Little Lonestar & Hearts

The weekend was pretty much about Little Lonestar and hearts. Spent most of my studio time laying down oil washes on a Little Lonestar. I'm finding that light glazing is producing a richer result. The hearts pretty much showed up today. Not sure why I was graced with so many today (these aren't even all of them I saw today) but I love when they suddenly show up around me.

Little Lonestar

Little Lonestar being
painted to a grulla.


Dorsal stripe on Little Lonestar

More Hearts

Oozing out of a Pop Tart
(Yeah I caved this morning)

Blue tape on the wall when pulled off
pulled off tape (naturally) and double hearts.


...the sweetest heart today.

Picked the mushroom up from the
pack, dirt fell out...shape of a heart.


"Another Kiss"
Graphite and Watercolor on archival bristol.

Found Heart

Not only is it a heart,
it's pink!

The weather here has been fairly decent so I've been running every day. Well, it's been a combination of walking and running. Running the flat surfaces and mostly walking the hills. The hills here in PA are pretty steep and to run them I'll need to build up, but for now walking them is fairly tiring.

On my adventure today I found a pink heart shaped rock. It pretty much jumped out at me on the road. I couldnt help but pick it up, take it home and draw around it. My collection of "drawing around objects" is growing. Not sure what I'm going to do with them all, especially since they are difficult to store unlike most of my other flat work which can be neatly placed in a flat container.

I just had to do it...

Oh yeah? Cool!

"Hurry!"
Graphite, Acrylic and Watercolor on archival bristol.

"It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help."
Epicurus

Hearts...More of Them

Glad to see them everywhere in my world. All in one day actually! It's a thrill to see them appear. (Photos were not manipulated.)

Can't believe there's
a heart in my butter

Rice Crispies sending
out the love

Sunshine on my carpet

And of course, the most beautiful one of all:
(And more HEARTS from the past).

A Collection and An Oberon

A Rose "Oberon" in
progress. Will be FS soon.

I've been silent because I've been working with Divine Rooms on some decorative painting jobs which has taken me away from the studio. I'm enjoying the work and find that when I come home to the studio I can't wait to put some glaze on some horses. Each job you work on inspires the rest it seems. This Oberon is being glazed with very light washes of dark bay. It's a time consuming process, but the richness that is produced is worth the time spent.

I also have been meaning to share some of the hearts from my "heart collection" with you. Most recently I've noticed hearts everywhere. I started to take shots of them with my phone and have quite a collection growing. I think it's pretty wild. None of these images have been altered. What you see is what was there right in front of me. Some of them (actually most) appeared when I seemed to need a little pick me up. :)



My Heart Collection:

Saturday

Bubble hearts

Saturday.

The day to clean. It's a dirty job, but someone has to do it. I can't work well on my art if the house is overly dirty. I let the house go for a couple of week so cleaning took longer than usual, but I did get a little reward toward the end. A little floating bubble heart appeared in the dirty water. I just looked down and there it was. I couldn't resist showing someone else.