I’m happier with this bull than I have been with anything in a long time! Watercolor, gesso, pencil on paper.
(I’m not sure either!) watercolor, gesoo, pencil on paper.
Here is the line-up of my summer online classes (one week each): Early Summer Repeat Sessions ($35 each, $65 for two, or $85 for all three classes) June 11-15, 2012 • Junk Mail Artist’s Book (R...
Last night I had a rare night alone and “un-deadlined,” and so spent six hours cleaning my studio and messing around with a Zen Board thing that I got at a garage sale last week. I had so...
Last week I received an email from my friend and teaching colleague Orly Avineri asking if I would be willing to do a blog post about her new book, which is being released today! Of course I said ...
Flower experiment; watercolor, marker, pencil on paper. * * * I think I’m going to make it. The two books are almost finished and are due in stores October and November, respectively. It’...
Flowered Elephant, mixed media on paper. _____________ Have a great weekend, everyone!
Messing around last week with gouache and other stuff on paper became disastrous mid-way through, so I took some sandpaper to it. I’m liking the result… kind of aged. Here’s a detai...
In process, watercolor, pencil, gesso, charcoal and beets! * * * Have a great weekend!
Friday night: Went to the Seattle Lutheran High School production of “Don’t Drink the Water” by Woody Allen. Funny! (Wes played the priest, who also happens to be an amateur magicia...
I haven’t post photos of my grandson Liam lately! He’s seven months old and such a joy:
Hello! I spent six hours yesterday at a life drawing session with two fabulous models (session organized by the wonderful Barbara Fugate). I haven’t drawn from the figure in very long time (too...
Hello! Gosh, time just passes, doesn’t it! I’m still working on the final tweaks, but my animals book is available for pre-order at amazon.com and bn.com. ”Drawing and Painting Imag...
More scanned flower experiments from last week. These days I’m not drawing or painting as much or, if I am, it’s for the Flowers class…. There’s always so much to do, isn̵...
Yesterday I had a visitor from Wisconsin, 9-year-old Stella! I showed her and her family around the studio and then we sat down and drew. She whipped out these two beautiful drawings in about 3 minut...
Hello everyone! It’s such a beautiful spring day here in Seattle, it’s hard to be inside. The above image is a mix of watercolor, gesso, colored pencils, markers and beets. (I had it at h...
Live “Flower Crazy” online class starts Monday, April 9th! Details: http://carlasonheim.c om/flowercrazy.html
I spent part of Monday afternoon at the Seattle Arboretum. Aren’t magnolia trees beautiful? Flowers are the best.
Oh dear. I accidentally published a post of text that was just being copied and pasted. I deleted the post from the blog, but I know it went directly into many of your email boxes, and I apologize fo...
Hello! I’m here in Port Townsend, WA being a student at the Artfest retreat… I’m taking Jesse Reno for two days and here’s what I had at the end of yesterday: It changed durin...
Sometimes I just love how things come together! The other day I was at the pharmacy and passed a whole row of nail polish. I thought, “Wow, THAT’S something I’ll never buy again....
“Picasso Cat” by Tori. ****************************** **************** Hello! I spent the morning working with high school students making “Picasso” dogs, cats, a...
A quick plug for my Flower Crazy class starting in just about three weeks! It’s a 5-week online class, where we’ll work with watercolor, gesso, and all kinds of other fun stuff to create ...
Can I just say that you guys are the best?! Thank you for all of the encouraging comments on Monday’s post. I feel so much better now (I took a nap on that day, that helped a bit, and then I mo...
Watercolor, marker on paper (unfinished) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hello! I just wanted to check in and say hello. I’m suddenly swamped and I don’t know how I got here. I’m al...
According to my teenaged son, I’m old. And since his definition of old is “anyone over 30,” I bet you’re old, too! I can’t remember why Old People came up this morning w...
This is one of those pieces that looks better to me scanned and online than it does in person! Watercolor, marker, pencil, white ink, on paper.
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