The River of Life~a work in progress!

hand painted muslin~j. N-L

Today I had so little time to play; but I did manage to hand paint a piece of muslin with some Lumiere Paints.

I'm calling this, "The River of Life", and once I have heat set the colors, I plan to embellish the fabric with vintage beads and flower sequins.

I'm toying with the idea of mounting the fabric onto a studio wrapped canvas and further embellishing with paint, found objects and the odd assortment of doodads.

Then again, maybe I'll just make a fertility doll.....

Stay tuned! The results will be forthcoming soon enough!

Mud Dauber Dance

pencil and watercolor--j. N-L

Once again I have found myself watching children swim under the relentless blue of a 98 degree sky.

As I do so, I notice mud dauber wasps swooping in to collect the moist dark earth that has been muddied by the splashing pool water.

Before my very eyes, the mud daubers dance and buzz in a frenzy of mud collecting industry.

The sketch above was penciled on a piece of garden variety sketch book paper. I used watercolor paint to add splashes of color and a few streaks of sparkly gel pen ink for added pizzaz!

I rather like the effect!

Pissing in the pool

doodle by j N-L

It's 97 degrees outside.

The children are swimming in their super-D-dooper Intex pool, while I sit doodling nearby.

The doodle above is crudely entitled "Pissing in the pool", and was drawn on handmade recycled paper using gel pens.

I make no apologies for the title; after all, everyone does it at some time or other, don't they?