Summer spot.

Pen&Ink, watercolor and color pencil on HandBook watercolor journal 8 in x 8 in.

 This is an area near the boat launching at a place we go during the summer. It’s quiet during weeks days, although it´s away from the crowded beach, the volleyball court is busy on weekends. The view has 180 degrees of water view, the wind hits the shore which under the shade of the old trees is refreshing and welcoming in hot days. We lay down on the grass and look at the branches of the tress and listen to the leaves making a soothing sound intertwined with the songs of birds. Breakfast is usually our time. When this week of rain goes away, we’ll resume our visits to what is our new favorite summer spot.

Antique sewing machine toy.

Ink on HandBook watercolor sketchbook 8 in x 8 in

 This is a sewing machine toy c.1920. It belonged to the mother of one of my relatives. She kindly let me borrow it just because I liked it so much. It’s the size of my hand fully open, so cute. I thought it was going to be hard to draw but I used a wood stick which thick tip I shaped with a knife and used as dip pen, it’s impossible to get lost in details. By the way just for fun I collected the wood stick and geese’s feathers to make “natural” art tools I found in the sand of a beach. I tried to make quill pens, that’s harder than I thought, one out of four worked well, but days later the tip dried out (?) and now it doesn’t work very well, it’s like the tip’s shape changed. Anyway, it was fun to draw broad lines with the wood stick. Now that I sketched the toy, it can be returned to its owner. 

First garage sale and color pastels

Nupastel on drawing paper 11 in x 8 in

I had the opportunity to attend a pre sale garage of the family of one of my relatives. They are moving and they are about to sell some of their stuff. There were many beautiful and well preserved quality things. Among the items they had was this vintage of Nupastel in color, probably from the 50´s.

 Boy I had to try. I have used monochromatic pastels many years ago when I took drawing workshops with white, black and grey pastels. So this is no so new to me, the color is new to me. After looking quickly to some tutorials on YouTube, I found a pic of my husband in a picnic. This would be my first try. I didn’t use sanded paper because I have none, instead I used just regular drawing paper. Pastels are not my first choice to draw but I was happy to give it a second chance. 

Also I’m very happy with a couple of vintage dental boxes (from the 40’s I was told by the owner) for a very reasonable price. Each box had medium size flat drawers perfect to store art supplies. I semi-restored and removed the scratches and got rid of the dryness of the wood and they turned out even more beautiful, so I can displaying them as vintage objects worth seeing. So happy with my first ever garage sale!