Bahamas

Nelson and I just got back from our vacation on Grand Bahama Island. It was very very relaxing. Mostly we hung out around the pool and beach, but we also went kayaking, snorkeling, jet skiing, etc. I already miss the blue seas and skies.




This is our Minas Tirith sandcastle....and the Two towers right behind it. We got really badly sunburned building sandcastles all afternoon. The first time we only had a plastic cup from our pina coladas so we went out and bought a toy bucket and shovel.






We went kayaking twice- once thru a mangrove forest, and once on the ocean. We zigzagged a lot and ran into trees, but we never tipped over.



This is Peterson Cay. It's about 3/4 of a mile offshore and it's really just a tiny slip of sand. We kayaked to it and then snorkeled around the whole island. I brought an underwater camera case to take pictures. It's really just a glorified ziploc bag, but it worked!


I might post more pics later.

opera doodle in progress

Trying to figure out the color scheme...I"m not sure i want her dress to be orange...originally i was coloring it blue...but after other people's input i'm trying orange.

any ideas?

Happy New Year!

My first post and painting of the new year!
Hopefully I'll be posting more often this year.

doodle in progress

i drew this sketch the other day while listening to opera. I think it was the Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute.

playing with paint again

another mini painting

yay! finally a new picture

today I painted a mini painting on a scrap square of watercolor paper. I dabbled a little with gouache. no clue what i'm doing...
enjoy