Tag Archive for watercolor
Postcards from the Caribbean
It’s been another crazy week onboard. Just in my department, we’ve had two illnesses, one near-firing, two friends transferring, four brand-new singers signing on, the bandmaster signing off, and me stepping up to take his place. (This job involves counting off tunes onstage, doing a LOT of paperwork, and having a spiffy mobile phone that […]
San Juan Day
I like the wordless Calvin and Hobbes strips where each of the panels shows a different moment from their day. I wanted to do that here with my Saturday because, transportation difficulties aside, San Juan is always a perfect day of food, drink, painting, phoning home, and rushing back to the ship just in time. […]
St. Croix
I know it’s not the official day for a new post, but here’s an illustration of my Sunday in St. Croix, where I uploaded this week’s cartoons. I was looking at Sarah Glidden’s blog about her watercolor process–for How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, which I heard a lot about this fall–and […]
San Juan Day
This is the latest watercolor. It’s a lighthouse in El Morro, one of the forts in Old San Juan. I’m still figuring this out. This time, I made pencil guidelines, drew the windows and deepest shadows in Micron pen, then painted the rest. I think I overdid the pen, a bit… San Juan is my […]
Messing with watercolor
I’ve had a set of watercolors for awhile, and after painting outside with a friend over Christmas, I decided to do it more often. I still favor buildings and dislike trees. But doing it in color is addictive! It’s a nice break from black and white. Plus the large sketchbook I bought for this contract […]