MOMENTS - OUT OF LIFE OF ARTIST

My day always starts with tea. My son-in-law got into 

teas too. So he and my middle daughter took us to 

a tea store where a tea maker from Teawana is sold. 

One puts  the tealeaves on the bottom, and pours

the boiling water on top of it. Then the tea drips 

into one's teacup underneath. I couldn't resist 

trying a  white tea, called Snow Geisha. Delicieux!

Still cutting off roses from my old front yard...

in November! I know, I am spoiled living in California.

Roses make my day - I never can get enough of them.

In-between running errands, mostly for food,  
painting supplies, and this time of the year 
Christmas shopping.  Although I may look like 
a bag lady, my bags need to be nice 

or cute, like this little one my oldest daughter 

brought from the Philippines, but still big enough 
for my wallet, lotion and chapstick.

In the afternoon I often drink a cappuccino. To show you
how small my cappuccino maker is, I
put a pint of whipped cream carton next to it.
I'm mostly too much in a hurry to make the foam,
but its a treat with liquid whipped cream.

 
Often more of my day is spent on making preparations
to paint, than my time painting on canvas. It may be
in doing research on skeletal structure. And I actually
watched two movies for the movement of this horse.
This was the THIRD sketch I made for the painting
Night Riders(which I'll show you at another time).

As you can see, I give numbers to the values
(from light-1 to dark-3)
Often the success of a painting hinges on how much time
one wants to spend in preparation.
How far one comes, also often depends on
how disciplined the artist is.

 Always make time to see the sun setting or

to look at the clouds on my walk.
These clouds are like "pastels in the sky."

This was a first bracelet I made with directions

from a magazine. Some adjustments!

I exchanged big round ceramic beads for

smaller glass ones, because the first ones felt too heavy.

What size of wrists do they give instructions for??

I  made this with one flower less, and was still

too big for me, so I put the "oval "opening on the top

around the last flower when wearing it.

Since it's Fall you know that in-between and at night 

I am knitting hats, scarves, socks, or other things. 

I thrive on having multiple projects going on 
at the same time and drive everyone else crazy with it.