe over my Pajamas. But you can't see the color in the photo. My painting doesn't look exactly like me. Mom says it's called "artistic license."

A sketch for a possible new book for my granddaughter if I ever have time. The black and white photo is me at age 8. (She's eight). You can click on the image to view it a little larger.

Three Pocket Items for Ash

Nothing I put in anyone's pocket will EVER compare with the boobies Hennie put in Willie's pocket, so I guess a few prints of my current artwork will have to suffice. I have made 4 x 6 prints of these three recent pieces for Ash's pocket.

They are:

1)Magnolias. This is created in my practice watercolor Moleskine, which is a 5 x 8 Moleskine. I colored the page orange with an orange permanent marker (Sharpie)[which by the way, I received as a gift from Andrea, thank you Andrea], and then sketched the vase and magnolias with a Crayola water-soluble marker (the one I've been using for water-brushed sketches), and then painted it with gouache. It was an experiment. As I expected, the marker blended with the gouache to darken the edges of the petals, branches and vase. My first attempt at this technique.

2)a from-life sketch of BB in the cover-leaf of the same sketchbook, done with ball-point and gouache. I think it's the best sketch I've ever made of BB in that it looks more like him (which is my goal, to learn to do likenesses) than any other I've ever done. At some point, I may try to make this into an art piece without the centerfold, but I do not have time right now. I did it when we were eating out at the Coney, and he was holding a beer, but I didn't finish it before it was time to go.

3)Tulips at the Village Market 100328--a digital smudge painting sketch which is a practice for what I hope to do over maybe in water-soluble oils, big.

Inquiring minds want to know, so here is the totally unadulterated version of my sketch of BB (K).



The paint beaded up a little on the coated surface, making it look like he had the pox. This does not happen on watercolor paper.

BB, Sleepy and Superquick

Milo has been sending me sketches and pretty paper on my envelopes and packages with each mole shipment, so this morning, getting ready to send Jessie's Mole off (which I probably can't do today because the post office is probably closed [?], but I can get it ready anyway), I made a super quick sketch of BB who had just gotten up--less than two minutes--it took more than three times as long to scan it as to draw it. LOL! Aiee!