pastels.I did this quick portrait of my mom last week, oil pastels on cardboard. She was watching tv, and said I made her look sickly. I was pretty pleased with how the colors came out! I want to do more of these...

Another me.
I ended up doing this drawing while listening to two unedited radio podcasts on voodoo, from Speaking of Faith. It was very interesting, and it allowed me to not concentrate too much on, or completely abandon the drawing (for a few hours at least...) as usual, I think I made my head too big!

Charcoal sketch.
Too tired to finish! So it will remain a sketch. haha, I felt like having flowers sprout out of my head. Don't ask why.

Evelyn.
Went to my grandparent's house today, and did two quick portraits of Evelyn (who was a very good and patient model!) The first is charcoal..I tried to focus on the value shifts/cast shadows, the second is water soluble crayons! I tried to focus more on temperature shifts. I should have taken a picture before and after adding water...it changed a lot! Trying to get back in the swing with portraits...We'll see how it goes :)

Jellies!
I haven't done any art lately, but here are a few pictures from the Monterey Bay Aquarium! Ah, the colors...

Landscapes (productive again!)
I hate those positive feedback loops where I feel unproductive and depressed, so I don't feel like painting, and thus end up feeling more unproductive and depressed..and on and on. But no more! Did this landscapey on gessoed wood this afternoon, plus a quicky with my leftover paint. I feel pretty rusty after not picking up my brush in two weeks, but man I missed it..

The Getty Villa.



Went to the Getty Villa today with my family. Wow, two years since it had reopened. Hopefully I'll get to go again before I leave...the gardens are just so beautiful, I end up spending most of my time there instead of checking out all those amphoras and massive Herculaneums! But I did a few drawings, of course..