This is the secong layer of my folded ATC. I want to do this in a more complete version and make some from travel sketches I have already in my journals. I need to check....I might need to check the sails on the boat? They don't seem to be in the right directions.  Backwards?

Now it is #20

This is another page from my travel sketchbook.  This is more of a test for using watercolor with the pen I was using.

On a roll...#19

Here is my prototype of an idea I had and wanted to try.  It was worth all the time I spent on it.  I worked out alot of the kinks in what I thought could be done and what actually was possible.  I didn't go for great pen work, but just the pattern and measurements for what I needed to do. I call this a Tryptic ATC named it Beach at Sunset.  I will post the other versions soon.

Number 18 ..Little 4 Seasons Book

No series today, just a project I finished.

Here is a little book, about 2 inches square, that I made today.  It took me alot more time to do than it should have!  It always takes me too long to decided what to make and  then how to make a pattern.  I did this simple and small so that I could work out the proportions. It is all hand lettered and drawn.  Each gold square is 1.25" square.  I hope to make similar little books with ATCs.

#17 and... SPRING FLOWER SERIES Number 8

I previously posted a photo of Brunnera flowers that grow in my backyard.  Here is my painting from that picture.  Blue is a hard color to find in flowers, but even harder to paint.  

16 And still counting....

Here is my bird house, I got at a garage sale, so I am not responsible for the colors!  But the wrens like it and have raised several clutches of eggs for the last 3 years.  I should get a bird cam and post the days and nights in the life of the wren family.

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Lucky # 15

This is the other half of the previous page. These are signs and words I saw from the windows of the commuter train.  I like to try and catch the moment in a quick sketch.  I used a small pen, I think it was a Pilot.  I try to keep this small sketch in my purse for travel or waiting times.  I should take each of these small items and make them into a bigger sketch.