Daisy Church

Went to go see the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona- WOW! Such an amazing building!

For mid-semester break, Damon and I decided to travel to Barcelona, then Paris for the week.  In Barcelona, we got to meet up with my parents, who were travelling through as well on route to Seville for a conference....

If you're in the Los Angeles area, I'd like to invite you to the opening reception for a show I have a piece in...

The third grader in me who never got her gondola ride during her last visit to Venice (in 1987) finally got her wish come true!!!!!

Here's my spooooky lady for the GDG's Halloween show, opening THIS Saturday night!! If you're in LA, you should check it out! The Tiger Huntress 8"x10"

Saw this great statue at the Vatican museum representing "Autumn" with all these grapes in her hair... thought I'd do my version of her! Enjoy!

Such a close walk, and always such lovely imagery! You'll remember these arches from an earlier set of watercolors (this time, better pigment and bigger paper!)

Il Gigante, representing Neptune, was originally built out of concrete in 1910 and  held up a shell shaped Art Deco dance patio. He was damaged by bombing in World War II, and further damaged by rough storms in the 1960s.  Today, the remains watch over a beach in Monterosso Al Mare...

I love all the colorful umbrellas in the square at Vernazza- reminded me of flowers folded up at the end of the day...

Some more sketches from the Hospital of the Innocents... playing around with colored paper, my brush pen, and some conte crayons to add some "punch" to the colors...

So, after buying a smaller and finer toothed paper, and just sitting down and drawing for a couple hours straight, I've found a very happy style that is making sense to me and I'm very much enjoying working with... more watercolors, and staying away from the gouaches.....