One thing I've noticed is that as small as my watercolor field kit is, it's still so big that it's seldom with me. So I've been thinking about a kit that will fit into a jacket pocket: a small bijou box, one small water brush, a pen and a notebook. I had everything except the bijou box and though we have several commercial ones, they're all ( Read more... )

We had a lovely trip - it was really great to see Dad home and happy! On Friday we made a run to California Wine and Cheese in Monrovia to get some Roquefort cheese so I could make him his favorite salad dressing - it's almost impossible to find true Roquefort dressing anymore. Needing a proper meal to serve such a salad, I grilled some steaks ( Read more... )

Somebody told me it was International Sketch Crawl Day. If it is, I couldn't find anything out about it. In any case, today we had a sketch crawl. We met at the Elms where Ricky Holtman told us fascinating tales of his experiences with death, the Navy, the Marines, cancer and art, not necessarily in that order. He's not only a brilliant artist ( Read more... )