There's a Bear in the Floor!

Do you remember looking at the sky as a kid and seeing all kinds of things in the clouds?  Well, we have some vinyl flooring with abstract patterns in it and I can look at it and see various things also. 

For instance, there's a bear that I see on a daily basis and also a dove! 

 

 And, from time to time, I can see a pig, and either a calla lilly or a vulture (depending on the angle and the mood I'm in!  lol!!) plus many other animals or flowers or other objects.

The above are a couple of quick sketches that I've done this morning.  I'm trying to exercise my imagination and am actively looking for things in all the odd places!

Give it a try, I'm sure you'll enjoy it and the benefit is well worth the effort!

Full Tilt Ahead Again!

First Cucumber
a digital painting by
and copyright to
Jan Gibson

Life is whirling at breakneck speeds again & I apologize for not updating my blog in a more timely manner!

I'm still working on the big project but my husband has had some minor surgery so that has slowed everything down considerably especially right here around a holiday. He can't lift or bend or do any yard work for another week or so and of course, the garden has finally decided to start producing!

There's not a lot coming in at the moment but we've been pretty dry so watering is a must if we want the veggies to continue to produce. Between doing a little picking in the garden, watering and driving my husband to his doctor appointments, etc., art has had to take something of a back seat.

However, I couldn't resist a quickie digital painting of one of our first cucumbers of the season! I really wanted to try all that speckling and striping in pastel but just didn't have the time. One of these days ------

I haven't done any digital painting in quite a while as I've been working on re-learning watercolors and learning pastels. When my "studio" was no larger than a closet, about the only art I had room to do was digital painting. However, since it is done very much like traditional media, I think I transitioned back to watercolors and other media quite well. And I also think my drawing skills have vastly improved. I've always disliked drawing because I resent the time it takes me. Not only that, but all the erasing and changing things left my paper a mess. That's the beauty of digital drawing/painting. Everything erases cleanly and quickly!

So, enjoy viewing the cucumber as much as we've enjoyed eating them this past week or so!