Scorpion

I wanted to learn how to use acrylic modeling paste so Susan showed me how! Why a scorpion you might ask? Well, we were talking of the old moral of the Scorpion and the Frog....The story is about a scorpion asking a frog to carry him across a river. The frog is afraid of being stung, but the scorpion reassures him that if it stung the frog, the frog would sink and the scorpion would drown as well. The frog then agrees, nevertheless, in mid-river, the scorpion stings him, dooming the two of them. When asked why, the scorpion explains, "I'm a scorpion; it's my nature."

Sightings

This is an abstract as you can tell! Watercolor monotype, while in Boise visiting my BFF Susan, I was experimenting with new art forms. Ended up with a little pink alien, an ostritch head, peacock tail, and possibly the Flying Spaghetti Monster, maybe more!

Landscape

Susan showed me how to make watercolor monotypes! Very fun.

Birds

This is the current challenge for Studio Atelier, I just might have made the deadline on this one. due today! Smile. Sweet little birds on a metal fence.

Cathie's Journal

I have been working in my Journal, trying out different mediums, collage, acrylic, pitt pen and watercolor. I was having a bit of writers block so I started with a few "thoughts for the day". Some have turned out OK, some not so OK. You can see the rest of my journal pages here. I am a bit behind on getting them onto my website but there you have it.

Calle del Monte las Vueltas, Tegueste, CN, España

The Virtual Paintout challenge this month is the Canary Islands. So I did the virtual gadabout and found this road with flowers, cactus, village and mountains in the distance. Very Nice!

Saturday Night Jukebox

Well, I did it again, I missed the deadline for the Rookie Painter submission! I was doing research for a different project and wow did the time slip by. I had fun painting this. Though the reference photo did not have great resolution so had to make it up as I went along.