January, 2010

It’s a bird! No, it’s a plane! No, actually it’s a cloud!!!

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Now, if I had put this in a painting, you’d say…..never happen, make it real.    But, my friends it IS real and it’s all cloud….no jet stream.      I kept calling it a pidgeon, but then I wasn’t sure that calling it a dove didn’t sound better.      Until it dawned on me…….of course!    It’s a seagul.   (Flying about 5 miles from the coast).  I think it’s perfect.

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More 3X5 Drawings

Here’s another group of small drawings done on a 3X5 spiral pad of Canson with a Stylist ink pen.  I keep dreaming about color pastel paintings, but I’m still having fun with these.   I hope you enjoy them!

This is an oriental poppy called “Coral Sea”.  Guess the color?

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Boots of Flowers

I saw this done somewhere, turning old boots into vase holders.  I love people with a sense of humor!

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Poodle Doodle

I just thought he was cute.  It’s probably a poodle mix since that’s the thing these days.

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Starting the Decade with Drawings

It’s been a busy holiday season and I hope it was wonderful for you all.  Presents and food and family ruled, but not necessarily in that order.  It was out first Christmas with our new granddaughter, Zoe (7 months) and it was heavenly!   BUT, I didn’t get much artwork done.   Let’s see….turkey…..art…..turkey….art…..it was tough!  The choice, not the turkey!

My New Year’s almost Resolution is to try to keep up the daily art, so I decided that if I couldn’t stop and paint, I could at least draw a little.   I gave myself a Christmas present (well, one of them) of a 5 X 3 spiral sketch pad by Canson and a new Stylist Pen (one of my favorite drawing pens….like the flair).  The pad and pen are below.  The first 4 days of drawings follow.

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By the way, I got this idea from my son, Thom Chiaramonte, who makes small sketches on post-its.  I think they have helped him through many a conference call in S.F.  His are all on the subject of robots (I think they are all that).  You would enjoy his sketches and his sense of humor.  His site for these drawings is:  whatitoleyou.com.   Have fun.

#1 Bouquet of strange flowers    (1/1/10)

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#2 Mountain Chickadee (1-2-10)

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#3 I call him Pepe  (1-3-10)

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#4 Lillies

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