sparkles in your ear

Just some fun sparkles!

New earrings made

Sterling silver earwires, blue chalcedony stones, wrapped with black wire from the hardware store. 

trip to Door County, Wisconsin

The seniors of the Class of 2011 gifted me with a cruise on the ferry boat, the Badger - it goes from Ludington, Michigan to Manitowoc, Wisconsin.  It's a wonderful old railcar ferry boat that has been converted for passenger car (and truck, and semi-truck, etc) ferrying.  Hubbie & I went this past weekend & then stayed in Door County - a delightful part of the world.  We explored and dined.  What a fun little vacation!

Thank you SO much - Class of 2011!!

Doodles

I had the chance to take a class at Art Unraveled with the wonderful Alisa Burke a couple of years ago.  I was hooked.  I'm a regular on her blog now, and have taken a couple of her online classes.  She's classically, formally trained in art, and it's fun to hear her vast knowledge & then hear her suggest that we spend time doodling!  Well, I've doodled all my life. 

So, here's a combination - a pic of a couple of doodles of sorts (the leaves of the other day became rays of the sun), and how I turned them into something else.  I don't think this is done yet, either, as I think it needs some "more" in the sun itself, or maybe around the outside.  That's the good thing about my sketch book - when I'm ready, I'll just open to that page & add it!

here's more of my sketch book

This little guy isn't "finished" in my book - no stem painting, no background color, no color on the page outside the box - but, I thought I'd share with you.  This little flower was one I saw when we stopped for gas in Southern Michigan on the way south to Georgia a couple of weeks ago.  First attempt at drawing in the car, while Hubbie was driving.  Pretty much, it seemed to work!

More Drawing A Day

Hope none of you gentle readers are tired of my little drawings.  Here's another drawing a day - this was done in the car (Hubbie WAS driving......LOL!) while we were on I-75 coming north Through Tennessee.

drawings, drawings, drawings

I won't show them all to you!  LOL! But, here's another "Drawing a Day..."  This one based upon a painting by Stephanie Lee (that I won in the silent auction at Art Unraveled!)